Gold Rush
This was found when James Sutter was digging on his farm?
What is a gold (or gold nugget)?
Who was our first President?
Who is George Washington?
What is a Yankee?
A man-made waterway is a called a __________.
What is a canal?
What was the main cause of the Civil War?
What is slavery?
Stores that sold _____________ to miners often became richer than the people looking for gold.
What are tools, food, or supplies?
Our 6th President that wanted to build more canals.
Who was John Quincy Adams?
The nickname given to those who came to dig gold in 1849.
What is Forty-Niners?
By the early 1800s, the most common way to travel was by ____________.
Another cause of the Civil War. This happened when a group slaves revolted and killed white men, women, and children. This made people paranoid and angry.
What is Nat Turner's Revolt?
There were no ____________ at the beginning of the Gold Rush. People could dig anywhere, and no one could stop them.
What are laws?
This President showed off the nugget of gold found on Sutter's Farm, and used it to tell people to come to California because "gold was everywhere."
Who is President Polk?
What name were the southern states called during the Civil War.
What is the Confederacy?
Boats were pulled through the canal locks by ______________ (animal).
What are mules?
The Civil War began in what year?
What is 1861?
Because of the Gold Rush, this small area became a large city.
What is San Francisco?
Our 16th President that wanted to end slavery.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
What name were the northern states called during the Civil War?
What is the Union?
The Erie Canal was built in what state?
_________________ soldiers died during the Civil War.
A. 300
B. 7,000
C. 620,000
What is 620,000?
Damage to the ______________ is still being fixed today from explosives and the use of mercury in mining.
What is environment?
The name of the man that assassinated President Lincoln.
Who was John Wilkes Booth?
"Clinton's Ditch" was the name given to _____________ by people that did not like the idea.
What is the Erie Canal?
This New York mayor was responsible for building the Erie Canal.
Who was Mayor Clinton?
Which side won the Civil War?
What is the North (or Union)?