SW Grade 4 Week 21

SW Grade 4 Week 21

By Audrey Chung

Multiple Choice

"Sutter made a deal with the Mexicans to develop a 76-square-mile land grant that he named..."

Complete the sentence

• New Helvetia

• John Sutter's Place

• Old Helvetia

• None of these

Fill in the Blank

_________ was the man who told went to San Francisco and told everyone about the gold. Please type his first & last name or just his last name

Multiple Choice

Mary Jane Caples

• found that many miners were full so she did not give them any of her great pies.

• found that miners were starving and sold pies to them.

• found that miners were starving and told them to stop working so hard.

Another Woman: Elsa Jane Guerin

Elsa Jane Guerin went to California and pretended to be a man called "Mountain Charley" and worked as a prospector and a pack-mule trader. When earned lots of money, she returned to her normal life in St. Louis as a mother & wife.

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Elsa Jane Guerin

Multiple Select

Tools used to mine were

• Shovels

• Gold Pans

• Sluice Boxes, also known as longtoms

• Rockers

• Gold Pans, also known as longtoms

Open Ended

The forty-niners made life hard for John Sutter because

The Forty-Niners Made Life Hard For John Sutter Because

John Sutter became rich when miners were buying his tools in 1848. But then, in 1849, the forty-niners came and came to his property without paying. Many of Sutter's workers left, and strangers were stealing supplies from him. At the end, Sutter became poor.

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The Forty-Niners Made Life Hard For John Sutter Because

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