california gold rush

What was a forty niner

A person who went to California to find gold

In the early years of California area, the population was made up of what two groups

Native America and californios

What were californios

Settlers of Spanish or Mexican descent

When Mexico owned California the government feared

American immigration and rarely gave land to foreigners

What was John sitter hoping to do with 50,000 acres that the Mexican government gave him in the Sacramento valley

Sutter built a fort on his land and dreamed of creating his own personal empire based on agriculture

What did James Marshall find in the water

Gold

Marshall’s find likely lead to

California gold rush

What were 4 reasons people valued gold

Scarce,beautiful,easy to shape, hard to tarnish

Late miners found more gold in rivers flowing out of the

Sierra Nevada moutains

Because the adventure to reach the gold most miners were

Young men

Miners tents along the various rivers soon gave way to wooden buildings that became

Stores and saloons

What was very limited in the mining town

Women

Name 3 items that hurt the miners health

Exhausted,poor food, disease

3 negative things that miners faced

High prices and gamblers and only few miners grew rich

2/3 of the white miners came from

America

Name four other locations out of the country where other minors came from to see their gold fortune in the west

South America Europe Australia china

What group did most miners hate

China

3 reasons did miners have to cheat on others

Greed anger prejudice

3 groups that were forced to eliminate competition

Native Americans Mexicans Chinese

When did California become a sate

1850

What shops did they open in San Francisco

Shops restaurants laundries

Population grew in San Francisco it became center of

Banking shipping trade manufacturing

Was California admitted as free or space state

Free

Why did southern fear California entering US as a free state

Statehood of California made free states outnumber slave states