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1. What are 3 names of miners' camps?
James Marshall
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

2. How is gold different from silver?
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
January 24 - 1848
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
Sourdough

3. Who was Levi Strauss?
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.

4. What 3 things happened to California because of the gold rush?
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
Land of fire.
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.

5. On what date was gold discovered in California?
January 24 - 1848
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?

6. What does terra del feugo mean?
Hydraulic mining
Sourdough
James Marshall
Land of fire.

7. Where was gold discovered?
In the American River in Coloma
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
Oro

8. After the gold rush what did the miners do?
January 24 - 1848
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.
Oro

9. What did some Chinese men do to make money in the gold fields?
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
President James K. Polk
Because they rushed to California in 1849.

10. What are some of the properties of gold?
James Marshall
Oro
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.

11. What are some of the properties of gold?
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
Coyote mining
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.

12. Where was gold discovered?
In the American River in Coloma
Hydraulic mining
He was a carpenter.
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.

13. What was Mr. Marshall's occupation?
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
He was a carpenter.
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.

14. What was Mr. Marshall's occupation?
He was a carpenter.
In the American River in Coloma
January 24 - 1848
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.

15. What method of mining was banned because it was harmful to the environment?
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
Hydraulic mining
President James K. Polk
Land of fire.

16. How is gold different from silver?
January 24 - 1848
Coyote mining
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
Sourdough

17. Who is credited with discovering gold?
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
James Marshall
In the American River in Coloma
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.

18. What was another nickname for a gold miner.
Hydraulic mining
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
Sourdough
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.

19. What happened to the Native American population as a result of the gold rush?
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
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.
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.

20. Who is credited with discovering gold?
Oro
Coyote mining
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
James Marshall

21. What does terra del feugo mean?
Land of fire.
Coyote mining
Sourdough
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama

22. What 3 things happened to California because of the gold rush?
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
Sourdough

23. What is the Strait of Magellan?
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
Oro
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.

24. Who was Levi Strauss?
Coyote mining
Land of fire.
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.

25. What was the fastest way to get to California during the gold rush?
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
James Marshall
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.

26. What is mining called that sinks deep shafts into the ground?
He was a carpenter.
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?
Coyote mining

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

28. What did some Chinese men do to make money in the gold fields?
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
In the American River in Coloma
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.

29. What method of mining was banned because it was harmful to the environment?
Coyote mining
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
Hydraulic mining

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

31. What is the Spanish word for gold?
Hydraulic mining
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
President James K. Polk
Oro

32. What is the Strait of Magellan?
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
Coyote mining
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.

33. What were the 3 main routes to get to California?
Hydraulic mining
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
He was a carpenter.
President James K. Polk

34. What are 3 names of miners' camps?
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
Sourdough
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.

35. What is the Spanish word for gold?
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
Oro
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.

36. Who was president when gold was discovered?
January 24 - 1848
President James K. Polk
James Marshall
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.

37. Why were gold miners called '49ers?'
Land of fire.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
In the American River in Coloma
Because they rushed to California in 1849.

38. What is mining called that sinks deep shafts into the ground?
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
Sourdough
Coyote mining
President James K. Polk

39. What was another nickname for a gold miner.
Hydraulic mining
Sourdough
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?

40. 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?
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.

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

42. After the gold rush what did the miners do?
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?
January 24 - 1848
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.

43. On what date was gold discovered in California?
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
He was a carpenter.
Oro
January 24 - 1848

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

45. Who was John Sutter?
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.

46. What was the fastest way to get to California during the gold rush?
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.

47. What were the 3 main routes to get to California?
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
He was a carpenter.
Land of fire.
In the American River in Coloma

48. Who was John Sutter?
He was a carpenter.
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
Sourdough
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.

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