Gold Rush Review

Johann Sutter wanted to share the discovery of gold

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Johann Sutter did NOT want the discovery of gold to be shared. He even tried to keep it a secret.

Which route is the shortest?

• Yellow: land route

• Red: sea and land route through Isthmus of Panama

• Purple: sea route around Cape Horn

What effect did the Gold Rush have on California's population?

• More than 300,000 people came

• More than 1 million people came

• Less than 20,000 people came

What did Newcomers from across the United States and around the world bring to California?

• new customs/traditions

• new languages

• new types of food

• All are correct

What year was gold discovered?

• 1900

• 1848

• 1845

• 2022

What caused mining camps to become dangerous?

• More people kept coming until the towns were too crowded to maintain a sense of order.

• The 49ers chose their own lands to claim without getting the landowners' permission.

• Businesses started to open up

• There were too many routes.

What was the Gold Rush like for women?

• Women wanted to search for gold like the men.

• Women stayed safe and learned how to earn good money

• Women found mining towns to be very dangerous.

• There were no women during the Gold Rush.

How did women earn money?

(multiple answers)

• Sewing

• Cooking

• Sewing

• nothing

Which picture shows the method of panning for gold.

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Which picture shows the method of using a cradle to find gold?

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