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Gold Rush Trivia

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

2. What was Mr. Marshall's occupation?
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
He was a carpenter.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama

3. What were the 3 main routes to get to California?
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.

4. What is the Strait of Magellan?
James Marshall
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
In the American River in Coloma

5. How is gold different from silver?
January 24 - 1848
Land of fire.
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.

6. On what date was gold discovered in California?
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
January 24 - 1848

7. What was the fastest way to get to California during the gold rush?
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
Coyote mining

8. Who was John Sutter?
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
January 24 - 1848
President James K. Polk

9. What are 3 methods of gold mining?
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
Oro
President James K. Polk
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.

10. What is the Spanish word for gold?
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
Oro
Hydraulic mining

11. What is the Strait of Magellan?
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
James Marshall
Hydraulic mining

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

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

14. What was the fastest way to get to California during the gold rush?
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
He was a carpenter.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.

15. What are 3 methods of gold mining?
Sourdough
Coyote mining
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
Land of fire.

16. After the gold rush what did the miners do?
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?
Coyote mining
Because they rushed to California in 1849.

17. Who was president when gold was discovered?
January 24 - 1848
Coyote mining
President James K. Polk
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?

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

19. Who is credited with discovering gold?
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
James Marshall
He was a carpenter.
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?

20. What was another nickname for a gold miner.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
Sourdough
In the American River in Coloma
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?

21. Where was gold discovered?
In the American River in Coloma
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
Sourdough
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?

22. What method of mining was banned because it was harmful to the environment?
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
Hydraulic mining
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.

23. What are 3 names of miners' camps?
January 24 - 1848
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
Land of fire.
Sourdough

24. What is mining called that sinks deep shafts into the ground?
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
Coyote mining
January 24 - 1848
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.

25. What happened to the Native American population as a result of the gold rush?
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
Sourdough

26. After the gold rush what did the miners do?
Oro
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.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.

27. What does terra del feugo mean?
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
Hydraulic mining
He was a carpenter.
Land of fire.

28. What method of mining was banned because it was harmful to the environment?
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
He was a carpenter.
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
Hydraulic mining

29. What happened to the Native American population as a result of the gold rush?
Coyote mining
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
Oro
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.

30. What did some Chinese men do to make money in the gold fields?
Sourdough
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
January 24 - 1848

31. Where was gold discovered?
In the American River in Coloma
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.

32. What is the Spanish word for gold?
He was a carpenter.
James Marshall
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
Oro

33. What 3 things happened to California because of the gold rush?
He was a carpenter.
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?
Hydraulic mining

34. Who was John Sutter?
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
Land of fire.
Oro
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama

35. 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.
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.

36. What did some Chinese men do to make money in the gold fields?
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
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.

37. What 3 things happened to California because of the gold rush?
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
Land of fire.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.

38. Who was Levi Strauss?
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
Hydraulic mining
Coyote mining
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.

39. Who is credited with discovering gold?
James Marshall
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
Oro

40. Why were gold miners called '49ers?'
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
Land of fire.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.

41. What are some of the properties of gold?
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.

42. What is mining called that sinks deep shafts into the ground?
Coyote mining
He was a carpenter.
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?

43. What was Mr. Marshall's occupation?
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
He was a carpenter.
January 24 - 1848
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.

44. What was another nickname for a gold miner.
James Marshall
Sourdough
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.

45. What are some of the properties of gold?
In the American River in Coloma
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.
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.

46. What were the 3 main routes to get to California?
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
Oro
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.

47. Who was president when gold was discovered?
He was a carpenter.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
President James K. Polk
Land of fire.

48. On what date was gold discovered in California?
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
January 24 - 1848
Coyote mining
Land of fire.