Gold Rush Quiz

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Gold Rush Quiz

Who discovered gold?

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James K. Polk

James Marshall

John Sutter

Levi Strauss

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Which President confirmed the discovery of gold in California?

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Abraham Lincoln

George Washington

James K. Polk

Thomas Jefferson

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Hydraulic mining is...

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using a stream of water to blast gold loose from the mountainside

shaking scoops of soil back and forth so that the heavy gold falls to the bottom

digging for gold with a pickaxe

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Which of the following was NOT a route to the gold fields?

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Cape Horn

Overland Trail

Isthmus of Panama

The Silk Road

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True or false: some people became rich selling supplies to the miners. *

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True

False

What was the nickname of the people who came to California during the Gold Rush?

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Forty Eighters

Forty Niners

Scalliwags

Rapscallions

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True or false: most miners found gold and became rich.

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True

False

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