California Gold Rush Crossword

This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Westward Expansion & Industrialization has 30 clues. Answers range from 4 to 25 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.

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item used to mine
another tool used in mining gold
what century was the Gold Rush
how did the miners get the gold
what was this era called
found the first gold flake in river
in what year did he find it
what was the name of the man, whose farm it was discovered
what was the name of the treaty that ended the Mexican-American war
thousands of prospective miners came from where to pan for gold
what president announced the gold discovery
lands to arrive _____ were accessible by boat
what name did they give to the would be miners that traveled across the mtns. or seas
what was the name of the epidemic that spread in 1849
who was the first newspaper publicist on the California Goldrush
what was one of the things the miners had to watch for
what was "fools gold" made of
men borrowed money, mortgaged their properties, and spent their life savings to make the _______ to California
the gold rush sped up Californias' admission to become the unions _____ state
a kentucky senator allowed it to enter as a _____ state
by 1850 the ________ gold in California largely disappeared
the Gold Rush reached its ____ by 1852 after $81 million dollars was pulled from the ground
after that year, it ________ gradually to around 45 million per year until other measures had to be used
_____________ was invented in 1853
the Gold Rush had caused_______________ to grow, demanding more schools, churches and roads
high pressure hose directed to a powerful stream at gold bearing gravel beds
extracting gold directly from the rock that contained it by digging and blasting to follow and remove veins of the rock
eventually hard rock mining wound up becoming the single _______ source of gold produced in the gold country
how much gold was extracted from area during the Gold Rush
By the end of the 1800's, what states population was 380,000

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