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Gold Rush Trivia

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1. Who was Levi Strauss?
January 24 - 1848
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.

2. What was the fastest way to get to California during the gold rush?
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
In the American River in Coloma
Sourdough

3. What were the 3 main routes to get to California?
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama

4. What are some of the properties of gold?
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
He was a carpenter.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.

5. What 3 things happened to California because of the gold rush?
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
Coyote mining
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.

6. Who was president when gold was discovered?
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?
President James K. Polk
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.

7. 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 a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
Land of fire.

8. What is mining called that sinks deep shafts into the ground?
January 24 - 1848
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
James Marshall
Coyote mining

9. On what date was gold discovered in California?
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
January 24 - 1848

10. What are 3 methods of gold mining?
Land of fire.
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama

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

12. What did some Chinese men do to make money in the gold fields?
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
Sourdough
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.

13. What does terra del feugo mean?
President James K. Polk
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
January 24 - 1848
Land of fire.

14. What was another nickname for a gold miner.
In the American River in Coloma
Land of fire.
Sourdough
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.

15. What was Mr. Marshall's occupation?
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
He was a carpenter.
Hydraulic mining
Oro

16. What is the Spanish word for gold?
Oro
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
Sourdough
President James K. Polk

17. What are 3 methods of gold mining?
In the American River in Coloma
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
Sourdough
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama

18. Who was president when gold was discovered?
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
In the American River in Coloma
Oro
President James K. Polk

19. Who was Levi Strauss?
Oro
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
President James K. Polk
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.

20. Why were gold miners called '49ers?'
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
He was a carpenter.
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama

21. What was another nickname for a gold miner.
James Marshall
Sourdough
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.

22. What did some Chinese men do to make money in the gold fields?
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
Land of fire.
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama

23. After the gold rush what did the miners do?
Sourdough
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?
Oro
Hydraulic mining

24. Where was gold discovered?
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
President James K. Polk
In the American River in Coloma
Land of fire.

25. What are 3 names of miners' camps?
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.

26. What are 3 names of miners' camps?
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.

27. On what date was gold discovered in California?
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
January 24 - 1848
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.

28. What was Mr. Marshall's occupation?
Sourdough
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?
He was a carpenter.
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.

29. 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.
James Marshall
Land of fire.
Coyote mining

30. Where was gold discovered?
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
Coyote mining
In the American River in Coloma
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.

31. Who is credited with discovering gold?
In the American River in Coloma
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
President James K. Polk
James Marshall

32. After the gold rush what did the miners do?
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.

33. Who was John Sutter?
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
Coyote mining
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.

34. What are some of the properties of gold?
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.

35. What does terra del feugo mean?
James Marshall
Land of fire.
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.

36. What method of mining was banned because it was harmful to the environment?
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
January 24 - 1848
Hydraulic mining
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.

37. Who was John Sutter?
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
January 24 - 1848
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?

38. Why were gold miners called '49ers?'
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
Land of fire.
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?

39. Who is credited with discovering gold?
James Marshall
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
Coyote mining
Oro

40. What is mining called that sinks deep shafts into the ground?
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
Coyote mining

41. What were the 3 main routes to get to California?
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama

42. What is the Strait of Magellan?
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.

43. What method of mining was banned because it was harmful to the environment?
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
Land of fire.
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
Hydraulic mining

44. What is the Spanish word for gold?
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
Oro
Sourdough
In the American River in Coloma

45. What is the Strait of Magellan?
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
Coyote mining
Land of fire.
Sourdough

46. What was the fastest way to get to California during the gold rush?
In the American River in Coloma
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.

47. What happened to the Native American population as a result of the gold rush?
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?
Coyote mining
In the American River in Coloma
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.

48. How is gold different from silver?
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
Oro
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
President James K. Polk