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Gold Rush Trivia

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1. What was Mr. Marshall's occupation?
He was a carpenter.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.

2. What does terra del feugo mean?
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?
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
Land of fire.

3. Who was president when gold was discovered?
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
In the American River in Coloma
President James K. Polk

4. What happened to the Native American population as a result of the gold rush?
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.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.

5. What was another nickname for a gold miner.
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
Sourdough

6. What 3 things happened to California because of the gold rush?
Land of fire.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.

7. What are 3 methods of gold mining?
He was a carpenter.
James Marshall
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.

8. What was the fastest way to get to California during the gold rush?
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
Sourdough
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.

9. What method of mining was banned because it was harmful to the environment?
Land of fire.
Hydraulic mining
Land of fire.
Coyote mining

10. What does terra del feugo mean?
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.
Land of fire.

11. Who was Levi Strauss?
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.
He was a carpenter.
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.

12. What are some of the properties of gold?
Sourdough
Sourdough
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.

13. What were the 3 main routes to get to California?
In the American River in Coloma
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
Coyote mining
Because they rushed to California in 1849.

14. What is the Spanish word for gold?
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
Land of fire.
Oro
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.

15. What are 3 names of miners' camps?
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
In the American River in Coloma
He was a carpenter.

16. What was the fastest way to get to California during the gold rush?
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
He was a carpenter.
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?

17. On what date was gold discovered in California?
January 24 - 1848
James Marshall
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.

18. Why were gold miners called '49ers?'
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
January 24 - 1848
Because they rushed to California in 1849.

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

20. How is gold different from silver?
Coyote mining
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
Coyote mining
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?

21. What method of mining was banned because it was harmful to the environment?
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
Hydraulic mining
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.

22. What are 3 methods of gold mining?
January 24 - 1848
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
Sourdough
Oro

23. What was Mr. Marshall's occupation?
He was a carpenter.
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
Coyote mining
January 24 - 1848

24. Who is credited with discovering gold?
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
James Marshall
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
Oro

25. Where was gold discovered?
In the American River in Coloma
President James K. Polk
Hydraulic mining
James Marshall

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

27. What did some Chinese men do to make money in the gold fields?
Sourdough
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
He was a carpenter.

28. Who was president when gold was discovered?
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
Coyote mining
President James K. Polk

29. Who is credited with discovering gold?
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
President James K. Polk
James Marshall
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama

30. Who was John Sutter?
January 24 - 1848
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?

31. Who was John Sutter?
Land of fire.
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.

32. What is the Strait of Magellan?
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.

33. What is the Strait of Magellan?
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.

34. On what date was gold discovered in California?
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
President James K. Polk
January 24 - 1848

35. After the gold rush what did the miners do?
Oro
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?
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.

36. What is mining called that sinks deep shafts into the ground?
Land of fire.
January 24 - 1848
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
Coyote mining

37. What are some of the properties of gold?
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
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?

38. What are 3 names of miners' camps?
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
Hydraulic mining

39. What happened to the Native American population as a result of the gold rush?
James Marshall
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.

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

41. What is mining called that sinks deep shafts into the ground?
He was a carpenter.
Land of fire.
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
Coyote mining

42. 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.
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.

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

44. What was another nickname for a gold miner.
Oro
Coyote mining
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
Sourdough

45. After the gold rush what did the miners do?
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?
Sourdough
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
James Marshall

46. Why were gold miners called '49ers?'
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
In the American River in Coloma
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.

47. Where was gold discovered?
Hydraulic mining
In the American River in Coloma
He was a carpenter.
Sourdough

48. How is gold different from silver?
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
Sourdough
In the American River in Coloma
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?