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Tools
Discovery
Transportation
Campgrounds
Compromise of 1850
100
What were the most common tools due to the low budget of a miner?
pans and shovels
100
Who discovered Gold?
John Marshall
100
What was the most common transportation?
Boat
100
How was the condition of mining camps?
poor
100
The compromise of 1850 was created for what reason?
Spreading slave territories
200
what tools did commercial companies use to make mining easier?
water powered tools.
200
What year was the first sighting of gold in California?
1848
200
What were the ways they got there?
Boat, ferry, and by foot.
200
What was the "silent killer" of minig camps?
Scurvy
200
Was California a free state or not?
It was a free state
300
what was one of the common tools used by miners?
Pans, shovels, conveyer belts, sifters, and water wheels.
300
What date did the press release the sighting of gold?
March 15
300
What canal was unfinished, causing travelers to venture around cape horn?
The Panama Canal
300
What was one of the five main crimes in mining camps?
Lying, gambling, murdering, stealing, and drinking.
300
What were the miners forced to do beuase of this?
Hire workers to help them mine gold
400
How did the miners gain money to purchase tools?
gambling
400
Where was gold first dicovered?
sutters mill
400
What is a passage?
a voyage by ship
400
Were the people dirty or clean?
Dirty
400
What happened laterthat forced slaves to work?
The chinese were forced to work on the railroad.
500
What were the two water powered tools?
water wheel and conveyer belt.
500
What was mined along with gold?
Quartz
500
Was a passage expensive or not?
It was expensive
500
Where would miners commonly eat and relax?
The Saloon
500
How many bills were in the compromise?
5