California Gold Rush

Who found the gold

• Joseph Marshall Jonathan DeVinci

• Paul Fransisco and Theodore Johnston

• James Marshall and John Sutter

• The Spanish Speaking Indians

What trail did they take to get to California?

• Oregon Trail

• California Trail

• Gold Rush Path

• They swam

What was the Donner Party?

• Western Travelers stranded in the Sierra Nevada

• A group of young students learning to mine

• There is no such thing

• Eastern Travelers searching for gold

Who were the forty-niners?

• ghost

• football team

• toy story

• Gold seeking migrants

What is the definition of prospect?

• a gold mine

• search for gold

• natives searching for gold

• 1867

what did placer miners do?

• they blew up the mines in order to find gold

• they cooked using gold pans

• they used pans and other tools to wash gold

• they made gold into jewelry

In 1850 California became the # state?

• 31st

• 21st

• 45th

• 1st

Where was there hardship? It caused Chinese men to leave China and travel to America

• Britain

• U.S.

• India

• China

Most men hoped to return home with what?

• dirt

• great wealth

• a job

• wives

Why were they encouraging settlers to move West?

• They needed slaves.

• They needed people for War.

• They needed chef's.

• They wanted more people in California.