Gold Rush Good old California People of California What’s the word?

In what town was gold first discovered?

Coloma

Term for the people who came to California in late 1840’s to search for gold.

Forty-niners

What did miners put around the land that they “claimed” as theirs?

Wooden stakes or posts

What tool did miners use to pan for gold that required two people to work it?

cradle

The “sickness” that the miners got when they spent all of their time searching for gold.

Gold Fever

What is another name for the denim pants that miners wore?

jeans

In what year did California become a state?

1850

What was the quickest route to California?

Across the isthmus of Panama

A convention was held to write a constitution for California. Where was this convention held?

Monterey

What was the name of the first California newspaper?

Mirror of the Times

Former slave owner who helped start a school for African-American children.

Biddy Mason

Entrepreneur who made denim pants for miners.

Levi Strauss

First governor of California

Peter H. Burnett

Military governor of California who called for the Monterey Convention.

Bennet Riley

Owner of a shoe store who helped start the 1 st African- American newspaper in California.

Mifflin Gibbs

Person who buys a good or service. a. consumer b. entrepreneur c. vigilante

a. consumer

Sharp increase in prices. a.Discrimination b. Inflation c. convention

b. inflation

Person chosen to speak and act for the people who elected him or her. a.Vigilante b. Delegate c. entrepreneur

b. delegate

Plan of government a.Legislature b. Compromise c. constitution

To approve a.Ratify b. Resolve c. claim

a. ratify

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