Gold Rush (Forty-Niners) 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryThe American West 1840-1895GCSEOCR Created by: jessie2301Created on: 19-01-16 18:36 When and who discovered gold? James Marshell and 1848 1 of 16 Where was gold discovered? The Sierra foothills 2 of 16 Name 3 things people would have suffered on the boat to California Storms, seasickness, stale water and food for 10-12 weeks 3 of 16 Why did 5000 people die on their jounrney to California by foot? From cholera 4 of 16 How much, on average, would a person make a day? $3 not $1000 5 of 16 How would they search for gold at the beggining? By searching through the dry beds with spoons and knives 6 of 16 How did they develop the search for gold? After the spoons and knives, they would use washing pans and then a cradle. 7 of 16 How did washing pans help their search for gold? The pan was pushed into the stream and the water took away the light gravel and leave behind the gold. 8 of 16 How did the cradle work? Dirt was pushed in one end and water was poured in. It was then rocked until the dirt was gone and the gold stayed. 9 of 16 What health problems were common in the mining towns? Scurvy, diarrhoea, dystentry, malaria 10 of 16 Was gambling and alcohol allowed? Drinking and gambling was very common. 1853 there were 537 saloons and most of their money was spent on alcohol and prostitues. 11 of 16 Where else was gold discovered? Colorado, Rockies, Nevada, Montana, Oregon, Arizona and Dakota 12 of 16 How was the law organised? People made their own rules, chairmen and officers were chosen, had a mining code, Sherrif dealt with law breakers. 13 of 16 What were the common punishments? Floggin (whipping), banishment, hanging 14 of 16 Who decided on the punishment? Court of all miners 15 of 16 Were the miners racist? Yes, they banned mexicans, the Chinese were killed and harrassed, Indians were slaughtered and they refused to work with black people 16 of 16
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