Gold Rush Questions and Answers Rated A+

Gold Rush Questions and Answers Rated A+ What was the Gold Rush? When lots of people race off to where gold has just been discovered What was the rumor that led people to go to California? That gold was easy to find in California, but it might not last forever What are prospectors? men who left their jobs and families and hunted for gold What is a mineral called that looked like gold but was worthless? Fool's gold Why is the date of January 24, 1848 significant? when a carpenter found gold while building a sawmill for John Sutter What is Manifest Destiny? the idea that US citizens had the right and duty to spread out across America from the East Coast to the West Coast Who were the majority of the people who went west looking for gold? Unmarried men What were two ways to get to California from the east? by sea in ships or overland in wagons What is a grubstake? lending of tools and money to poor prospectors by rich businessman What were the best areas to find gold? a sharp bend in a stream or a deep riverbed What does it mean to stake a claim? a miner hammered stakes at the four corners of his area What does "hitting pay dirt" mean? what miners called it when they found gold when panning How much was a pinch of gold dust worth? $1 Who was San Brannan? businessman, started the California Star (first newspaper in San Francisco) first millionaire in the gold rush How did women made money during the gold rush? selling home-cooked meals and doing laundry Who was Levi Strauss? opened a store to sell sturdy work clothes What was claim jumping? prospecting another miner's claim when he wasn't around What was the Foreign Miner's Tax? tax imposed on miners from other countries because the prospectors thought only US citizens should be allowed to hunt for gold in the US What were boomtowns? gold rush towns that seemed to spring up overnight What is gambling? most popular form of entertainment in San Francisco What were abandoned ships turned into? were turned into warehouses and saloons What did Wells and Fargo start? A stagecoach mail service What is ore? hard rock with gold veins in it What is Hydraulic mining? high pressure water hoses aimed at hillsides that ate away at the dirt causing landslides What were ghost towns? what became of many boomtowns when the gold ran out What happened to Native Americans during the gold rush? 120,000 had been pushed out by settlers, murdered, died of hunger or disease, and lost their way of life because of the gold rush What are these examples of: Bedbug, Hangtown, and Murderer's Gulch? names of mining camps Why is this weight significant: 195 pounds? weight of the largest nugget What did the gold rush make happen sooner for California? it's statehood