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Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What was 'gold fever?'
a disease caused by exposure to radioactive gold
a sudden rise in gold prices caused by the discovery of gold in California
a mental illness that caused people to mistake worthless metals for gold
the desire to get rich quickly by acquiring California gold
Which of the following people was most likely to be a '49er?'
a 50-year-old man who was a college professor of geology
a 30-year-old female farmer from Oklahoma
a 40-year-old man who was born and raised in California gold country
a 20-year-old farmer from Missouri
Place the following events in sequence: A) Gold is discovered in California; B) California becomes a state; C) The Alaska gold rush begins
A, B,C
B, A, C
C, B, A
A, C, B
What can you infer about California from the information presented in the movie?
Before 1849, its capital city was San Francisco
Before 1849, relatively few people lived there
Before 1849, it was impossible to reach by land or sea
Before 1849, it had a reputation for being lawless and violent
Which of the following California towns most likely began as a gold rush town?
Santa Rosa
Red Dog
Fullerton
Pasadena
You were most likely to strike it rich in the California Gold Rush if you:
Got to California very quickly after gold had been discovered
Used devices like the long tom and the cradle
Avoided mining camps
Took the sea route to California instead of the land route
If you wanted to go from New York to California by ship, you would:
Travel through the Panama Canal
Sail northward to the Arctic Ocean, head west, and then go south past Alaska
Sail through the Great Lakes, and then travel west along the Missouri River
Sail south all the way around the tip of South America, and then go north again
What people traveled to California in hopes of getting rich with gold?
only Americans
Europeans
Mexicans
all of the above
Which word best describes mining camps?
Wealthy
Placid
Rowdy
Large
Why did the Gold Rush end?
California passed a law against gold prospecting
Most of the land in California was bought up by fortune-seekers
All the easy-to-find gold was quickly taken
The Civil War broke out, and prospectors had to go and fight
