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Gold Rush Trivia

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1. How is gold different from silver?
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
President James K. Polk
January 24 - 1848
Sourdough

2. What are 3 names of miners' camps?
Land of fire.
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.
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.

3. What is mining called that sinks deep shafts into the ground?
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
Land of fire.
Coyote mining
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.

4. Who is credited with discovering gold?
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.
James Marshall
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.

5. What is the Strait of Magellan?
President James K. Polk
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
Coyote mining
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.

6. What are 3 names of miners' camps?
Oro
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama

7. How is gold different from silver?
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
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?
Because they rushed to California in 1849.

8. What method of mining was banned because it was harmful to the environment?
Hydraulic mining
He was a carpenter.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.

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

10. Who was Levi Strauss?
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
January 24 - 1848
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
He was a carpenter.

11. Who is credited with discovering gold?
President James K. Polk
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
James Marshall

12. On what date was gold discovered in California?
January 24 - 1848
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.

13. What are 3 methods of gold mining?
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
Sourdough

14. Who was John Sutter?
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
President James K. Polk
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.

15. What were the 3 main routes to get to California?
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
Oro
January 24 - 1848

16. Who was John Sutter?
Hydraulic mining
James Marshall
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
Coyote mining

17. What was another nickname for a gold miner.
He was a carpenter.
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
Coyote mining
Sourdough

18. After the gold rush what did the miners do?
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?
Oro
Coyote mining

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

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

21. After the gold rush what did the miners do?
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?
Oro
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
Land of fire.

22. Where was gold discovered?
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
Land of fire.
Sourdough
In the American River in Coloma

23. What are 3 methods of gold mining?
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.

24. What are some of the properties of gold?
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama

25. Who was president when gold was discovered?
He was a carpenter.
Oro
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
President James K. Polk

26. What was the fastest way to get to California during the gold rush?
He was a carpenter.
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama

27. Why were gold miners called '49ers?'
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
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.
Oro

28. Where was gold discovered?
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
Sourdough
In the American River in Coloma

29. What did some Chinese men do to make money in the gold fields?
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.

30. What was another nickname for a gold miner.
Sourdough
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
Land of fire.
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.

31. Who was Levi Strauss?
Hydraulic mining
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
He was a carpenter.
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.

32. What is the Spanish word for gold?
Sourdough
Oro
Hydraulic mining
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.

33. What is the Strait of Magellan?
Coyote mining
James Marshall
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
January 24 - 1848

34. What does terra del feugo mean?
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
Land of fire.
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.

35. What does terra del feugo mean?
Land of fire.
January 24 - 1848
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.

36. What happened to the Native American population as a result of the gold rush?
Hydraulic mining
James Marshall
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.

37. What is the Spanish word for gold?
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
Oro
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
He was a carpenter.

38. What happened to the Native American population as a result of the gold rush?
President James K. Polk
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.
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.

39. What was Mr. Marshall's occupation?
In the American River in Coloma
Land of fire.
Land of fire.
He was a carpenter.

40. What was Mr. Marshall's occupation?
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
January 24 - 1848
He was a carpenter.
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.

41. Who was president when gold was discovered?
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.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
President James K. Polk

42. What was the fastest way to get to California during the gold rush?
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
Oro
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
Land of fire.

43. Why were gold miners called '49ers?'
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
James Marshall
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
Hydraulic mining

44. What 3 things happened to California because of the gold rush?
In the American River in Coloma
Sourdough
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.

45. What 3 things happened to California because of the gold rush?
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
In the American River in Coloma

46. What are some of the properties of gold?
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.

47. What method of mining was banned because it was harmful to the environment?
Oro
Sourdough
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
Hydraulic mining

48. What were the 3 main routes to get to California?
Land of fire.
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?
In the American River in Coloma