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100

When did the gold Rush start?

January 24, 1848

100

What people came from another country to get gold?

The Chinese 

100

Where did the Gold Rush start? 

California 

100

Has there been other gold rushes? 

Yes 

200

By what year did 30 thousand Native Americans remain?

1870

200

What people bulid the transcontinental rail road? 

Chinese slaves

200

Where did John Bidwell find his pieces of gold? 

The Feather River 

200

How much money is all the gold worth today? 

$75 billion 

300

How many years did the gold Rush last? 

6 years

300

Who found the first sights of the gold? 

James. W. Marshall

300

Where was the first parts of the gold found?

Sutters Mill 

300

What was the price of all the gold back then?

$2 billion 

400

what year was the war that made Chinese and Japanese young men look for jobs in America? 

1889

400

Whose mill was the gold found at? 

Sutters Mill

400

Where did the chinese workers go after unemployment.  

The West Coast 

400

How many tons of gold was found?

750 tons 

500

What year did the Chinese people come to California for gold? 

1849

500

Who found the first gold in Feather River? 

John Bidwell

500

Where was the Sawmill built along 

American River in Colona 

500

How many good rushes has there been, not counting the California Gold Rush? 

5

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