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SS Gold Rush
Mining Questions 22-40
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4th Grade
03/28/2011

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What could a miner do if he felt mistreated?
Definition
Call a camp meeting
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What two words describe camp justice?
Definition
Quick and rough
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How did a miner stake a claim?
Definition
Mark the land, drive a stake into ground, and register with camp recorder
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How did the miners govern themselves?
Definition
Democratic camp meetings
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Name two non-white groups that were in the gold fields?
Definition
Indians, Chinese, Mexicans, and Latin Americans
Term
Why the Indians dislike the miners?
Definition
They ruined the land and scared away the game (animals)
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Which group was perhaps treated the worst, often swindled, robbed, and beaten?
Definition
The Chinese
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Who where the "Chilenos?"
Definition
Mexicans or Latin Americans
Term
Justice was fair to everyone except who?
Definition
Non-whites or non-English speakers
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Why was the gold and silver discovery in Nevada called the Comstock Lode?
Definition
Comstock falsely boasted that the gold was found on his land.
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Who made the Comstock Discovery?
Definition
McLaughlin and O'Riley.
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Where was gold and silver discovered in Nevada?
Definition
Virginia City
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How much gold and silver did the Comstock produce?
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400 million dollars
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How was mining the Comstock different from earlier rushes?
Definition
The gold was underground and large companies owned the land
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When was gold discovered in Colorado?
Definition
1858 and 1859
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What did the early Colorado gold rushers paint on their wagons?
Definition
"Pike's Peak or Bust"
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What kind of books were first written about the Colorado gold rush?
Definition
Guide books
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What happened to Colorado as a result of the gold rush?
Definition
It became a territory and then a state
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Where was gold discovered in 1859?
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Colorado and Nevada
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