Women in Gold Rush Caifornia provided theatrical entertainment for miners and made good money doing it.

· Question 1

2 out of 2 points

The name given to these seekers of gold was:

· Question 2

2 out of 2 points

Women in Gold Rush Caifornia provided theatrical entertainment for miners and made good money doing it.

· Question 3

2 out of 2 points

For some women, men’s absence during the gold rush meant:

· Question 4

2 out of 2 points

Gold mining at its heart became an intensely ___________ venture.

· Question 5

2 out of 2 points

The average person during the height of the gold rush was able to make:

· Question 6

2 out of 2 points

Some saw the gold rush as:

· Question 7

2 out of 2 points

The public in California were disappointed by the court’s decision in Lux v. Haggin because it ruled in favor of the appropriative system.

· Question 8

2 out of 2 points

Women who were affected by the Gold Rush were often forced to:

· Question 9

2 out of 2 points

The Wright Act resolved all of the problems with water rights in the late 19th century.

· Question 10

2 out of 2 points

The first prostitutes to gold rush California were from Chile.

· Question 11

2 out of 2 points

Public sentiment around the abolition of the riparian system was that it would just be replaced by another set of monopolists.

· Question 12

2 out of 2 points

In the 1890s the appearance of the _____________ turned some to groundwater.

· Question 13

2 out of 2 points

Rev. James M. Davis in his sermon, “The Duties of Females in Reference to the California Gold Excitement,” advised women:

· Question 14

2 out of 2 points

What was “California Love”?

· Question 15

2 out of 2 points

The gold rush was seen as an opportunity to

· Question 16

2 out of 2 points

Lux v. Haggin was a case involving rights to gold found in the American River.

· Question 17

2 out of 2 points

Between 1848 and 1854 __________________ gold seekers rushed to California to seize the opportunity to strike it rich.

· Question 18

2 out of 2 points

Brendan C. Lindsay argued that Cognitive Dissonance Theory didn’t apply to the case of native genocide in California.

· Question 19

2 out of 2 points

Who created the documentary, The West, we watched in class?

· Question 20

40 out of 40 points

Match the following with the most appropriate response.

Question

Wright Act

William Alexander Leidesdorff

Black prospectors were

St. Andrews AME

Jeremiah B. Sanderson

Sarah Mildred Jones

Ward v. Flood

San Francisco’s Chinatown

Gold mania

Divine Blessing

Cultural hegemony

Women cooks in the gold rush

Women prostitutes in the gold rush

Catherine Hayes

Cognitive dissonance

Humor

Native genocide in California

Most newcomers to California

Lux V. Haggin

C.C. Wright

· Question 21

2 out of 2 points

The Wright Act did all of the following EXCEPT:

· Question 22

2 out of 2 points

The riparian system allocated water among those who possessed the land along the water’s path.

· Question 23

2 out of 2 points

The vast wave of migration to California included thousands of ______________________.

· Question 24

2 out of 2 points

American women were not prostitutes in gold rush California.

· Question 25

2 out of 2 points

A prolonged absence of 49ers meant a new degree of _________ for women.

· Question 26

2 out of 2 points

New religious debates arose around the role of gold fever in America. The two sides in the debate:

· Question 27

2 out of 2 points

Women in the Gold Rush could cook for men and earn:

· Question 28

2 out of 2 points

Women in the Gold Rush also found _______________ a lucrative business venture.

· Question 29

2 out of 2 points

In California, women worked as:

· Question 30

2 out of 2 points

Humor was used as way to trivialize native humanity.

· Question 31

2 out of 2 points


	The discovery of gold in California quickly became a