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Gold Rush Trivia

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1. On what date was gold discovered in California?
James Marshall
January 24 - 1848
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.

2. What is the Strait of Magellan?
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
Sourdough

3. Who was president when gold was discovered?
Sourdough
President James K. Polk
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
In the American River in Coloma

4. Who was John Sutter?
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
In the American River in Coloma
President James K. Polk
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.

5. What were the 3 main routes to get to California?
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
President James K. Polk
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.

6. After the gold rush what did the miners do?
He was a carpenter.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?

7. What was the fastest way to get to California during the gold rush?
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
In the American River in Coloma
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.

8. On what date was gold discovered in California?
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
January 24 - 1848
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
In the American River in Coloma

9. What are some of the properties of gold?
James Marshall
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
Coyote mining

10. What method of mining was banned because it was harmful to the environment?
Hydraulic mining
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.

11. Where was gold discovered?
Coyote mining
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
In the American River in Coloma
Land of fire.

12. What are 3 names of miners' camps?
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.

13. What did some Chinese men do to make money in the gold fields?
Hydraulic mining
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
In the American River in Coloma
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.

14. What 3 things happened to California because of the gold rush?
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
Coyote mining
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.

15. What are 3 methods of gold mining?
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.

16. What method of mining was banned because it was harmful to the environment?
In the American River in Coloma
Hydraulic mining
President James K. Polk
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama

17. What are 3 names of miners' camps?
Land of fire.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
James Marshall
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.

18. Who is credited with discovering gold?
He was a carpenter.
James Marshall
Land of fire.
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.

19. Where was gold discovered?
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
Land of fire.
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
In the American River in Coloma

20. How is gold different from silver?
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
Sourdough
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.

21. Who was Levi Strauss?
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.

22. What were the 3 main routes to get to California?
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
Oro

23. What was another nickname for a gold miner.
Sourdough
President James K. Polk
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
Oro

24. Who was John Sutter?
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
Hydraulic mining

25. How is gold different from silver?
Land of fire.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.

26. Why were gold miners called '49ers?'
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.

27. Who was Levi Strauss?
Sourdough
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
Coyote mining
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.

28. What are 3 methods of gold mining?
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
Coyote mining

29. What is the Spanish word for gold?
President James K. Polk
Oro
President James K. Polk
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.

30. Why were gold miners called '49ers?'
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
James Marshall
Land of fire.
President James K. Polk

31. What is mining called that sinks deep shafts into the ground?
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
President James K. Polk
Coyote mining
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.

32. What was Mr. Marshall's occupation?
He was a carpenter.
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.

33. What was the fastest way to get to California during the gold rush?
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
Oro

34. After the gold rush what did the miners do?
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
President James K. Polk

35. What does terra del feugo mean?
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
Land of fire.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
James Marshall

36. What does terra del feugo mean?
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
Land of fire.
January 24 - 1848

37. What happened to the Native American population as a result of the gold rush?
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
In the American River in Coloma

38. What did some Chinese men do to make money in the gold fields?
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.

39. Who was president when gold was discovered?
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
President James K. Polk
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.

40. What was another nickname for a gold miner.
Sourdough
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.

41. What is the Strait of Magellan?
He was a carpenter.
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
He was a carpenter.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.

42. What happened to the Native American population as a result of the gold rush?
In the American River in Coloma
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.

43. What is mining called that sinks deep shafts into the ground?
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
Coyote mining
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.

44. What is the Spanish word for gold?
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
Oro
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.

45. What was Mr. Marshall's occupation?
January 24 - 1848
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
He was a carpenter.

46. Who is credited with discovering gold?
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
President James K. Polk
James Marshall
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.

47. What 3 things happened to California because of the gold rush?
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.

48. What are some of the properties of gold?
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
Coyote mining
Oro