
13-6 Gold Rush
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Gold Rush
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What was "gold fever?"
A disease caused by exposure to radioactive gold.
A sudden rise in gold prices caused by the discovery of gold in California.
A mental illness that caused people to mistake worthless metals for gold.
The desire to get rich quick by acquiring California gold.
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Which of the following people was most likely to be a "49er?"
A 50-year-old man who was a college professor of geology.
A 30-year-old female farmer from Oklahoma.
A 40-year-old man who was born and raised in California gold country.
A 20-year-old farmer from Missouri.
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Place the following events in sequence: A) Gold is discovered in California; B)
California becomes a state; C) The Alaska gold rush begins
A, B, C
B, A, C
C, B, A
A, C, B
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If you wanted to pan for gold, where would you go?
Mountains
Desert
Ocean
River
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What can you infer about California from the information presented in the
movie?
Before 1849, its capital city was San Francisco
Before 1849, relatively few people lived there
Before 1849, it was impossible to reach by land or sea
Before 1849, it had a reputation for being lawless and violent
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Which of the following California towns most likely began as a gold rush
town?
Santa Rosa
Red Dog
Fullerton
Pasadena
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You were most likely to strike it rich in the California Gold Rush if you:
Got to California very quickly after gold had been discovered
Used devices like the long tom and the cradle
Avoided mining camps
Took the sea route to California instead of the land route
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If you wanted to go from New York to California by ship, you would:
Travel through the Panama Canal
Sail northward to the Arctic Ocean, head west, and then go south past Alaska i
ail through the Great Lakes, and then travel west along the Missouri River
Sail south all the way around the tip of South America, and then go north
again
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Which word best describes mining camps?
Wealthy
Placid
Rowdy
Large
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Why did the gold rush end?
California passed a law against gold prospecting
Most of the land in California was bought up by fortune-seekers.
All the easy-to-find gold was quickly taken.
The Civil War broke out, and prospectors had to go and fight.
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