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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhere was gold first discovered in California?Sutters MillSan FransiscoSan DiegoSacramento
- 2. Multiple Choice1. What was "gold fever?"A. A disease caused by exposure to radioactive goldB. A sudden rise in gold prices caused by the discovery of gold in CaliforniaC. A mental illness that caused people to mistake worthless metals for goldD. The desire to get rich quick by acquiring California gold
- 3. Multiple Choice______ was the time period named for the thousands of gold-seekers moved to California in hopes of striking richCalifornia Gold RushForty-ninersPopulation BoomEconomic BOOM!!!!!!
- 4. Multiple Choice
What is a person called that is among the first to enter or settle in a region?
Forty-Niner
Provision
Pioneer
Argonaut
- 5. Multiple Choice
What conclusion can you draw about the California gold rush?
The gold rush forever changed the American West.
The gold rush was more important to South America than to the United States.
The gold rush helped make most people in the United States rich.
The gold rush should have been kept a secret.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Why did life not get easier once people made it to California?
People worked long hours and got very sick.
People had to face deadly snakes and bugs.
People could not find Sutter's Mill.
People found out that there was no gold.
- 7. Multiple Choice
The "49ers" had what was called ____________.
silver fever
gold fever
hay fever
scarlet fever
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which one is a benefit of the gold rush?
Ghost towns all over California.
Turning California into a thriving state.
Causing miners to lose a lot of money.
Causing a lot of fights among miners.
- 9. Multiple Choice
Some ghost towns today once were ______________________ where many people lived.
foriegners
swindlers
boomtowns
banishment
- 10. Multiple Choice
Some prospectors suffered from ________________ from the lack of Vitamin C in their diet.
scurvy
the flu
no teeth
refienment
- 11. Multiple Choice
Prospectors worked their way through the _________________ with many tools since they could see veins of gold.
gold
decent
rocker
ore
- 12. Multiple Choice
Fresh water was _____________ on the ship around the Cape Horn.
scarce
sturdy
banishment
scurvy
- 13. Multiple Choice
Forty-niners wanted to make sure they got on a ___________ ship so it could handle storms on the way to San Francisco.
scurvy
sturdy
eager
foriegn
- 14. Multiple Choice
The miners were very excited and ______________ to arrive to the gold fields.
scarce
ore
decent
eager
- 15. Multiple Choice
There were few merchants during the Gold Rush who were honest and ______________ men.
scurvy
swindler
decent
sturdy
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