The Story of San Francisco

The first people to live in what became San Francisco were Native Americans from which tribal nation?

• Cherokee
• Sioux
• Ohlone
• Illini

Other wanderers and explorers came to the area because of

• the many plants to eat and animals to hunt.
• access to many rivers, a giant bay, and the Pacific Ocean.
• the ability to share the land and trade food and supplies.
• All of the above

Who was the first European explorer to see this land?

• Sir Isaac Newton
• Columbus
• Sir Francis Drake
• Cortez

EFFECT: The Ohlone avoided the Mission Dolores area.
CAUSE: 

• The Spanish didn't treat the Ohlone well.
• There was a great deal of sickness in the area.
• Food was scarce.
• There was no room to settle there.

What was the key to the outpost's huge success?

• There were lots of wise people.
• There was a lot of good drinking water.
• The large bay provided a good location.
• There was gold there.

Use the time line on pages eight and nine.  What happened right before California became a state?

• Yerba Buena becomes San Francisco.
• The Gold Rush begins.
• The Presidio was built.
• Sir Francis Drake sights northern California.

African Americans Peter Lester and Mifflin Gibbs opened a shoe store.  What was the effect of this?

• They became rich.
• They were treated badly because they were African Americans.
• There store failed, like so many other businesses back then.
• Fire destroyed their store.

Why was the Chinese Exclusion Act passed by the U.S. government?

• Chinese people were bringing sickness to our country.

• Chinese people were taking over the city.

• Chinese people were coming into the city and taking too many jobs.

• Chinese people caused crime.

What was an effect of the San Francisco earthquake in 1906?

• City Hall collapsed.
• San Francisco was renamed.
• San Francisco never recovered.
• All of the above.

The United States wanted to celebrate the opening of the Panama Canal.  Our country decided to celebrate by

• hosting the Olympics.
• hosting a World's Fair.
• having a parade.
• creating a new holiday.