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Effects of the California Gold Rush
Effects of the California Gold Rush
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Focuses on the effects on California's population, prices, transportation etc...
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1
The population of Calif. grew from 14,000 people to about what because of the Gold Rush
400,000
200,000
100,000
40,000
2
Most people who mined for gold during this Gold Rush became wealthy.
False
True
3
What year did California become a U.S. state?
1850
1849
1859
1848
4
Because so many people now lived out west, what was built in the 1860's that improved transportation across the US?
a transcontinental Railroad
paved roads
more stagecoach & wagontrails
faster ships
5
Because James Marshall was the first to find gold, he became wealthy.
False
True
6
So many people left their jobs to look for gold that it caused a labor shortage in California?
False
True
7
Prices were sky high in California because of the economic principle known as "the law of supply and demand.
False
True
8
Many people got "Gold Fever" which was a disease caused by mosquitoes.
False
True
9
John Sutter was ruined and was broke because of the Gold Rush.
True
False
10
What number state did it become?
30th
50th
31st
40th
