Chapter 13: Lesson 4

Chapter 13: Lesson 4

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Multiple Choice

Which event, beginning in 1849, had long-lasting effects on California's economy?

• discovery of gold

• growth of industry

• shipping to the North

• trade with Mexico

Multiple Choice

Which group took the law into their own hands in gold rush society?

• merchants

• miners

• Mormons

• vigilantes

Multiple Choice

In mining towns during the California Gold Rush, how was public order maintained?

• Native American groups along with church officials caught, tried, and imprisoned lawbreakers.

• The police caught, tried, and then sent lawbreakers to federal prisons in New Mexico.

• To maintain order, U.S. marshals were assigned to the mining regions of California.

• Vigilance committees of concerned citizens acted as police, judge, jury, and, when required, executioner.

Multiple Choice

Which group made huge profits during the Gold Rush?

• merchants

• miners

• missionaries

• teachers

Multiple Choice

What was one of Joseph Smith’s basic beliefs?

• California should become a state.

• Mormons should leave Illinois.

• President Polk treated Mexico unfairly.

• Property should be held in common.

Multiple Choice

Who led the Mormon migration to the Great Salt Lake area?

• Brigham Young

• John Sutter

• Joseph Smith

• Levi Strauss

Multiple Choice

Which statement best describes why the Mormons left Illinois?

• They had split away from their leader Brigham Young.

• They sought to convert Native Americans to Christianity.

• They wanted to live where they could safely practice their religion.

• They were looking for a milder climate and better farmland.

Multiple Choice

What was the largest single migration in American history?

• forty-niners to California

• Mormons to Utah

• mountain men to Oregon

• traders to Mexico

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