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Where was gold first found in California?
Sutter's Mill in Coloma, CA
Who was the man to first find gold in California?
James Marshall
In what year did thousands of people rush to California to hunt for gold?
1849
What were the three different ways to get to California?
Overland trails, sailing around Cape Horn, through the Panama Shortcut
If you were taking a trail west for gold, what would it be?
California Trail (beginning on the Oregon Trail)
What country was the area of California part of before the U.S.?
Mexico
What name were people who left to find gold called?
49ers!
If you were mining for gold, you had a (slim) chance at making how much $ per day?
About $25 if you were lucky!
What countries did immigrants come from during the Gold Rush?
China, Latin America, Europe
How did Samuel Brannan become California's first millionaire?
Selling supplies at an upcharge to miners
Who was successful in California from making and selling the first blue jeans?
Levi Strauss
How did J.A. Folger become wealthy during the Gold Rush?
Founding a coffee company in San Francisco (Folgers Coffee)
What town in California did most people arrive at for the Gold Rush?
San Francisco
What happened to the population of non-Native Americans during the Gold Rush?
It went from about 200 to over 36,000 in just a couple years!
Did California enter the U.S. as a free state or slave state?
A free state, upsetting the balance of free-slave state representatives in Congress
What brought an end to the California Gold Rush?
The Comestock Lode, which was the discovery of silver in Nevada/Utah territory in 1859
