Video/Movie Viewing Sheet Name:________________________ 1. How much did it cost per month to rent a lot to pitch a tent in San Francisco? _______________ 2. What business did Pierce leave to look for gold? ________________________________________ 3. How many people came to California to look for gold? ________________________ 4. How many were from the US? _____________________________ 5. How much was Sam Branham making each month from his general store? _______________________ 6. How many days a week did the miners work?____________________ 7. Which day(s) did they have off? ___________________________________________________________ 8. The future of a minor is to _______________________ California. 9. When did California hold its first general election? ___________________________________________ 10. What was preoccupying Congress so much that they couldn't think about forming California's government? _______________________ 11. Even though it didn't have approval from Congress, California called itself the Nation's ______________ state. 12. T/F Every person that came to California during the Gold Rush became extremely Rich. 13. The Wilson's made a make-shift establishment called _____________________________. 14. What did they serve there and what was the cost?____________________________________________ 15. How much did a miner offer her for a biscuit? __________________ and then he raised the offer to what? 16. Even though there were many scarce things in the Gold District, what was the most rare? __ 17. Women reminded them of _____________________. 18. "El Dorado" had how much in stock in 6 months? __________________________________ 19. In 1850 how many Anglo-Americans were in California? ___________________________________ 20. In the spring of 1850, Gold seekers persuaded the newly elected legislature to pass what tax?____ 21. What kind of miners were most often forced to pay?________________________ 22. Within 1 year of the tax how many Mexican miners left? ___________________________________ 23. Was the amount of gold you found based on luck or on your labor?_______________________ 24. Pierce went were in hope to find more gold? _____________________ 25. They decided to use a different kind of mining called ___________________________________.
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1.$ 150 2. Blacksmithing 3. 90000 4. 3/4 5. $150000 6. 6 7. Sunday 8. leave 9. November 13, 1849 10. Slavery 11. 31st 12. false 13. Womacks Hotel 14. meals; $1 15. $5; $10 16. women 17. home 18. $10000 19. 80000 20. Foreign Miners Tax 21. Spanish Speaking/ Mexican 22. 10000 23. luck 24. north 25. River mining
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