The  Gold  Rush    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).  

Name: ____________________________ Date: _________________________

Route  to  California   Advantages   Disadvantages  

______________  route   Fastest  route  to  California,  2  to  3  months.  

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)  

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________  __________________________________________________________    2.)  How  did  women  benefit  form  the  gold  rush?  (page  240)  ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________  

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1.)  How  were  the  towns  of  Stockton  and  Marysville  changed  by  the  gold  rush?  (pages  237  –  238)  ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________    3.)How  did  women  benefit  form  the  gold  rush?  (page  240)  ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________    5.)  What  did  vigilantes  do?    (pages  242  –  243)    ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________  

Name: ____________________________ Date: _________________________

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

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

3.)  Who  was  represented  at  the  delega:on?  (page  248)  ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________  4.)  What  decisions  did  the  Monterey  Conven:on  face?  (pages  248-­‐249)  ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________  5.)  How  did  the  new  government  differ  from  the  past  governments?    (pages  250-­‐252)  ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________  6.)  Were  there  any  laws  that  were  kept  from  past  governments?    (pages  250-­‐252)  ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________  

Gold  Rush  

       

Lesson  1:  The  Gold  Rush  Pages  226-­‐  227    

When?  

Where?   Who?  

What?  

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•  _____________  •  _____________  •  _____________  •  _____________  

•  ____________  •  ____________  •  ____________  •  ____________  

The  ____  routes  to  California.  

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

Who  were  the  forty-­‐niners?  ______________________________    

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