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Discovery
Journey
Vocabulary
Causes & Effects
People
100
In what state was gold discovered in 1848?
What is California?
100
Money paid to ride in a ship, bus, train, or airplane.
What is a fare?
100
People who search for gold.
What are prospectors?
100
What caused people to rush to California in 1849?
What is James Marshall's discovery of gold?
100
On whose property was gold discovered?
Who is John Sutter?
200
Where was gold discovered in California?
What is Sutter's Mill?
200
Name two ways gold seekers used to get to California?
What is boat or wagon?
200
A person who steals a claim.
What is a claim jumper?
200
How did the gold rush affect California's population?
What is "It caused it to grow"?
200
He created pants for miners out of canvas.
Who is Levi Strauss?
300
Who discovered gold in California?
Who is James Marshall?
300
One of the dangers gold seekers faced on their journey to California?
What is disease or starvation or bad weather or steep mountains or swift rivers?
300
A person new to mining.
What is a greenhorn?
300
Why were there plenty of jobs in boomtowns?
What is Miners needed to be able to shop in different stores to buy the tools, equipment and supplies they needed?
300
The president of the United States at the time of the California Gold Rush.
Who is James Polk?
400
In what California river was gold discovered?
What is the American River?
400
Why did gold seekers travel in groups called wagon trains?
What is safety?
400
A rich source od precious metals.
What is a bonanza?
400
Why did miners need a grubstake?
What is "They were broke because they used all their money getting to California"?
400
He supplied miners wtih meat from his butcher shop.
Who is Phillip Armour?
500
How did James Marshall discover the gold?
What is noticed the glint of gold in the river?
500
How long did the journey to California take?
What is 5 weeks to 7 months?
500
A type of bread that miners ate.
What is sourdough?
500
What were some African American slaves able to do when they discovered gold?
What is buy their freedom?
500
A mountain man who blazed a trail through the Sierra Mountains for people rushing to find gold.
Who is James Beckwourth?