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Gold Rush Trivia

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1. What are 3 methods of gold mining?
He was a carpenter.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
President James K. Polk

2. What were the 3 main routes to get to California?
Land of fire.
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. Who is credited with discovering gold?
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
He was a carpenter.
James Marshall
President James K. Polk

4. How is gold different from silver?
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.

5. What was the fastest way to get to California during the gold rush?
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?

6. What are 3 methods of gold mining?
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
Hydraulic mining
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.

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

8. What are some of the properties of gold?
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
James Marshall
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.

9. After the gold rush what did the miners do?
President James K. Polk
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.
Coyote mining

10. Who is credited with discovering gold?
January 24 - 1848
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?
Oro
James Marshall

11. On what date was gold discovered in California?
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
Sourdough
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
January 24 - 1848

12. What 3 things happened to California because of the gold rush?
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
Coyote mining
Sourdough

13. What was Mr. Marshall's occupation?
He was a carpenter.
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
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.

14. What 3 things happened to California because of the gold rush?
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
He was a carpenter.
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.

15. What does terra del feugo mean?
Land of fire.
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
Sourdough

16. What did some Chinese men do to make money in the gold fields?
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
Coyote mining
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.

17. What is mining called that sinks deep shafts into the ground?
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
Coyote mining

18. What were the 3 main routes to get to California?
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?
Oro
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.

19. How is gold different from silver?
In the American River in Coloma
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
President James K. Polk

20. What method of mining was banned because it was harmful to the environment?
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
Coyote mining
Hydraulic mining

21. What method of mining was banned because it was harmful to the environment?
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
In the American River in Coloma
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
Hydraulic mining

22. 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?
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
Coyote mining

23. What is the Strait of Magellan?
Oro
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
James Marshall

24. Who was John Sutter?
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.
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.

25. What are 3 names of miners' camps?
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.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.

26. What is the Spanish word for gold?
Oro
James Marshall
In the American River in Coloma
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.

27. Why were gold miners called '49ers?'
James Marshall
Land of fire.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.

28. Who was president when gold was discovered?
He was a carpenter.
Coyote mining
January 24 - 1848
President James K. Polk

29. Who was Levi Strauss?
Coyote mining
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
Land of fire.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.

30. What does terra del feugo mean?
He was a carpenter.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
Land of fire.
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.

31. Where was gold discovered?
President James K. Polk
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
In the American River in Coloma

32. What is mining called that sinks deep shafts into the ground?
Coyote mining
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
In the American River in Coloma

33. Where was gold discovered?
James Marshall
In the American River in Coloma
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?

34. Who was Levi Strauss?
Land of fire.
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
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.

35. Why were gold miners called '49ers?'
Coyote mining
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.

36. On what date was gold discovered in California?
Coyote mining
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
January 24 - 1848
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.

37. 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.
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
Hydraulic mining

38. What are some of the properties of gold?
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
January 24 - 1848
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.

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

40. What are 3 names of miners' camps?
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.

41. What was another nickname for a gold miner.
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
Sourdough
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.

42. What was another nickname for a gold miner.
Hydraulic mining
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
Sourdough
In the American River in Coloma

43. What did some Chinese men do to make money in the gold fields?
James Marshall
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?

44. What is the Spanish word for gold?
Oro
January 24 - 1848
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.

45. Who was John Sutter?
Coyote mining
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.

46. What is the Strait of Magellan?
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
Hydraulic mining
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.

47. Who was president when gold was discovered?
Land of fire.
January 24 - 1848
President James K. Polk
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.

48. 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.
He was a carpenter.
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?