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When did the California Gold Rush end?
In the mid 1850's.
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How did people find gold during the Gold Rush?
They went down to the river and panned the river's soil.
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With whom did the government make a treaty with?                                                           

Native Americans
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What is a Bust?
When the ore was gone, people left, and towns became ghost towns.
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What is another word for total?                                  A. Sum                                                                    B. Bust                                                                   C. Lode                                                                 

A. Sum
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What are prospectors?
People who seek valuable minerals.
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What is an ore?
A material in which gold or other valuable minerals is mixed with less valuable materials
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In which River did people find gold?
Carson River
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What was the main purpose of railroads?
To help transport goods faster.
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What was it called when the Southerners wanted the route to run through the South and Northerners wanted it to go through the North?                          A. Effect of gold disappearance                                B. Prospectors                                                          C. Disagreement                                                

C. Disagreement
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Why did people stop looking for gold in California.
It was starting to become to difficult.
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Why could transportation be important to miners?
The gold, silver, and other valuable minerals had little value until they got to businesses and other places.
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What are Boomtowns?
Boomtowns are lawless places and violent places near mines.
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Why did people start mining for other metals?
There was no more gold or silver
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Where was the Carson River located?                          A. Georgia                                                                B. Nevada                                                                 C. California

Nevada
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What is a subsidy?
A financial form of help to an institution or business.
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What does the word extract mean?
To remove or take out with force.
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Who was the owner of the Carson River?

Henry Comstock

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What is a lode?
A rich vein of ore.
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What are 4 of the states that joined the Union by 1890
South Dakota, North Dakota, Washington, Montana, Wyoming, and idaho
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What does transcontinental mean?
Railroad lines that cross the whole continent.
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Why did government gave the railroad companies money?
They new the railroad was going to help connect the East and West.
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What did the American Railway Association do to make the rail service safer and more reliable?

They made time zones.
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Why were transcontinental Railroads made?

To be able to reach the Pacific and Atlantic Coast.

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What was the most valuable mineral people wanted?   A. Silver                                                                   B. Bronze                                                                C. Gold

C. Gold
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