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Gold Rush Trivia

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1. What is the Spanish word for gold?
President James K. Polk
Hydraulic mining
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
Oro

2. What are some of the properties of gold?
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama

3. What 3 things happened to California because of the gold rush?
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.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
He was a carpenter.

4. What are 3 methods of gold mining?
January 24 - 1848
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.

5. On what date was gold discovered in California?
Land of fire.
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
January 24 - 1848
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.

6. What does terra del feugo mean?
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
Land of fire.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.

7. What is mining called that sinks deep shafts into the ground?
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
Coyote mining
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
He was a carpenter.

8. What are 3 names of miners' camps?
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
Sourdough

9. What is the Spanish word for gold?
Hydraulic mining
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
Oro

10. What is the Strait of Magellan?
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
January 24 - 1848
He was a carpenter.

11. 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
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
Sourdough

12. Who is credited with discovering gold?
James Marshall
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
Land of fire.

13. What was another nickname for a gold miner.
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
January 24 - 1848
Sourdough
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.

14. Where was gold discovered?
Sourdough
President James K. Polk
In the American River in Coloma
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.

15. What does terra del feugo mean?
President James K. Polk
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
Land of fire.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.

16. Who was John Sutter?
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
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?

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

18. What was Mr. Marshall's occupation?
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
He was a carpenter.
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.

19. Who was Levi Strauss?
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
Coyote mining
Sourdough
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.

20. How is gold different from silver?
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
Sourdough
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.

21. What was another nickname for a gold miner.
Sourdough
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?
Hydraulic mining

22. 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.
Land of fire.
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.

23. 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 is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
He was a carpenter.

24. 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.
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
Oro
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.

25. On what date was gold discovered in California?
President James K. Polk
January 24 - 1848
Land of fire.
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.

26. Why were gold miners called '49ers?'
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
Oro

27. Who was president when gold was discovered?
Hydraulic mining
President James K. Polk
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.

28. What is the Strait of Magellan?
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.
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.

29. What are 3 names of miners' camps?
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.

30. Why were gold miners called '49ers?'
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
In the American River in Coloma
Coyote mining
Because they rushed to California in 1849.

31. How is gold different from silver?
President James K. Polk
Hydraulic mining
Coyote mining
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.

32. What method of mining was banned because it was harmful to the environment?
In the American River in Coloma
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
Hydraulic mining

33. What are some of the properties of gold?
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.
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.

34. After the gold rush what did the miners do?
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?
Oro
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.

35. What was the fastest way to get to California during the gold rush?
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
President James K. Polk
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.

36. Where was gold discovered?
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
Land of fire.
In the American River in Coloma
President James K. Polk

37. What are 3 methods of gold mining?
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
Land of fire.
January 24 - 1848
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.

38. What method of mining was banned because it was harmful to the environment?
Sourdough
Hydraulic mining
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.

39. What were the 3 main routes to get to California?
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.

40. Who is credited with discovering gold?
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
James Marshall

41. Who was John Sutter?
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
January 24 - 1848
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.

42. What is mining called that sinks deep shafts into the ground?
Oro
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
Coyote mining

43. Who was president when gold was discovered?
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
Land of fire.
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
President James K. Polk

44. What was Mr. Marshall's occupation?
Sourdough
Sourdough
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
He was a carpenter.

45. What was the fastest way to get to California during the gold rush?
Coyote mining
James Marshall
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.

46. What did some Chinese men do to make money in the gold fields?
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.

47. Who was Levi Strauss?
Hydraulic mining
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
January 24 - 1848
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.

48. What 3 things happened to California because of the gold rush?
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
January 24 - 1848
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.