Gold Rush 1
This person owned the sawmill where gold was first found.
Who was John Sutter?
These people were given this nickname during the California Gold Rush.
Who were 49ers?
This was the year the California Gold Rush began.
When was 1848?
This is the state where the Gold Rush took place.
Where is California?
This person created pants with durable pockets for miners.
Who was Levi Strauss?
Washing clothes, cooking, and cleaning were usually done by these people.
Who were women?
Sickness (either sea sickness or diseases), bad weather, accidents, shortage of food, and highway robbers.
What were dangers along the Gold Rush routes?
This was the year the California Gold Rush ended.
When was 1852?
Most people slept in these on the way to the Gold Rush.
What is a covered wagon or tent?
This was the number order in which California officially became part of the United States.
Was is 31?
This person was the first to find gold.
Who was James Marshall?
This was one of the tools that miners used to find gold.
What is a pickaxe, shovel, pan, rocker, long-tom, millrace.
Also accepted: dynamite or high-powered hose (hydraulic mining.)
These were the people who tried to stop crime and punish criminals.
Who were vigilantes?
This is the river where gold was first discovered.
What is the American River?
This company got its start by transporting gold, money, and belongings for people across the overland routes.
What is Wells Fargo?
These people typically did NOT come west to find gold.
Who were women and children?
Also accepted: elderly or sick people
This name was given to a town when its population grew very quickly.
What was a boomtown?
This type of mining is no longer used due to damage to the environment.
What is hydraulic mining?
Known as a place to cut lumber, this was the location of the beginning of the Gold Rush.
What was John Sutter's sawmill?
These were the 3 routes that could be taken to get to the gold fields.
What are the Overland Trail, the Isthmus of Panama, and around the Cape Horn?
Who made their money selling mining pans at a very large price increase.
Who was Sam Brannan?
These are the 2 forms (shapes) that gold was found in by the miners.
What were nuggets and flakes?
These people stopped travelers on the overland trail and tried to take their belongings.
Who were highway robbers?
This is the region that the California Gold Rush began in.
What is a valley?
This population of people decreased drastically during the California Gold Rush.
Who were the Native Americans?
Also accepted: American Indians