WorksheetsCh 5 L3-4 Gold Rush/Life in the Goldfields
Total questions: 43
Worksheet time: 15mins
Golden State Warriors
Forty-Niners
Boomers
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 quick by acquiring gold
King Midas's ill-fortune
What was the most permanent effect of the Gold Rush?
Everyone developed tumors from the water
California went to war with Texas
Everyone left California for Mexico
Immigration in California caused diversity in the population
What are examples discrimination some people faced in the gold field according to the textbook?
Some groups were paid less wages than others for the same work.
Some groups were made to feel unsafe, unwelcomed or attacked in a mining camp
some miners were pushed into separate camps based on their cultural background
There were absolutely no discrimination in any mining camps.
Who was the person that decided to tell everyone that gold was discovered in the American River after he bought all the shovels and pans?
How did many forty-niners travel to CA (choose 3)
Overland Trail
By Ship Around Cape Horn
By airplane from the East Coast
Across the Isthmus of Panama
Traveled from Mexico
What was the safest way to travel to California?
Overland Trail by wagon train
Overland Trail by Stagecoach
Ship around Cape Horn
Isthmus of Panaa
What hardships did miners face?
loneliness
high prices
bad weather
illnesses
rugged terrain
Which city became a boom town after gold was discovered in California?
Los Angeles
St. Louis
San Francisco
Sacramento
Sonoma
Who announced the discovery of gold in California?
Neil Armstrong
John Sutter
Louise Clappe
President James K. Polk
What is it called when a miner puts wooden stakes, or posts, around the area?
A mark
Staking a claim
Founding a area
Claiming
What is a claim?
A claim is was the area a miner said it belonged to him/her.
When a miner goes to court and says what area belongs to them now.
Where the gold rush was
A mark that anything made
What is isthmus?
Where gold is
A bridge
It is a narrow piece of land that connects 2 larger land areas
A pass
What tools did the miners use?
Long Toms
Pans
Sluices
Shovels
Rockers
Which of the following words best describes Sam Brannan?
thoughtful and helpful
greedy and dangerous
brave and strong
crafty and clever
Which of the following events happened in January 1848?
The first gold was found in California
Many people started moving out West.
The first ship from China landed in California.
California became a state.
What conclusion can you draw about the California gold rush?
The gold rush forever changed the American West.
The gold rush was more important to South America than to the United States.
Several mining camps grew into large permanent cities
The gold rush should have been kept a secret.
Immigration to California caused diversity in the population
Erosion causes
Prices of everyday items to go up
Gold to be more difficult to find
Rocks and soil to wash away
People to travel to California
Which of the following groups of people came to California in the search for gold?
Chinese
People from European countries
People from South American Countries
California Natives
Once reaching California, most people started their journey to the gold fields from this port?
Oakland
San Francisco
Alameda
Tiburon
What is the name of the present day town where gold was discovered?
Coloma
Columbia
Placerville
Auburn
Which current northern California towns developed from a mining camp as a result of the gold rush? Select all that apply.
Placerville
(aka Hangtown)
Sacramento
San Jose
Stockton
(aka Mudville)
Nevada City (aka Deer Creek Dry Diggings)
Which of the following were issues faced by miners? Choose all that are true.
Some did not have success.
They worked in freezing waters.
They became bored.
They suffered from disease.
They suffered from poor diets.
