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The California Gold
The California Gold Rush
Question | Answer |
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Who first discovered gold? When? | A worker building a mill for John Sutter in 1848 |
Approximately how many Americans came looking for gold? | About 80,000 |
Why were they called 49ers? | Most of them came in 1849 |
What route did those who came by boat take from the eastern United States | East by boat around the southern tip of South America across the Isthmus of Panama. Or overland |
Name two ways prospectors tried to find gold | Mining or panning |
When did California become a state? Why did it happen so quickly | 1850 because there was a need for local government authority |
What city prospered from the gold rush | San Francisco |
What happened to the man who first discovered gold | He was run off his land and died poor |