Soc. St. CH 6 - Statehood for California

isthmus

• to approve

• a sharp increase in prices

• a group of people elected to make laws

• a narrow piece of land that connects two larger land areas

inflation

• unfair treatment of people because of their religion, race, or birthplace

• a sharp increase in prices

• a narrow piece of land that connects two larger land areas

• a group of people elected to make laws

discrimination

• unfair treatment of people because of their religion, race, or birthplace

• a group of people elected to make laws

• a sharp increase in prices

• to approve

legislature

• to approve

• a sharp increase in prices

• a group of people elected to make laws

• a narrow piece of land that connects two larger land areas

ratify

• to approve

• a group of people elected to make laws

• a sharp increase in prices

• unfair treatment of people because of their religion, race, or birthplace

When did James Marshall discover gold?

• 1849

• 1847

• 1848

• 1846

When was California admitted as the thirty-first

state of the United States?

• 1848

• 1849

• 1894

• 1850

Which features were chosen to mark California’s

eastern border?

• the Pacific Ocean

• the sierra Nevada and Colorado River

• the Cascade Range and the Sacramento River

• the Rocky Mountains and the Mojave Desert

What happened to most large ranchos after California became a state?

• They grew bigger.

• They were given to Indian tribes.

• They became national parks.

• They were broken up.

Women and African Americans in California often belonged to this group.

• entrepreneurs

• miners

• California Indians