Unit 3 Lesson 2 the effects of the gold rush

Question 1

how was san francisco different after the gold rush

Answer 1

it grew from a town of 800 people to a city of 35,000

Question 2

what did towns like Stockton and Marysville and Sacramento become after they grew so much

Answer 2

trading and supply centers for mining camps

Question 3

what did towns that were just mining camps have after the growth

Answer 3

banks, food stores and doctors offices

Question 4

what did the miners who gave up on mining and stayed in California become

Answer 4

merchants and shopkeepers. Some claimed farmland and began to grow food for miners and others

Question 5

what happend to to abandoned ships in San Francisco during the gold rush

Answer 5

became hotels, stores and warehouses

Question 6

how did the gold rush change California’s economy

Answer 6

some people became rich. Others stated businesses providing goods and services to the miners and other consumers

Question 7

what is a consumer

Answer 7

a person who buys goods or services

Question 8

what provided a demand for workers during the gold rush

Answer 8

people coming into California needing a place to live, food to eat and clothing to wear

Question 9

what is an entrepreneur

Answer 9

a person who sets up a new business

Question 10

who was Levi Strauss

Answer 10

he developed jeans that miners liked.

Question 11

why did products have to be imported into California

Answer 11

because so many people came in a short time and used up products

Question 12

what is inflation

Answer 12

a shortage of goods and labor or a sharp increase in prices

Question 13

why did inflation begin in California

Answer 13

people wanted to look for gold rather than wor at other jobs

Question 14

who was Mary Jane Megquier

Answer 14

wrote that women could make more money than men in california

Question 15

how did the gold rush affect women

Answer 15

they were able to make alot of money. they would do work that men wouldn’t and people would pay for

Question 16

who came to California to become entrepreneurs that couldn’t in other places

Answer 16

African Americans and women

Question 17

who was mifflin gibbs

Answer 17

opened a shoe store and started the Mirror of the times, the first newspaper in California owned by a African American

Question 18

what did mifflin gibbs do with some of his money he earned

Answer 18

freed slaves in the South

Question 19

what did hydraulic mining do to the land in California

Answer 19

sent tons of dirt into the rivers. The mud stopped ships from traveling up some rivers. also caused floods of farmland after heavy rains

Question 20

what happened to the land when gold became harder to find

Answer 20

miners tore up land or built dams to change the flow of rivers, killing fish and keeping water form reaching farms and towns downstream

Question 21

in what year did lawmakers put a stop to hydraulic mining

Answer 21

1884

Question 22

what is discrimination

Answer 22

unfair treatment of people because of their religion, race, or birthplace

Question 23

who did some miners believe should be the only ones to search for hold

Answer 23

people from United States

Question 24

what did miners do to stop immigrant miners from searching for gold

Answer 24

threatened them or tried to pass laws that limited their rights

Question 25

how were California Indians hurt by by the gold rush

Answer 25

forced off their land when miners found gold on it, cut down forest and destroyed rivers where Indians hunt and fish.

Question 26

what is a vigilante

Answer 26

person who takes the law into his/her own hands

Question 27

what causes conflicts between miners and indians

Answer 27

when miners took over or destroyed Indian’s land

Question 28

what caused people to become vigilantes

Answer 28

lack of government officials during the gold rush. there was alot of crime and violence

Question 29

what happened when vigilantes didn’t follow the the law

Answer 29

vigilantes punished people who had done nothing wrong.