4th Grade Impact Explorer Magazine pg. 72-75

In the 1880s the West saw 2 major discoveries of gold in what 2 states?

• California and Utah

• Canada and Utah

• Colorado and California

• California and Alaska

People looking for gold used a method called

• digging

• panning

• looking closely

• sluicing

A box with a sieve or screen was used when panning for gold, it was called a

• pan

• bucket

• rocker

• trap

Why did so many immigrants from Asia come to the Seattle area in the late 1880s?

• for jobs in lumber camps or railroads

• They were kicked out of their country for bad behavior

• They were mining for gold.

• They heard America was the land of the free.

Immigrants from China and Japan settled in ____________ neighborhoods.

What countries besides China and Japan did Asian immigrants in Seattle come from?

• South America

• Philippines, Korea and Vietnam

• Russia

• Europe and Iceland

Which event led to a massive migration to California in 1849?

• The Oregon Trail

• The Louisiana Purchase

• The Gold Rush

• The completion of the Transcontinental Railroad

Millions of People became Rich during the Gold Rush of 1849.

• True

• False

What effect did the gold discovery have on California's population?

• It decreased significantly

• It stayed the same

• It increased slightly

• It increased dramatically

What was one of the main methods used to find gold in the rivers?

• Dynamite fishing

• Panning

• Metal detectors

• Excavation