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