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WorksheetsGold rush By Enola
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 12mins
Who was the first person to discover gold in sutters mill
James marshal
John sutter
Luzena wilson
San brannon
What tool did the miners use the most during the gold rush
Long Toms
Pans
Picaxe
Shovels
Rockers
What food did the miners consume the most
Beans
Hard Bread
Dried Apples
Pork
Boiled Potatoes
How much gold is left in the world?
190,000 tons
896 tons
80 tons
291,000 tons
What was the Donner Party?
Western Travelers stranded in the Sierra Nevada
A group of young students learning to mine
There is no such thing
Eastern Travelers searching for gold
Where was the gold first discovered?
Grouse Creek
Sutter Creek
Madden Creek
Buckeye Creek
What were towns called that grew rapidly when gold was discovered nearby?
Rush towns
Cities of gold
Boomtowns
Ghost towns
People who were daring enough to go out west to build homesteads & explore new opportunities were called:
Wagon Crazies
Pioneers
Lincolners
Sooners
The Donner Party was famous due to the legend that they had to
fight bears by hand to survive
climb Mount Everest to make it to the West
Resort to cannibalism due to lack of food
invented the wagon
True or False: More people made money selling supplies than they did actually finding gold.
True
False
Who found the gold?
James W. Marshall
Joshua W. Marshall
Jackson W. Marshall
Jason W. Marshall
Why did people go to the Gold Rush?
For their family
For the work
To find gold
All of the above
In 1850 California became the # state?
31st
21st
45th
1st
How many people died during the Gold Rush?
6 million
216,000
120,000
381,000
People who went to California in search of gold were called:
Goldies
Californios
49'ers
