This state became the most populated state in the U.S. because of the gold rush and Silicon Valley.
What is California?
100
Instead of mining for gold, he would sell goods and services to miners. He made a fortune but not from gold. He also was the first to spread word of the gold.
Who is Sam Brannan?
100
This was the easiest and most popular way to find gold, but in the late years of the gold rush it became harder to do.
What is panning?
200
This person was a carpenter who discovered gold while working on a sawmill for a Swiss settler named John Augustus Sutter.
Who is John Marshall?
200
So many prospectors came in the year 1849 that they got this name.
Who are the forty-niners
200
This is the year that $81,294,700 was made, which was the most money made in a year while the gold rush was happening.
What happened in the year 1852?
200
These people were very valuable in California while the gold rush was going. They didn't get paid as much back home, but in California they had a fair chance to make money. They also had many skills that most of the miners did not have like cooking or washing and making clothes. They charged a lot for these goods because they were so rare in California.
Who are women?
200
People who chose to travel from the East of the U.S. had to go around this continent to get to California.
What is South America?
300
Gold was discovered in this creek/river.
What is the American River or Sutter Creek?
300
These are picks, shovels, and tin pans.
What are the tools that a prospector used to look for gold?
300
These 4 races of people who came to California were later discriminated while living there after the gold rush.
(name at least two of them)
Who are Europeans, South Americans, Chinese, and Mexican?
300
These two business men provided transportation, mail delivery, and honest banking services. Their banking company later became huge in the banking industry.
Who are Henry Wells and William Fargo?
300
This person would sell canvas tents to miners. He then would repair peoples pant knee. Finally he started making pants out of denim. His company is still in business today and is widely known.
Who is Levi Strauss?
400
He reported that $50,000 in gold had been found daily. He also said that there is more gold in California that it could pay off the cost of the war with Mexico a hundred times.
Who is R. B. Manson?
400
This word meant that a prospector would find gold.
What is a strike?
400
This is the year that California became the 31st state.
What happened in the year 1850?
400
He had one of the best opportunities to mine for gold, but he never mined. He also didn't want to be an entrepreneur. He wanted his land to be a farming land and wanted the agriculture economy to dominate instead of gold. He eventually left California.
Who is John Sutter?
400
Prospectors would use these to go through a lot of dirt. They were made up of wooden frames and drained out non-gold material.
What is a sluice?
500
This meant that people would leave their jobs, even high paying ones, and go search for gold.
What is Gold Fever.
500
These towns began to appear as more prospectors arrived. When gold ran out these towns were abandoned.
What are boomtowns?
500
This city was a boomtown. There are many different races in this city. It used to be a small town, but now it is booming with famous bridges, skyscrapers, and roads.
What is San Francisco?
500
He took a job as a writer for the San Francisco Call. One of his stories became a huge hit and he was soon very popular for the whole nation. Later on, he became a best-selling author.
Who is Mark Twain / Samuel Clemens?
500
Many miners died from this disease. It spread through bad water and the bad living conditions.