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WorksheetsGold rush
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
Where was gold first discovered in California?
Sutters Mill
San Fransisco
San Diego
What was the nickname for people who moved to California during the gold rush?
Surfers
Forty Niners
Raiders
Which map outline is California?
Which historic event happened closest to the Gold Rush of 1849?
The Boston Tea Party
American Revolution
War of 1812
What ocean borders California?
Atlantic
Indian
Pacific
What year did the gold rush in California begin?
1492
1848
1812
The gold mines of California were located closest to the border of...
Arizona
Oregon
Nevada
What was "gold fever?"
This image is an example of...
mining by hand
pan mining
hydraulic mining
Which was not an option for journeying to California during the Gold Rush?
overland routes in wagons
ships around the southern tip of South America
the Transcontinental Railroad
