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Where were most mines? A.)Northeast B.)Midwest C.)West
C.)West https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iKxUtmW9WJIIm0Af2VfLhZDbQn6Bq1eg17WBr4THBt0/edit
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What metal did miners go for? A) Gold B) Silver C) Diamond D) Your mom
A) Gold. Get this: ONE DIRECTION!!
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Did most miners: A) Get Rich B) Get Poor C) Get Ladies D) Stay the way they were
B) Get poor :( im just a poor boy...nobody loves meeeee
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What is the profession most women got into? A) Nursing B) Prostitution C) became Pageant Moms (TODDLERS AND TIARAS!!) D) became Sandwich makers (HOUSEWIVES)
B) PROSTITUTION!!!!
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What is http://tinyurl.com/7lzubkj
The Gold Rush
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How did the location of mines promote Manifest Destiny?
Mines, typically located in the West, promoted the movement of people towards the Pacific.
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Who came to this region to seek riches? A) 'MERICANS B) CHINESE C) CITIZENS OF THE WORLD D) MARTIANS
C) CITIZENS OF THE WOOOOOOOORLD!!!!
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How were native Americans affected by the westward expansion of miners?
They were killed.
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What was the ethnicity of most miners? A) Chinese B) American C) Italian D) German
A) CHINESE!!!!!!! gong xi fa cai
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What is http://tinyurl.com/7kqv28w
Ghost Town Boo
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How does mining effect the environment? A.) It promotes deforestation! B.) It erodes soil! C.) It pollutes water! D.) All of the above!
D.) All of the above!
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Who was the man whose men found gold while building a sawmill? you guess this.
John Sutter
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Did the gold mine cause the American river to: A) Diminish water level B) Rise C) Change course D) Dry out
B) Rise
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Miners who were under the jurisdiction of a larger entity are known as: A) Al Qaeda B) The Klu Klux Klan C) Corporate Miners D) Enterprisers (NO THIS IS NOT SPOCK)
C) Corporate Miners!!!
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What is http://tinyurl.com/d82hctp
Manifest Destiny
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What river was the birthplace of the California Gold Rush?
American River aka Río de los Americanos (in the Sacramento Valley of California) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Sac_State_American_River_from_Guy_West_Bridge.jpg
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Merchants used the gold rush as a means to raise prices on goods. T/F
T
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What caused mudslides from mining?
Gravel in the river
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What was the ratio of men to women? YOU GUESS THIS FOOLS!!!!
2:1
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What is http://tinyurl.com/8yrwab5 or http://tinyurl.com/7ue2u65
Immigrants!!
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Did most people who go out West find the wealth that they had intended to find? (Ha, you thought this was a geography question...n00b!)
NO!
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Who spread propaganda about the gold on the river in order to get rich?
Sam Brannan
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What was the number of acres under debris during the gold rush?
39,000 acres
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What is the name of the town where in 1892 a miner strike, killing 7 people, was put down? Guess this one too. Im that evil. Muahahahaha. >:)
Coeur d'Alene
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What is http://tinyurl.com/88d5ce2
Boom and Bust Cycle