WorksheetsCalifornia Gold Rush
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
Prospectors worked their way through the _________________ with many tools since they could see veins of gold.
gold
decent
rocker
ore
Forty-niners wanted to make sure they got on a ___________ ship so it could handle storms on the way to San Francisco.
scurvy
sturdy
eager
foriegn
There were few merchants during the Gold Rush who were honest and ______________ men.
scurvy
swindler
decent
sturdy
Who were the forty-niners?
A group of workers who refused to be treated badly at the mills.
A group of people who decided to leave California because they did not find gold.
A group of people who came from other countries to mine gold.
A group of many people who joined the gold rush in one year.
How did Levi Strauss make money during the gold rush?
He sold shovels to miners.
He sold blue jeans to miners.
He owned a mill where lots of gold was found.
He stole gold from the other miners.
What year did the gold rush begin?
1850
1848
1823
1849
What year was gold discovered at Sutter's Mill?
1948
1849
1848
1850
Who was an entrepreneur, or business creator, during the Gold Rush?
Levi Strauss
Elon Musk
John Sutter
John Bidwell
Who were the 49ers?
Gold miners
Locals of California during the gold rush.
Football tram
The boom-town
Which grouped came from overseas to join the gold rush?
Russians
Chinese
Germans
Gauls
What was the nickname for people who moved to California during the gold rush?
Forty Niners
Carpet Baggers
Coasters
Raiders
Around how many people moved to California in 1849 to mine for gold?
5,000
90,000
20,000
250,000
What was the primary method of transportation for prospectors traveling to California during the Gold Rush?
A) Horse-drawn carriages
B) Steamships
C) Railroads
D) Automobiles
Which city became a major boomtown as a result of the California Gold Rush?
A) Los Angeles
B) San Diego
C) San Francisco
D) Sacramento
What was the main reason for the decline of the California Gold Rush by the mid-1850s?
A) Exhaustion of easily accessible gold
B) Discovery of gold in Alaska
C) Government intervention
D) Natural disasters
