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Gold Rush Trivia

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1. After the gold rush what did the miners do?
He was a carpenter.
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?
Hydraulic mining
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.

2. What are some of the properties of gold?
He was a carpenter.
In the American River in Coloma
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.

3. What method of mining was banned because it was harmful to the environment?
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
Hydraulic mining
Because they rushed to California in 1849.

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

5. What is the Spanish word for gold?
President James K. Polk
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
Oro
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.

6. Why were gold miners called '49ers?'
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.

7. 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 soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?

8. What is mining called that sinks deep shafts into the ground?
Oro
Coyote mining
Sourdough
In the American River in Coloma

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

10. What is the Strait of Magellan?
Hydraulic mining
He was a carpenter.
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.

11. How is gold different from silver?
He was a carpenter.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.

12. What 3 things happened to California because of the gold rush?
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
Coyote mining
Land of fire.
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.

13. On what date was gold discovered in California?
January 24 - 1848
President James K. Polk
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.

14. 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.
Hydraulic mining
Oro
Because they rushed to California in 1849.

15. What method of mining was banned because it was harmful to the environment?
He was a carpenter.
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
Hydraulic mining
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.

16. Who is credited with discovering gold?
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
James Marshall
January 24 - 1848
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.

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

18. What was Mr. Marshall's occupation?
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
Land of fire.
He was a carpenter.
In the American River in Coloma

19. What was the fastest way to get to California during the gold rush?
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
He was a carpenter.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.

20. What are 3 names of miners' camps?
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
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.

21. What was another nickname for a gold miner.
Sourdough
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.

22. Where was gold discovered?
Coyote mining
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
January 24 - 1848
In the American River in Coloma

23. What was Mr. Marshall's occupation?
He was a carpenter.
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.
President James K. Polk

24. What was another nickname for a gold miner.
Coyote mining
Sourdough
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
President James K. Polk

25. What does terra del feugo mean?
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
Land of fire.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.

26. Who was John Sutter?
Land of fire.
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
In the American River in Coloma

27. What are some of the properties of gold?
In the American River in Coloma
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
Hydraulic mining
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.

28. Who is credited with discovering gold?
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
James Marshall
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?

29. Who was Levi Strauss?
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
In the American River in Coloma
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.

30. What are 3 methods of gold mining?
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?
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. What is the Spanish word for gold?
Land of fire.
Hydraulic mining
Oro
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.

32. What does terra del feugo mean?
Land of fire.
James Marshall
January 24 - 1848
Oro

33. What 3 things happened to California because of the gold rush?
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
Oro

34. What is mining called that sinks deep shafts into the ground?
Coyote mining
January 24 - 1848
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
Hydraulic mining

35. What was the fastest way to get to California during the gold rush?
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
Coyote mining

36. Why were gold miners called '49ers?'
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
Hydraulic mining
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
Coyote mining

37. What did some Chinese men do to make money in the gold fields?
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
Sourdough
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama

38. Who was Levi Strauss?
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
President James K. Polk
James Marshall
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.

39. Where was gold discovered?
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.
In the American River in Coloma

40. 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
Hydraulic mining
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.

41. 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?
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.

42. What are 3 methods of gold mining?
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
Land of fire.
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.

43. How is gold different from silver?
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
Oro
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?

44. On what date was gold discovered in California?
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
January 24 - 1848
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.

45. What is the Strait of Magellan?
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?
Land of fire.
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.

46. What are 3 names of miners' camps?
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.
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.

47. Who was president when gold was discovered?
Oro
President James K. Polk
In the American River in Coloma
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.

48. What were the 3 main routes to get to California?
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
In the American River in Coloma