GOLD RUSH PROSPECTORS

Watch the following video and answer the 4 questions that follow. 1. the 1840s, California was part of what country? none - it was independent Spain Mexico Great Britain 2. Which group of people had the largest numbers living in California in the 1840s? Native Americans Americans Mexicans 3. Matching Match the name of the person with the role he played in the California gold rush. Sam Brannan businessman who promoted the gold being discovered James Marshall worker who first spotted gold in the American River John Sutter owner of the land where gold was discovered 4. What was the nickname of the first wave of people who went out to California to find gold? California Trail Rats Gold Boys 49ers Watch this video for the following 3 questions 5. Who became the richest person in California because of the discovery of gold? John Sutter Sam Brannan James Marshall Brigham Young 6. How did he become the richest person in California? He dug the most gold in the first few months before many people knew about it. He sold "claims" of land at inflated prices to the gold prospectors. He bought up all the mining supplies and sold them for outrageously high prices. He found more gold than anyone else 7. TRUE or FALSE: President James K. Polk tried to keep the discovery of gold a secret until the U.S. army could send troops to California to protect everyone. TRUE FALSE Use the graph to answer the two questions that follow. 8. In what year was the most gold discovered in California? 1852 1854 1856 1849 9. How many years in a row were more than 1,000,000 Troy ounces of gold discovered in California? 13 14 15 16 10. San Francisco is the city that was very close to where gold was discovered. Using the graph here, which phrase best describes the impact of the gold rush on California's population? It decreased dramatically. It stayed about the same. It increased dramatically. 11. Go to google images, and search for "California Gold Rush 1849". As you browse through the first several lines of results, sort the list into two groups: "things you see in many of the pictures", and "things you rarely see". Things you see in many of the pictures men using hand tools in or near water prospectors working in groups Things you rarely see in the pictures women using machines mostly on land prospectors working alone