The Gold Rush
True/false: Before the gold rush happened, lots of people lived in California.
A. True B. False
B. False
True/False: The government wanted more people to move out west.
A. True B. False
A. True
True/false: Pioneers made their own soap, clothes, candles, and houses.
A. True B. False
A. True
What is a prospector?
A. Someone looking for gold B. A thief C. An ox
A. Someone looking for gold
Many people came from _____and______ to find gold in California.
A. China, Europe B. Africa, Antarctica C. Mars, Venus
A. China, Europe
Who usually made the most money during the gold rush?
A. Miners B. Store owners C. Farmers
B. Store owners
Who signed the Homestead Act into law to give people free land?
A. Donald Trump B. Miss Comfort C. Abraham Lincoln
C. Abraham Lincoln
Pioneers would often churn cream to make ______.
A. Eggs B. Ice cream C. Butter
C. Butter
What year did most prospectors arrive in California?
A. 2024 B. 1649 C. 1849
C. 1849
Because of the gold rush, California became the _____ State.
A. 51st B. 31st C. 1st
B. 31st
How many people arrived in California during the gold rush?
A. 100 B. 300,000 C. 500,000,000
B. 300,000
According to the Homestead Act, you could get ______ acres of free land from the government.
A. 1 B. 160 C. 2 million
B. 160
Many pioneers built wooden homes called _____.
A. Log cabins B. Schoolhouses C. White houses
A. Log cabins
What were the people called who mined for gold in California?
A. Indians B. 49'ers C. 99'ers
B. 49'ers
What city in California was an important boomtown during the gold rush?
A. San Francisco B. Los Angeles C. Gulfport
A. San Francisco
In California, Gold was first discovered at ________.
A. Sutter's mill B. San Diego C. Mexico
A. Sutter's mill
Homesteaders had to improve the free land they got by building ________.
A. Roads B. Farms C. Legos
B. Farms
Pioneers moved to west to get _____ or ______.
A. Land, gold B. slaves, cholera C. wagons, coffee
A. Land, gold
How did the 49'ers find gold during the gold rush? (choose 2 answers)
A. Panning in rivers B. Mining rocks C. Magnets
A. Panning in rivers B. Mining rocks
After all the gold was mined, boomtowns were abandoned and became ______.
A. Nothing towns B. Ghost towns C. Gold towns
B. Ghost towns
How much gold was mined during the gold rush?
A. 16 lbs. B. 12 million ounces C. 99 quadrillion tons
B. 12 million ounces
The Homestead Act gave people land that was west of the _______.
A. Mississippi River B. Pacific Ocean C. Rocky Mountains
A. Mississippi River
Write or draw some important supplies that pioneers would bring in their covered wagons. (hint: think about the Oregon Trail game)
Food/water, coffee, tools, clothes, cooking supplies, bedding, tents, guns and ammo, spare wagon parts etc.
Draw or write a tool that prospectors would use to find gold.
Pans, shovels, or pick-axes.
Pioneers looking for gold followed the Oregon Trail until they branched off onto the ___________ trail.
A. Mexico B. California C. Mississippi
B. California