Going for Gold - 49er's Fever
  • 1. When did the gold rush of 1849 end?
A) 1864
B) 1848
C) 1684
D) 1964
E) 1849
  • 2. When was the California gold rush?
A) 1849
B) 1848
C) 1749
D) 1949
E) 1864
  • 3. Where was the gold found that lead to the California gold rush of 1849?
A) Memphis
B) Sacramento
C) Marshall's Mill
D) Los Angeles
E) Sutter's Mill
  • 4. What type of mill was Sutter's mill?
A) grainmill
B) wheatmill
C) Marshmill
D) cornmill
E) sawmill
  • 5. Who build Sutter's mill?
A) James Sutter
B) John Marshall
C) Don Quixote
D) John Sutter
E) James Marshall
  • 6. What powered the mill at Sutter's mill?
A) water
B) mules
C) wind
D) solar power
E) gas
  • 7. When did California become a state?
A) 1851
B) 1849
C) 1846
D) 1850
E) 1847
  • 8. How many people lived in San Francisco in 1840?
A) a few thousand
B) only five hundred
C) a few hundred
D) less than fifty
E) only fifty thousand
  • 9. What was the flood of people descending on northern California in 1849 called?
A) The Great Escape
B) 49er'sFever
C) The Great Depression
D) The Golden Years
E) The Gold Rush
  • 10. The largest gold nugget found in California was found in what county?
A) Los Angeles County
B) Marshall County
C) Henderson County
D) Sutterville County
E) Calaveras County
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