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Chapter 4, Lesson 2: The Gold Rush

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

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Class
Date
1.

Gold was discovered when __________.

a)

Pio Pico, who was digging mine near San Francisco, found gold dust buried in the ground

b)

James Marshall, who was working for John Sutter, discovered a gold nugget at Sutter's Mill

c)

Samuel Brannan, who was operating Sutter's Fort, panned for gold nuggets in the Coloma River

d)

John C. Fremont, who was leading the American military at Sutter's Fort, found a pinch of gold there

2.

What did miners have to do before they could mine for gold on an area of land?

a)

pay a tax

b)

stake a claim

c)

find a pinch of gold

d)

sail to San Francisco

3.

What is one example of how the Gold Rush affected settlements?

a)

Sutter's Fort became the busy city of San Francisco.

b)

Sacramento grew rapidly and eventually turned into a city.

c)

Towns like Coloma were taken over by California Indians after miners left.

d)

Women of that era came together in boomtowns and started their own businesses there.

4.

What evidence is there that the Gold Rush affected the environment in a negative way?

a)

Hydraulic mining led to flooding and polluted rivers.

b)

Restaurants made a lot of money as San Francisco grew.

c)

Miners from other countries tended to stay together at campsites.

d)

Panning for gold required miners to scoop up dirt and water from a river.

5.

How did Biddy Mason contribute to California?

a)

She was a Native American who led a revolt against the Indenture Act.

b)

She was a Californio who wrote down her experiences of the Gold Rush.

c)

She was an African American entrepreneur who helped people in Los Angeles.

d)

She was a woman who moved to San Francisco and opened the first woman-owned hotel.

6.

A synonym to the word "Discover" is

a)

hide

b)

measure

c)

find

d)

entertain

7.

A miner is...

a)

An inventor

b)

A person who digs in the ground for minerals and metals, like gold.

c)

A entrepreneur

d)

A person who looks for caves in the mountains

8.

The "mother lode" was found

a)

Near the ocean

b)

In the mountains near the Sierra Nevada mountain range

c)

In the central valley

d)

In a boss level in a videogame

9.

News about the discovery of gold in California

a)

was a secret for many, many, many years.

b)

was false.

c)

made all people in California rich!

d)

traveled very quickly and soon everyone knew about the gold.

10.

I enjoyed this lesson about the Gold Rush.

a)

Yes I thought it was interesting and I enjoyed learning about the Gold Rush.

b)

It was just okay.

c)

It was not interesting to me at all but I don't really like Social Studies anyways.

d)

I did not find it interesting and I usually like Social Studies

11.

I went to at least one of the Social Studies support classes this week.

a)

Yes I went to at least one class with Ms. Carlson

b)

No I did not attend either of the social studies classes.