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Gold Rush Trivia

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1. What 3 things happened to California because of the gold rush?
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
James Marshall
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.

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

3. Who was president when gold was discovered?
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
Coyote mining
He was a carpenter.
President James K. Polk

4. What was Mr. Marshall's occupation?
He was a carpenter.
Hydraulic mining
Sourdough
Oro

5. Who was Levi Strauss?
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
Oro

6. Who was John Sutter?
Land of fire.
President James K. Polk
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
In the American River in Coloma

7. What was the fastest way to get to California during the gold rush?
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
January 24 - 1848
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.

8. Where was gold discovered?
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
Coyote mining
In the American River in Coloma

9. What is the Spanish word for gold?
Oro
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.

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

11. Who was president when gold was discovered?
He was a carpenter.
President James K. Polk
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
In the American River in Coloma

12. What did some Chinese men do to make money in the gold fields?
In the American River in Coloma
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.

13. What are 3 names of miners' camps?
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
James Marshall

14. What were the 3 main routes to get to California?
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
In the American River in Coloma
Oro

15. Why were gold miners called '49ers?'
Hydraulic mining
In the American River in Coloma
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
Because they rushed to California in 1849.

16. What did some Chinese men do to make money in the gold fields?
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
In the American River in Coloma

17. On what date was gold discovered in California?
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
January 24 - 1848
Coyote mining

18. What are 3 names of miners' camps?
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
James Marshall
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.

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

20. Why were gold miners called '49ers?'
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
Land of fire.

21. On what date was gold discovered in California?
January 24 - 1848
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
Coyote mining
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.

22. Where was gold discovered?
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
Sourdough
In the American River in Coloma

23. What is the Spanish word for gold?
Land of fire.
Oro
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.

24. What were the 3 main routes to get to California?
Coyote mining
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama

25. What 3 things happened to California because of the gold rush?
Land of fire.
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.

26. Who was John Sutter?
In the American River in Coloma
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.

27. What is the Strait of Magellan?
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
Land of fire.
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.

28. What was Mr. Marshall's occupation?
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
Sourdough
He was a carpenter.
Hydraulic mining

29. What method of mining was banned because it was harmful to the environment?
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
Hydraulic mining

30. How is gold different from silver?
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.

31. What happened to the Native American population as a result of the gold rush?
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
Land of fire.
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.

32. After the gold rush what did the miners do?
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
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?

33. What are some of the properties of gold?
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.
He was a carpenter.
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.

34. What is mining called that sinks deep shafts into the ground?
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
Sourdough
Coyote mining

35. Who is credited with discovering gold?
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
Coyote mining
James Marshall
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.

36. What is mining called that sinks deep shafts into the ground?
Oro
He was a carpenter.
He was a carpenter.
Coyote mining

37. What method of mining was banned because it was harmful to the environment?
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.
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
Hydraulic mining

38. What was another nickname for a gold miner.
Sourdough
He was a carpenter.
Oro
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.

39. What does terra del feugo mean?
James Marshall
Land of fire.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?

40. What was another nickname for a gold miner.
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
Sourdough
Coyote mining
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.

41. What does terra del feugo mean?
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
President James K. Polk
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
Land of fire.

42. After the gold rush what did the miners do?
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?
Oro
Land of fire.
James Marshall

43. What are 3 methods of gold mining?
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
Sourdough
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
Hydraulic mining

44. How is gold different from silver?
Hydraulic mining
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
Sourdough

45. Who was Levi Strauss?
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.

46. 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.
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?
Hydraulic mining
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.

47. What happened to the Native American population as a result of the gold rush?
Coyote mining
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
Oro

48. Who is credited with discovering gold?
James Marshall
In the American River in Coloma
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
He was a carpenter.