CA Gold Rush
These were the three routes that were used to get to California.
What is Panama, Cape Horn, and overland trail
This is where people mined for gold
What is rivers and tunnels
Rapidly built settlements that sprang up near mining areas.
What is "Boom towns"
Most miners left the gold rush feeling.
What is disappointed with no gold
This was the most expensive route to California.
What is the Panama route
This is where the most gold was found
Where is Coloma Grass Valley, Sierra Nevadas, and Sutters Mill
These people moved here to make it rich by selling things to the miners
What is a merchant or business owner
At first, people outside California did not believe the stories of gold. Then this person made a speech and confirmed that there was gold in California.
Who is President James Polk
This is why people, or 49ers, came to CA
What is gold mining
This was the least expensive route to California.
What is overland.
These towns were towns that boomed after the gold rush and are still big cities in California today
What is Sacramento and San Fransisco
These 2 things caused many miners to go back home with nothing
What is depletion of gold and businesses overcharging people
This is the year that gold was found in California.
When is 1848
This route took the most amount of time.
What is traveling by Cape Horn route
These were the main tools that miners used when they first started mining for gold.
What are the pan, pick, and long tom
These were five of the many languages that the immigrants spoke.
What are English, Spanish, French, Chinese, Russian
How much is 1 oz of gold back then worth today
What is $700
This person discovered gold in the this year.
Who is James Marshall in 1849
This route took the least amount of time.
What is traveling by Panama route
Gold eventually became hard to find because of this.
What is miners had already mined most of the gold.
These were five of the many languages that the immigrants spoke.
What are English, Spanish, French, Chinese, Russian
Died penniless and completely out of his mind.
How did James Marshall die