Name: ____________________________

The Gold Rush

Date: _________________________

DIRECTIONS: Complete the chart below about the advantages and disadvantages of
routes to California. Then answer the ques:ons that follow (pages 228 and 229).

Route to California
______________ route

Advantages
Fastest route
to California, 2
to 3 months.

Disadvantages
Disease, hot climate, and wait
for a ship aEer.

_______________ route It could cost

the least.

Longest route, could take from

3 to 8 months.

_______________ route Short travel

:me; it took 3
to 5 months.

Face deserts and dangerous

mountain ranges, accidents,
illness, and lack of food and
water.

* If you were a forty-niner, which route would you take? Why? Give two reasons.

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DIRECTIONS: Read and answer the following ques:ons about the gold rush.
1.) How were the towns of Stockton and Marysville changed by the gold rush?
(pages 237 238)

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2.) How did women benet form the gold rush? (page 240)

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Name: ____________________________

Date: _________________________

DIRECTIONS: Read and answer the following ques:ons about the gold rush. You
can refer back to the text.

1.) How were the towns of Stockton and Marysville changed by the gold
rush? (pages 237 238)

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____________

3.)How did women benet form the gold rush? (page 240)

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____________

5.) What did vigilantes do? (pages 242 243)

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Name: ____________________________

Date: _________________________

DIRECTIONS: Read and answer the following ques:ons about the Monterey
Conven:on. You can refer back to the text.

1.) Why did Californians hold the Monterey Conven:on? (pages 246-247)

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2.) How many delegates were there? (page 248)

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3.) Who was represented at the delega:on? (page 248)

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4.) What decisions did the Monterey Conven:on face? (pages 248-249)

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5.) How did the new government dier from the past governments?
(pages 250-252)

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6.) Were there any laws that were kept from past governments?
(pages 250-252)

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Lesson 1: The Gold Rush

Pages 226- 227

When?

What?

Gold
Rush

Where?

Who?

Who were the forty-niners? ______________________________

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The ____ routes to California.

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In 1852, 1 out of 4 gold seekers was ______________.