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1. What Happened on January 24, 1848?
James Marshall found gold
 A new store opened.
 A new ship came to town.
2. Who made the Prairie Schooner?
A. The Wright Brothers
 B. The Conestoga Brothers
 C. The Studebaker Brothers

 

3. How long have steam engines been around?
A. 300 Years
 B. 450 Years
 C. 100 Years

4. What was San Francisco called before the Gold Rush?

A. San Diego
 B. Sacramento
 C. Yerba Buena

5. How much would some store owners charge for one glass of water in San Francisco during the Gold Rush?

A. $1,050
 B. $1.00
 C. $100

6. Who was Levi Strauss’s partner?

A. Jacob Davis
 B. President Polk
 C. John Sutter

7. What did it mean when one miner “jumped the claim” of another miner?

A. A miner found his first claim.
 B. A miner found another job, and left his claim.
 C. One miner stole the gold claim of another miner.

8. A miner’s life was

A. Hard
 B. Easy
 C. Funny

9. What was the simplest and first form of gold mining?

A. Long tom
B. Panning
 C. Hydraulic mining


10. What did a gold seeker use for panning?

A. A hat
 B. A spatula
 C. A pan

11. What was Dame Shirley’s real name?
A. Louise Clappe
B. Molly Clappe
 C. Mrs. Polk

12. During the Gold Rush, about how many Mexicans returned to Mexico?

A. About 20,000
 B. About 10,000
 C. None