Gold Fever
The amount of people who crossed the Great Plains in a steady stream of wagon trains along the California Trail
who are the 40,000 people?
The way miners looked for gold in spots where
What is panning?
Merchants sold pans, shovels, kettles, tents, blankets, clothing, and food to miners
How did merchants make money?
Many gold seekers left for home after a few months but many more stayed
Why did California's population grow?
Someone who takes risks to start a business
What is an entrepreneur?
The miners who went to seek gold
Who are the "forty-niners"?
A tool used for finding gold
What is a sluice?
Supplies were scarce in mining country, and demand was high
Why were merchants able to charge high prices?
This happened because they could not pay taxes
Why were Mexicans forced out?
A rapid flood of people into an area where gold has been discovered.
What is a gold rush?
The person who announced the discovery of gold to Congress
Who is President Polk?
The dangers of gold mining
What are diseases, poor diets, and accidents?
This person produced a new kind of work pants made of blue denim
Who is Levi Strauss?
This was a law passed that taxed Chinese immigrants too
What was the Foreign Miner's Tax?
Unfair treatment
What is discrimination?
The amount of gold seekers that had already set up tents and shacks on Sutter's property
who are the 4,000 people?
The amount of gold miners produced in 1848 and 1849
What are 76 tons of gold?
The things used to hold together blue denim
What are copper rivets and tiny bolts?
This was the location riders first left full gallop
What is St. Joseph, Missouri?
A yellow metal, soft enough to be formed into beautiful objects
What is gold?
Some sailed from South America and up the Pacific Coast to the port of San Francisco. Others sailed first to Central America. Some had to cross the thick, hot jungle to the Pacific
How did Americans arrive from the East?
In 1853, the gold rush had drawn in this many people to California
Who are 250,000 people?
This person opened a hotel in which miners could also get a meal
Who is Luzena Stanley Wilson?
This is the amount of time it took for mail to reach the state of California
What took 10 days?
A system of carrying mail by horse
What is the Pony Express?