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Gold Rush Trivia

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1. What was another nickname for a gold miner.
Sourdough
Hydraulic mining
Hydraulic mining
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?

2. Who is credited with discovering gold?
Hydraulic mining
James Marshall
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?

3. What is mining called that sinks deep shafts into the ground?
Sourdough
Coyote mining
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.

4. How is gold different from silver?
Hydraulic mining
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.

5. What is mining called that sinks deep shafts into the ground?
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
Coyote mining
James Marshall
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.

6. What were the 3 main routes to get to California?
President James K. Polk
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
Sourdough

7. Why were gold miners called '49ers?'
Oro
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
Hydraulic mining
Because they rushed to California in 1849.

8. What does terra del feugo mean?
Land of fire.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
Sourdough

9. What is the Strait of Magellan?
Hydraulic mining
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
Coyote mining
He was a carpenter.

10. Who was Levi Strauss?
He was a carpenter.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.

11. After the gold rush what did the miners do?
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.

12. What is the Strait of Magellan?
Sourdough
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.

13. What was the fastest way to get to California during the gold rush?
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
Hydraulic mining

14. What are 3 names of miners' camps?
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
He was a carpenter.
James Marshall
James Marshall

15. Where was gold discovered?
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
In the American River in Coloma
Coyote mining
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.

16. Who was president when gold was discovered?
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
President James K. Polk
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?

17. What are 3 methods of gold mining?
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
In the American River in Coloma

18. Who was John Sutter?
In the American River in Coloma
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
January 24 - 1848

19. On what date was gold discovered in California?
In the American River in Coloma
January 24 - 1848
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.

20. What method of mining was banned because it was harmful to the environment?
Land of fire.
Hydraulic mining
President James K. Polk
Oro

21. What was the fastest way to get to California during the gold rush?
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
In the American River in Coloma
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.

22. Who was Levi Strauss?
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
Oro
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
Coyote mining

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

24. What is the Spanish word for gold?
In the American River in Coloma
Oro
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
Sourdough

25. 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.
Hydraulic mining
He was a carpenter.
Coyote mining

26. What was Mr. Marshall's occupation?
Sourdough
Land of fire.
He was a carpenter.
Hydraulic mining

27. How is gold different from silver?
President James K. Polk
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.

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

29. Who was John Sutter?
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.

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

31. What were the 3 main routes to get to California?
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
Coyote mining
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
He was a carpenter.

32. Where was gold discovered?
James Marshall
In the American River in Coloma
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
He was a carpenter.

33. 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.
Sourdough
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.

34. Who was president when gold was discovered?
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
President James K. Polk

35. After the gold rush what did the miners do?
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?
James Marshall
January 24 - 1848
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.

36. Why were gold miners called '49ers?'
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
President James K. Polk
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.

37. What are some of the properties of gold?
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
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.

38. What did some Chinese men do to make money in the gold fields?
In the American River in Coloma
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
Sourdough
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.

39. What are 3 names of miners' camps?
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
January 24 - 1848
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.

40. What are 3 methods of gold mining?
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
In the American River in Coloma
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
President James K. Polk

41. What did some Chinese men do to make money in the gold fields?
James Marshall
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
Hydraulic mining

42. What is the Spanish word for gold?
Oro
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
President James K. Polk

43. What 3 things happened to California because of the gold rush?
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
Land of fire.
In the American River in Coloma

44. On what date was gold discovered in California?
January 24 - 1848
President James K. Polk
Coyote mining
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.

45. What was another nickname for a gold miner.
Sourdough
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.

46. What 3 things happened to California because of the gold rush?
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
President James K. Polk
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.

47. What method of mining was banned because it was harmful to the environment?
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
Land of fire.
Hydraulic mining
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.

48. Who is credited with discovering gold?
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
James Marshall
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.