California Gold Rush

Question 1

What ended the war with Mexico

Answer 1

Guadalupe Hidalgo

Question 2

How long did the war with Mexico last

Answer 2

1846- 1848

Question 3

Who was John Sutter

Answer 3

Swiss immigrant to California in 1839- owned 1000’s of acres, cattle and lots of people work for him

Question 4

What happened in 1837

Answer 4

Sutter hired James Marshall to Build a saw mill on the American River to provide lumber for Sutter’s growing ranch

Question 5

What happened on January 24, 1848

Answer 5

Marshall belived he found gold

Question 6

When did Marshall believe he found gold

Answer 6

January 24, 1848

Question 7

Who spread the news of gold being in California

Answer 7

A San Fransisco mercahnt- Samuel Brannan

Question 8

Where did the news of gold being in California spread

Answer 8

Spread to the East Coast and was published in newpapers

Question 9

By 1849 what was happening

Answer 9

Farmers left their fields, Merchants closed shop, soldiers left their posts- and all made plans to go to California

Question 10

What was the California Gold Rush

Answer 10

A mass migration of people from the eastern U. S and around the world looking for easy riches

Question 11

What were the people who got to California in 1849 called

Answer 11

The 49er’s

Question 12

What did the 49er’s do

Answer 12

Swelled the population of California from 14,000 in 1847 to 225,000 in five years

Question 13

What did early miners plan for and what is it called

Answer 13

They planned for gold along the rivers of northern California called Placer minning

Question 14

What were the condition like in the mining camps

Answer 14

They had no law and supplies, cholera, dysentery, and rampart were very common

Question 15

What were town that needed to be avoided

Answer 15

Hangtown, Gouge eyes, Rough and ready, Whiskey town

Question 16

Who were the people that were really getting rich

Answer 16

Merchant’s and Service People

Question 17

What happened once mining in the rivers played out

Answer 17

Hard rock mining started

Question 18

More than half of the 49er’s passed through were

Answer 18

San Francisco

Question 19

What San Francisco provide the miners with

Answer 19

Supplies

Question 20

What were the effects of the gold rush

Answer 20

-American miners forced out Mexican and Chinese miners to reduce competition
- Legislature levied a 20$ per month to discourage miners from other countries
-Discouraged Chinese miners moved to San Fransico and formed Chinatown

Question 21

What killed the Native American’s

Answer 21

European diseases or they were hunted down by miners

Question 22

What was the population like in the 1870

Answer 22

From 160,000 in 1860 to 58,000 in 1870