The California Gold Rush-Westward Expansion Articles

​ (a)   found the first piece of gold in California.

• James Marshall
• John Sutter
• James Polk
• James Madison
• Leis and Clark

What was Sutter's biggest fear?

• Sutter's greatest fear was that they would find more steel on his property.

• Sutter's greatest fear was that it was not gold on his property.

• Sutter's greatest fear was that the discovery would bring many people to his property.

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___ are people who search for minerals.

The people that began to arrive from California to look for gold were called ​ (a)  

• forty-niners
• fifty-niner
• thiry-niners
• twenty-niners
• four-niners

Why were the people who came to search for gold called forty-niners?

• The people that came to search for gold were called forty-niners because they arrived in 1849.

• The people that came to search for gold were called forty-niners because they arrived in 1839.

• The people that came to search for gold were called forty-niners because they arrived in 1829.

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By 1855, nearly __ people had arrived in California.

Gold searchers had to ​ (a)   for gold.

• pan
• dig
• look
• scower
• search

What was the first major East Coast newspaper to report the discovery of gold?

• The New York Herald

• The Chicago Tribune

• The Sun Times

• The New York Times

Not all the people in search of gold were from America, many were from

• People from Mexico, China, and Europe made their way, too.

• People from Canada made their way, too.

• People from Britain made their way, too.

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By ​ (a)   the Gold Rush ended? ​

• 1853
• 1835
• 1849
• 1894
• 1839