Fill in missing letters _ona_za! The word used when a miner finds a vein of gold
B N: Bonanza
100
True or False: Racism was a factor in the mining boom
True
100
Who showed Americans several different ways to mine?
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Hispanics/Mexicans
100
Did American's like Seward's plan to purchase Alaska?
Not at first
100
Who was marking their territory on this vid?
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Blaire
200
What does this picture show (file:///Volumes/Data/Users/gomezfroylan/Documents/School/Junior%20Yr./S2/US%20History/Jeopardy%20Files/Pic1.jpg)
Hydraulic Mining
200
Did American's at the time think that purchasing Alaska was a good thing?
No
200
Process used to obtain special minerals by using water
Hydraulic Mining
200
What did American's call Seward's purchase.
"Seward's Folly" & "Seward's Ice Box"
200
Where is Bear Cave located?
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By Deer Park
300
Kind of mining that involves hard rocks
Hard Rock Mining
300
How much money was gathered in 20 years?
$500 million
300
Process used to obtain precious minerals using shafts
Hard Rock Mining
300
In a time period of 20 years about how much cash did the US gain.
$500 mil
300
Notice that Tyler is giving Blaire a plastic water bottle, what century was the plastic bottle invented?
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(Mid) 20th century
400
What kind of material did the comstock lode have
Silver
400
Name one of the towns that sprung up from the mining boom.
Tombstone, San Francisco, or Klondike
400
Where do you find gold, silver, copper, and etc. (Answers may vary)
Land, water, mountain, etc. (not air)
400
How much did a bottle of water cost in 1859?
$0.04
400
What were 3 of the 6 tools a miner/we used? (Answers may vary)
Pick Axe, Shovel, crowbar, lamp, sledge hammer, and etc.
500
What is a prospector
Miner/Surveyor of the land
500
What was the main mineral of Colorado
Silver
500
What type of business gained the most money.
All except the mining companies.
500
How much would a loaf of bread cost in 1859
$0.11
500
Who said this?
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Dalton
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