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100
This is the name that was derived from the year 1849.
Who are the Forty-Niner's?
100
This is the year that the Gold Rush started in.
When is 1848?
100
Before the Gold Rush, these two people tried keeping the gold a secret.
Who was James W. Marshall and John Sutter?
100
This is the city the Gold Rush started in.
What is San Francisco?
100
This is the place gold was first found.
What is Sutter's Mill?
200
This is the amount of people that came for gold from 1848 to 1854.
What is 300,000 people?
200
This was the most time consuming but least expensive way of traveling to California during the Gold Rush.
What is traveling by land?
200
This is the work people did at Sutter's Mill.
What is cutting lumber?
200
This is the year the Gold Rush ended.
When is 1855?
200
These three methods were used for gold mining.
What are panning, hydraulic mining, and gunpowder mining?
300
This is what happened when people mined for gold.
What is environmental destruction?
300
This is the river next to Sutter's Mill.
What is the Sacramento River?
300
This family didn't necessarily strike rich with gold, but got rich by chocolate and more.
Who are the Ghirardelli family?
300
This is how long it took to get to California from New York City by sea.
What is 6 months?
300
This is what many boom towns turned into after the Gold Rush.
What are ghost towns?
400
This is the nickname of California.
What is the Golden State?
400
This person made tough clothes for miners.
Who is Levi Strauss?
400
This is the motto of California; probably intended to refer to the discovery of gold, meaning "I have found it!"
What is Eureka?
400
This is the exact date the Gold Rush started.
When is January 24, 1848?
400
This is the town/place the gold was really found in.
What is Coloma?
500
Estimated Cost for egg
$40
500
Estimated Cost for Onion
$19-20
500
Estimated Cost For Pickaxe
$392
500
Cost for Pair of Boots
$3,920
500
Average Day Salary for gold panner
$1500 - $2250