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O'Reilly's History Quiz
Quiz Yourself on the California Gold Rush
1. Who discovered gold in California on January 24, 1848?
James W. Marshall
James K. Polk
Johann A. Sutter
John C. Fremont
Nellie Bly
2. Who kicked off of the California Gold Rush almost a year after gold had been discovered?
Zachary Taylor
John C. Fremont
James K. Polk
James W. Marshall
Johann Sutter
3. What is the nickname that prospectors earned and that California maintains today?
48ers
Raiders
A's
49ers
Dodgers
4. What war allowed President Polk to secure a massive expansion of the United States?
Civil War
Revolutionary War
War of 1812
Spanish American War
Mexican American War
5. The Treaty of Cahuenga signed on July 13, 1847, gave what territory to the United States?
Alaska
California
Washington
Idaho
Texas
6. Editor and writer John L. O'Sullivan used what phrase to describe the United States' conquest of the West?
Westward Destiny
Manifest West
Manifest Destiny
Overland Campaign
Cowboy Destiny
7. How many people arrived in California the year after gold was discovered?
5,000
15,000
25,000
50,000
100,000
8. The completion of what route first enabled a speedy traverse from the east coast to the west coast?
Panama Railway
Panama Canal
Colombia Canal
Transatlantic Railroad
Transcontinental Railroad
9. The number of immigrants to the United States was particularly high from what country, which had nicknamed the U.S. "the Gold Mountain"?
Ireland
France
Chile
China
Turkey
10. When all was said and done, how many tons of gold were found during the Gold Rush?
100
250
300
350
375
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