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Gold Rush Trivia

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1. What 3 things happened to California because of the gold rush?
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
Hydraulic mining
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.

2. What are 3 names of miners' camps?
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
James Marshall
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.

3. What was the fastest way to get to California during the gold rush?
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.

4. After the gold rush what did the miners do?
Land of fire.
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
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.

5. What was Mr. Marshall's occupation?
Hydraulic mining
He was a carpenter.
Land of fire.
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.

6. Who is credited with discovering gold?
Sourdough
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
Coyote mining
James Marshall

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

8. What were the 3 main routes to get to California?
Sourdough
In the American River in Coloma
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.

9. What method of mining was banned because it was harmful to the environment?
Land of fire.
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
Hydraulic mining

10. What is the Spanish word for gold?
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
Oro
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.

11. How is gold different from silver?
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.
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.

12. Who was John Sutter?
Coyote mining
Oro
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
Hydraulic mining

13. Who is credited with discovering gold?
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
James Marshall

14. On what date was gold discovered in California?
January 24 - 1848
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
Coyote mining
Hydraulic mining

15. On what date was gold discovered in California?
January 24 - 1848
He was a carpenter.
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?
Coyote mining

16. What was the fastest way to get to California during the gold rush?
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
January 24 - 1848
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.

17. What are 3 names of miners' camps?
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
January 24 - 1848

18. What are some of the properties of gold?
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
January 24 - 1848
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?

19. What was another nickname for a gold miner.
Hydraulic mining
In the American River in Coloma
Sourdough
In the American River in Coloma

20. What is mining called that sinks deep shafts into the ground?
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
Coyote mining
He was a carpenter.

21. What 3 things happened to California because of the gold rush?
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
President James K. Polk
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.

22. Why were gold miners called '49ers?'
Sourdough
Land of fire.
He was a carpenter.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.

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

24. What are 3 methods of gold mining?
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
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.

25. What is the Strait of Magellan?
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
Oro
President James K. Polk

26. After the gold rush what did the miners do?
Oro
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?
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.

27. What is the Strait of Magellan?
In the American River in Coloma
He was a carpenter.
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.

28. Who was John Sutter?
January 24 - 1848
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.

29. What is the Spanish word for gold?
January 24 - 1848
Oro
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
Land of fire.

30. 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.
In the American River in Coloma
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.

31. What is mining called that sinks deep shafts into the ground?
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
Hydraulic mining
Coyote mining
In the American River in Coloma

32. What method of mining was banned because it was harmful to the environment?
In the American River in Coloma
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
Land of fire.
Hydraulic mining

33. What was another nickname for a gold miner.
President James K. Polk
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
Sourdough
Oro

34. 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.
Coyote mining
Sourdough
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.

35. How is gold different from silver?
Sourdough
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?
Because they rushed to California in 1849.

36. Where was gold discovered?
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
Hydraulic mining
In the American River in Coloma

37. What does terra del feugo mean?
Land of fire.
In the American River in Coloma
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.

38. What did some Chinese men do to make money in the gold fields?
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.

39. Where was gold discovered?
In the American River in Coloma
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama

40. What was Mr. Marshall's occupation?
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?
Coyote mining
He was a carpenter.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.

41. Who was Levi Strauss?
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
James Marshall
Hydraulic mining

42. Who was Levi Strauss?
Sourdough
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
January 24 - 1848
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.

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

44. What were the 3 main routes to get to California?
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
Sourdough
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama

45. Who was president when gold was discovered?
January 24 - 1848
President James K. Polk
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
In the American River in Coloma

46. What are some of the properties of gold?
James Marshall
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
Coyote mining
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.

47. Who was president when gold was discovered?
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
President James K. Polk
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.

48. What are 3 methods of gold mining?
Coyote mining
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.