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Hi Ho Hi Ho It's off to Work we Go
Eureka!
Guardians of the Gold
They Came From Afar
No Water, No Food, Are Those Bears, Oh My!
100
Name some of the challenges to life in mining camps.
Hard work, poor/little food, theft, no gold, and many others.
100
In what year was gold found in California rivers?
1848
100

Gold is very valuable because it is...

scarce 

100
List at least 2 foreign countries immigrants came from during the gold rush.
China, Mexico, Chile
100
What was supposed to be the fastest route to the gold rush?
The Panema route
200
What mining tool used approximately 3 people work?
The cradle
200
What was John Marshall doing when he discovered gold?
Building a mill for John Sutter
200

In 1896 and 1897 gold was discovered in.... 

Montana 

200
What did the Chinese Immigrants call California
Golden Mountain (Gam San)
200
Why do MUNI passes (clipper cards) have a picture of a ship on them?
It is a clipper ship and one of the types of ships people would take to the gold rush.
300
What were common forms of entertainment in mining camps
Gambling, cards, dancing
300
Who spread the word throughout San Francisco that gold had been discovered?
Sam Brannan
300

Who unsuccessfully tired to make gold from other metals? 

Alchemists 

300
What jobs did Chinese immigrants take besides mining?
Building the railroads, laundry, restaurants, grocers.
300
List some of the dangers of the Oregon Trail.
No food for the animals, no food for people, diseases, snow, heat, rivers, Native Americans.
400
This mud-like substance flooded towns and rivers when hydraulic cannons were used.
Slickens
400
In what river was gold discovered?
The American River
400

How many days would a claim go unworked before other miners could take over?

10 day. 

400
What was the most dangerous job Chinese railroad workers did?
They placed the dynamite in the mountainsides by being lowered in a basket down the mountain, lighting the dynamite, and then being lifted back up before it explodes.
400
About how long would it take to get to California by the Cape Horn route?
4-8 months.
500
What is the Mother Lode and where did the term come from?
It is the name of the California gold fields and it came from what Spanish speaking miners would call California.
500
Who was the president who announced to the country that gold had been discovered in California?
James Polk
500

How much gold did Indians find during their enslavement 

150,000

500
Describe one of the laws against the Chinese Immigrants.
They were not allowed to bring their families. They could not testify in court agains anyone who was white.
500
What were some of the dangers of the sea route to the Gold Rush?
Crashing into rocks, unsafe ships, not enough food, sea sickness, diseases, overcrowding