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Gold Rush Trivia

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1. What is mining called that sinks deep shafts into the ground?
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
James Marshall
Coyote mining
Hydraulic mining

2. What was another nickname for a gold miner.
He was a carpenter.
Land of fire.
Coyote mining
Sourdough

3. What is the Strait of Magellan?
Coyote mining
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.

4. What are 3 methods of gold mining?
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
President James K. Polk

5. What was the fastest way to get to California during the gold rush?
Sourdough
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
President James K. Polk

6. What are some of the properties of gold?
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
Sourdough

7. Who was John Sutter?
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.
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
President James K. Polk

8. What did some Chinese men do to make money in the gold fields?
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.

9. Who was president when gold was discovered?
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
January 24 - 1848
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
President James K. Polk

10. What 3 things happened to California because of the gold rush?
Hydraulic mining
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
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.

11. On what date was gold discovered in California?
He was a carpenter.
January 24 - 1848
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
Land of fire.

12. What was another nickname for a gold miner.
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
Sourdough
In the American River in Coloma

13. What 3 things happened to California because of the gold rush?
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
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?
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.

14. What was Mr. Marshall's occupation?
He was a carpenter.
Coyote mining
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.

15. What does terra del feugo mean?
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
President James K. Polk
Land of fire.
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.

16. Why were gold miners called '49ers?'
January 24 - 1848
He was a carpenter.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.

17. Who was president when gold was discovered?
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
President James K. Polk
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.

18. 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.
January 24 - 1848
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.

19. What are 3 methods of gold mining?
He was a carpenter.
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.

20. What are some of the properties of gold?
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
Land of fire.
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
Hydraulic mining

21. Why were gold miners called '49ers?'
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
Coyote mining
President James K. Polk
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.

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

23. What does terra del feugo mean?
Land of fire.
James Marshall
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
Sourdough

24. What happened to the Native American population as a result of the gold rush?
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.

25. How is gold different from silver?
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
Oro

26. Who was John Sutter?
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
Sourdough

27. What were the 3 main routes to get to California?
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
Coyote mining
The population increased - prices of goods increased - and California eventually became a state.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.

28. On what date was gold discovered in California?
Land of fire.
Coyote mining
January 24 - 1848
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.

29. What are 3 names of miners' camps?
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.

30. What were the 3 main routes to get to California?
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.

31. After the gold rush what did the miners do?
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?
January 24 - 1848
Coyote mining
In the American River in Coloma

32. After the gold rush what did the miners do?
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?
He was a carpenter.
President James K. Polk
Overland - around Cape Horn - and across the Isthmus of Panama

33. What was the fastest way to get to California during the gold rush?
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.
Oro
Land of fire.
It decreased because they were either pushed off their land or killed.

34. How is gold different from silver?
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?
Oro
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.

35. Who was Levi Strauss?
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.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.

36. Who is credited with discovering gold?
President James K. Polk
James Marshall
In the American River in Coloma
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.

37. What did some Chinese men do to make money in the gold fields?
Because they rushed to California in 1849.
They planted vegetables and sold them to the miners.
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.

38. What was Mr. Marshall's occupation?
January 24 - 1848
It is a dangerous short cut through Cape Horn.
He was a carpenter.
January 24 - 1848

39. What is the Spanish word for gold?
Oro
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
James Marshall

40. What are 3 names of miners' camps?
James Marshall
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
January 24 - 1848

41. Where was gold discovered?
Sourdough
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
Land of fire.
In the American River in Coloma

42. What method of mining was banned because it was harmful to the environment?
Hydraulic mining
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
In the American River in Coloma
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.

43. Where was gold discovered?
Hangtown - Angel Camp - Rattlesnake Diggings - Git Up and Git - Old Dry Diggings.
In the American River in Coloma
A businessman who employed James Marshall to build a sawmill.
To take the Isthmus of Panama route.

44. Who is credited with discovering gold?
He was a carpenter.
James Marshall
In the American River in Coloma
January 24 - 1848

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

46. Who was Levi Strauss?
A tailor who made heavy duty work pants for miners. We call them jeans.
Panning - using a rocker or long tom - and hydraulic mining.
Gold is heavier - does not tarnish - and is more valuable.
Because they rushed to California in 1849.

47. What is mining called that sinks deep shafts into the ground?
Some stayed in California to start new businesses - some became farmers - others went back home?
January 24 - 1848
Coyote mining
In the American River in Coloma

48. What method of mining was banned because it was harmful to the environment?
Hydraulic mining
It is soft - easy to work with - and does not tarnish.
Sourdough
Coyote mining