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Gold Rush Trivia

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1. What are 3 methods of gold mining?
President James K. Polk
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
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.

2. What were the 3 main routes to get to California?
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
Hydraulic mining
Oro
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.

3. What was another nickname for a gold miner.
Sourdough
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.

4. Who was Levi Strauss?
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?
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.

5. Who is credited with discovering gold?
James Marshall
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama

6. What are 3 names of miners' camps?
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
Coyote mining
James Marshall

7. Why were gold miners called '49ers?'
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
In the American River in Coloma
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.

8. 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.
Oro
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
He was a carpenter.

9. What are 3 names of miners' camps?
Hydraulic mining
Coyote mining
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.

10. What are 3 methods of gold mining?
Hydraulic mining
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.

11. What is the Spanish word for gold?
Oro
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.

12. What does terra del feugo mean?
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
Land of fire.
Coyote mining
In the American River in Coloma

13. What was Mr. Marshall's occupation?
Sourdough
Land of fire.
He was a carpenter.
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.

14. What are some of the properties of gold?
Coyote mining
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.

15. What method of mining was banned because it was harmful to the environment?
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
Hydraulic mining
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
Sourdough

16. How is gold different from silver?
Hydraulic mining
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.

17. On what date was gold discovered in California?
January 24 - 1848
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?

18. What was Mr. Marshall's occupation?
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
He was a carpenter.
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
Land of fire.

19. How is gold different from silver?
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
He was a carpenter.
Hydraulic mining
Land of fire.

20. Who was president when gold was discovered?
President James K. Polk
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
Land of fire.

21. What is mining called that sinks deep shafts into the ground?
In the American River in Coloma
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
Coyote mining
Because they rushed to California in 1849.

22. What is mining called that sinks deep shafts into the ground?
January 24 - 1848
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
Coyote mining
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.

23. Where was gold discovered?
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
James Marshall
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
In the American River in Coloma

24. Who is credited with discovering gold?
In the American River in Coloma
James Marshall
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
Oro

25. Who was Levi Strauss?
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
January 24 - 1848
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?

26. What 3 things happened to California because of the gold rush?
President James K. Polk
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.

27. What were the 3 main routes to get to California?
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
President James K. Polk
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama

28. Who was president when gold was discovered?
Land of fire.
President James K. Polk
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
January 24 - 1848

29. What is the Spanish word for gold?
James Marshall
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
Hydraulic mining
Oro

30. What happened to the Native American population as a result of the gold rush?
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
Oro
James Marshall
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.

31. After the gold rush what did the miners do?
President James K. Polk
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
Oro
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?

32. What 3 things happened to California because of the gold rush?
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
January 24 - 1848
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.

33. What did some Chinese men do to make money in the gold fields?
Sourdough
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
Sourdough

34. What did some Chinese men do to make money in the gold fields?
Oro
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?

35. Where was gold discovered?
In the American River in Coloma
Hydraulic mining
Hydraulic mining
Oro

36. Who was John Sutter?
James Marshall
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
Coyote mining
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.

37. What method of mining was banned because it was harmful to the environment?
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
Coyote mining
Hydraulic mining
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.

38. On what date was gold discovered in California?
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
January 24 - 1848

39. After the gold rush what did the miners do?
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
He was a carpenter.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?

40. Who was John Sutter?
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
Coyote mining
Sourdough

41. What is the Strait of Magellan?
January 24 - 1848
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.

42. What are some of the properties of gold?
Coyote mining
President James K. Polk
Sourdough
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.

43. What was the fastest way to get to California during the gold rush?
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
Hydraulic mining
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?

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

45. What does terra del feugo mean?
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
Hydraulic mining
Land of fire.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.

46. What was the fastest way to get to California during the gold rush?
He was a carpenter.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.

47. Why were gold miners called '49ers?'
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
Land of fire.
He was a carpenter.
James Marshall

48. What is the Strait of Magellan?
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
Sourdough