The making of America: gold miners in the west.

Question 1

california: in 1847 who sent who to what river in california to build what?

Answer 1

john sutter. james marshall. america river. build a saw mill.

Question 2

california: when was gold discovered and by who?

Answer 2

January 24 1848. marshall.

Question 3

california: what did john sutter decide to do when he got told about the gold and why?

Answer 3

got told by marshall to keep it a secret because he didn’t want lots of people flooding there to try to find the gold.

Question 4

california: who decided to act on the rumours of the gold, what was this original job, where did he spread the rumours, what evidence did he provide and how did he promote the rumours?

Answer 4

sam brannan. craftsman. san fransisco. collected some gold dust. told people in the streets.

Question 5

california: how did sam brannan earn money from the gold rush?

Answer 5

selling mining tools to people at $15 after buying all other tools for 20 cents.

Question 6

california: how much did sam brannan get after 9 weeks?

Answer 6

$36,000.

Question 7

california: what event allowed people to believe the rumours in the west that there was a gold rush and when?

Answer 7

president james polk validated discovery of gold in early december 1848.

Question 8

california: when was the gold rush/ surge?

Answer 8

1848-49.

Question 9

california: what type of news was it?

Answer 9

international.

Question 10

california: where did people come from to take part in the rush?

Answer 10

euroupe, mexico, china.

Question 11

california: how did the gold miners get to california?

Answer 11

sailed around the tip of south america.

Question 12

california: how did levi strauss make money without digging for gold?

Answer 12

sold hardwearing denim trousers to miners.

Question 13

california: how did nancy gooch manage to improve her life through the gold rush?

Answer 13

brought her son out of slavery.
cook and washer woman for miners.

Question 14

california consequences: how were chemicals used to get gold?

Answer 14

dissolve worthless minerals and release gold.

Question 15

california consequences: what happened to indigenous people?

Answer 15

worked at diggings. exploited- used as cheap labour. murdered.

Question 16

california consequences: how did water damage the land?

Answer 16

hill sides eaten away by high powered water to release quartz from hills, clogged the river with rocks and gravel. flooding.

Question 17

pike’s peak: what were the dates of the gold rush?

Answer 17

1858-59.

Question 18

pike’s peak: how did railway lines help people get to the pike’s peak gold rush?

Answer 18

helped people travel from east to St joseph with ease.

Question 19

pike’s peak: why did towns lie about how easy it was to get to pike’s peak from their route?

Answer 19

can gain money- shops, restaurants, inn’s and brothels etc.
boost economy.

Question 20

pike’s peak: what happened to daniel blue as he tried to get to pike’s peak?

Answer 20

ate one of the party members and half of his own brother before someone found him and helped him back to a town.

Question 21

pike’s peak consequences: how did kansas become a state because of the gold rush?

Answer 21

growth in population.

Question 22

pike’s peak consequences: why did tensions between white americans and native americans get worse now?

Answer 22

white americans wanted to settle on plains.

Question 23

what are the similarities between the two gold rushes?

Answer 23

1) indigenous peoples needs were put second/ exploited.
2) people could gain money- selling equipment & profiting off miners.
3) mass migration- relatively short period of time.
4) clashes between native americans and gold rush people- crossing plains and therefore breaking treaties signed in 1851 & 1853.

Question 24

what are the differences between the two gold rushes?

Answer 24

1) no help in travel- railway lines for pike’s california had wagons.
2) california sold item’s to help miners for profit and pike’s people offered services.
3) california- destroyed countryside.
4) california tried to keep it a secret.