Geography
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Consequences
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Where were most mines? A.)Northeast B.)Midwest C.)West
100
What metal did miners go for? A) Gold B) Silver C) Diamond D) Your mom
A) Gold. Get this: ONE DIRECTION!!
100
Did most miners: A) Get Rich B) Get Poor C) Get Ladies D) Stay the way they were
B) Get poor :( im just a poor boy...nobody loves meeeee
100
What is the profession most women got into? A) Nursing B) Prostitution C) became Pageant Moms (TODDLERS AND TIARAS!!) D) became Sandwich makers (HOUSEWIVES)
B) PROSTITUTION!!!!
100
The Gold Rush
200
How did the location of mines promote Manifest Destiny?
Mines, typically located in the West, promoted the movement of people towards the Pacific.
200
Who came to this region to seek riches? A) 'MERICANS B) CHINESE C) CITIZENS OF THE WORLD D) MARTIANS
C) CITIZENS OF THE WOOOOOOOORLD!!!!
200
How were native Americans affected by the westward expansion of miners?
They were killed.
200
What was the ethnicity of most miners? A) Chinese B) American C) Italian D) German
A) CHINESE!!!!!!! gong xi fa cai
200
Ghost Town Boo
300
How does mining effect the environment? A.) It promotes deforestation! B.) It erodes soil! C.) It pollutes water! D.) All of the above!
D.) All of the above!
300
Who was the man whose men found gold while building a sawmill? you guess this.
John Sutter
300
Did the gold mine cause the American river to: A) Diminish water level B) Rise C) Change course D) Dry out
B) Rise
300
Miners who were under the jurisdiction of a larger entity are known as: A) Al Qaeda B) The Klu Klux Klan C) Corporate Miners D) Enterprisers (NO THIS IS NOT SPOCK)
C) Corporate Miners!!!
300
Manifest Destiny
400
What river was the birthplace of the California Gold Rush?
American River aka Río de los Americanos (in the Sacramento Valley of California) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Sac_State_American_River_from_Guy_West_Bridge.jpg
400
Merchants used the gold rush as a means to raise prices on goods. T/F
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400
What caused mudslides from mining?
Gravel in the river
400
What was the ratio of men to women? YOU GUESS THIS FOOLS!!!!
2:1
500
Did most people who go out West find the wealth that they had intended to find? (Ha, you thought this was a geography question...n00b!)
NO!
500
Who spread propaganda about the gold on the river in order to get rich?
Sam Brannan
500
What was the number of acres under debris during the gold rush?
39,000 acres
500
What is the name of the town where in 1892 a miner strike, killing 7 people, was put down? Guess this one too. Im that evil. Muahahahaha. >:)
Coeur d'Alene
500
Boom and Bust Cycle
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