WorksheetsGold Rush
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
On January 24, 1848, gold was discovered at Sutter’s mill in _________, California.
San Fernanda
North Hollywood
Sacramento
San Francisco
_______was discovered at Sutter’s mill in 1848, California.
plastic
gold
silver
oil
Why has gold been valued gold throughout the years? Choose all the correct answers.
it is scarce
it is beautiful
it is easy to shape
it is resistant to tarnish
it glows in the dark
The following year thousands of gold seekers set out to make their fortunes. A ______ who wished to reach California from the East had a choice of three routes, all of them dangerous.
Dodger
Forty-Niner
Forty-Eighter
San Franciscan
A 49er who wished to reach California from the East had a choice of three routes, all of them dangerous.
Sail 18,000 miles around South America and up the Pacific coast—suffering from storms, seasickness, and spoiled food.
Sail around the horn of Africa.
Sail to the narrow Isthmus of Panama, cross overland (and risk catching a deadly tropical disease), and then sail to California.
Travel the trails across North America— braving rivers, prairies, mountains, and all the hardships of the trail.
By _____, the gold rush was over.
1752
1852
1952
2022
While it lasted, about _______ people flooded into California because of the Gold Rush.
250
2,500
25,000
250,000
By _____ California had enough people to apply for statehood.
1849
1850
1851
1852
Although its constitution outlawed slavery, it did not grant African Americans the right to _____.
California applied to Congress for admission to the Union and was admitted as a free state in 1850.
True
False
California applied to Congress for admission to the Union and was admitted as a ______state in 1850.
free
democratic
rich
all the answers are correct
