WorksheetsOregon Trail & California Gold Rush
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
The Oregon trail was a trail through what mountains?
Rocky
Mississippi
American
In 1843, the first group of about how many people set out on the trail looking for good, inexpensive land.
20,000
1,000
1,000,000
Pioneers traveled by __________ _________ down the Oregon Trail.
train tracks
airplane
wagon train
What year was gold discovered in California?
1848
1849
1949
What were the miners called who went to California in search of gold in 1849?
Forty-niners
Miner forty-niners
Dream team
Gold finders
Towns whose population grew very quickly were called "Boomtowns".
True
False
The California gold rush lasted how many years?
1 year
2 years
5 years
Most of the miners DID NOT find gold.
True
False
In _______, California had enough people to become a state.
1850
1849
1999
What was the name of the trail that many Indians were forced to travel to Indian Territory?
Trail of Death
Trail of Tears
Indian Trail
What was the name of the disease that could wipe out a whole family in a week?
Small pox
cholera
flu
What would people use on their lips to make them feel better when they were dried out and cracking?
axle grease
bacon fat
butter
What killed most of the people on the Oregon trail?
Native Americans
Sickness & accidents
drowning
The Oregon Trail has been called the nation's longest...
graveyard
trip
dirt road
Around how many deaths happened during the time the Oregon trail was traveled?
20,000
65,000
80,000
