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The California Gold Rush

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"Gold Fever" referred to__________________.

a)

people getting sick from mining too much gold.

b)

the skin turning a goldish color from a high temperature.

c)

The craze of 1849 in which over 80,000 people moved to California to mine gold.

d)

Everyone wearing gold clothes to celebrate.

2.

Mexican officials gave a Swiss immigrant named _________________________ permission to start a colony in California.

a)

James K. Polk

b)

John Sutter

c)

Levi Strauss

d)

James Marshall

3.

The ________________ was a group of western travelers who went to California but were stranded in the Sierra Nevada Mountains during winter.

a)

San Francisco 49ers

b)

Placer Miners

c)

Californios

d)

Donner Party

4.

Gold-seeking migrants who moved to California in 1849, hoping to strike it rich were called ___________________.

a)

49ers

b)

Golden Boys

c)

Vaqueros D'oro

d)

Migrant Miners

5.

____________________ used pans or other devices to wash gold nuggets out of loose rock and gravel.

a)

Biddy Mason

b)

Placer miners

c)

Stake Claimers

d)

Catherine Haun

6.

Why was Sutter's Mill important?

a)

It was the place where 49ers stayed when they moved west.

b)

It was the site near where gold was discovered in 1848, which began the gold rush.

c)

Many immigrants from Europe and China worked there.

d)

It was the first mining camp that allowed African-Americans

7.

In 1850, California became the _____________state.

a)

Golden

b)

Empire

c)

31st

d)

Miner

8.

The majority of miners who came to California to search for gold did not become rich.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

_______________ was a German Jewish immigrant who earned a fortune by making tough denim pants for miners.

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Gianni Versace

c)

Ralph Lauren

d)

Levi Strauss

10.

The 49ers would _____________ , or search for gold.

a)

scrounge

b)

dig

c)

prospect

d)

scavenge