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Gold Rush Trivia

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1. Who was Levi Strauss?
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
He was a carpenter.
Oro
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.

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

3. What is the Strait of Magellan?
Hydraulic mining
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.

4. What was the fastest way to get to California during the gold rush?
President James K. Polk
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
January 24 - 1848

5. Who is credited with discovering gold?
James Marshall
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
Coyote mining

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

7. What was the fastest way to get to California during the gold rush?
January 24 - 1848
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.

8. What is the Strait of Magellan?
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
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?
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.

9. What was another nickname for a gold miner.
Sourdough
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?
Land of fire.
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.

10. Who was John Sutter?
Hydraulic mining
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
In the American River in Coloma
President James K. Polk

11. What were the 3 main routes to get to California?
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
Oro
Land of fire.

12. What are 3 names of miners' camps?
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
January 24 - 1848
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
Oro

13. Who was Levi Strauss?
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
James Marshall
Sourdough

14. What is the Spanish word for gold?
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 a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
Oro

15. On what date was gold discovered in California?
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?
Hydraulic mining
January 24 - 1848
Land of fire.

16. Who was president when gold was discovered?
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
President James K. Polk

17. What were the 3 main routes to get to California?
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
Land of fire.

18. What is the Spanish word for gold?
Oro
Coyote mining
Hydraulic mining
James Marshall

19. What does terra del feugo mean?
Land of fire.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
Coyote mining
Hydraulic mining

20. What did some Chinese men do to make money in the gold fields?
He was a carpenter.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
Land of fire.

21. What happened to the Native American population as a result of the gold rush?
Coyote 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.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.

22. What are some of the properties of gold?
In the American River in Coloma
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
Sourdough

23. Who is credited with discovering gold?
James Marshall
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.

24. What 3 things happened to California because of the gold rush?
January 24 - 1848
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
Coyote mining
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.

25. What did some Chinese men do to make money in the gold fields?
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
President James K. Polk
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.

26. What are 3 methods of gold mining?
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
Sourdough
President James K. Polk
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.

27. Where was gold discovered?
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
In the American River in Coloma
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?

28. Where was gold discovered?
He was a carpenter.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
In the American River in Coloma
Sourdough

29. What are 3 methods of gold mining?
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.

30. After the gold rush what did the miners do?
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?
Hydraulic mining
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.

31. Why were gold miners called '49ers?'
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
Hydraulic mining
In the American River in Coloma

32. What was Mr. Marshall's occupation?
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
He was a carpenter.
Oro

33. 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?
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.
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.

34. What method of mining was banned because it was harmful to the environment?
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
President James K. Polk
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
Hydraulic mining

35. What is mining called that sinks deep shafts into the ground?
January 24 - 1848
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
Coyote mining
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.

36. On what date was gold discovered in California?
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
Hydraulic mining
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
January 24 - 1848

37. What was Mr. Marshall's occupation?
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
He was a carpenter.
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.

38. What happened to the Native American population as a result of the gold rush?
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
He was a carpenter.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
Land of fire.

39. Why were gold miners called '49ers?'
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
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?
Because they rushed to California in 1849.

40. What are 3 names of miners' camps?
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
Oro
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.

41. What was another nickname for a gold miner.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
Oro
Sourdough
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama

42. How is gold different from silver?
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
In the American River in Coloma
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.

43. What method of mining was banned because it was harmful to the environment?
Hydraulic mining
James Marshall
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
President James K. Polk

44. What is mining called that sinks deep shafts into the ground?
Coyote mining
Oro
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.

45. Who was president when gold was discovered?
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
President James K. Polk
He was a carpenter.
He was a carpenter.

46. How is gold different from silver?
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
January 24 - 1848
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
In the American River in Coloma

47. What are some of the properties of gold?
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?
Land of fire.
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.

48. What does terra del feugo mean?
Land of fire.
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
He was a carpenter.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.