Vocabulary
This type of mining involved using high power water hoses to break up the land.
Hydraulic mining.
Describe how women worked during the Gold Rush.
women made money by washing clothes, making meals, and using their domestic skills.
What made mining towns so dangerous?
Fights, starvation, disease, murders
What city grew because of the Gold Rush?
San Francisco
What was Sutter’s mill?
A saw mill where gold was first discovered.
Who hired James Marshall to work on his sawmill?
John Sutter
What was the most common method for miners to use?
panning/placer mining
Where was gold first found?
In a river channel.
What are 2 things that made the sea journey to CA dangerous?
rocky coasts, storms at sea, crowded ships, boredom, bad food and sickness
Who got rich during the Gold Rush?
People who opened supply stores, food stores, banks (Wells Fargo, Sam Brannan)
Describe how Native Americans in California were treated.
Poorly, genocide occurred.
how do you describe the relationship Native Americans had with 49ers on their way to California?
positive, helpful, friendly.
Name 3 mining methods.
hydraulic mining, placer mining, pickaxes.
What are 2 things that made the land journey to CA so dangerous?
no water, rugged mountain ranges, and risk of hostile Native American attacks, heat