6.6-7.1 Test Review

people who search for minerals such as gold or silver

• entrepreneurs

• prospectors

• treaty

• economy

people who start and operate their own business

• prospectors

• gold miners

• entrepreneurs

• treaty

Who was John Sutter and what was his dream?

• John Sutter had a dream to get wealthy by building a community.

• John Sutter had a dream to get wealthy by building a large community of cattle, horses and crops.

• John Sutter had a dream to move to California

What year were thousands of people coming to California for the Gold Rush with dreams of striking it rich?

• 1999

• 1949

• 1849

The tens of thousands of prospectors arrived in California with dreams of striking it rich were called

• California dreamers

• gold rushers

• miners

• forty-niners

In 1849 a gold rush took place creating

• boomtowns

• ghost towns

• boomtowns and ghost towns

How did Boomtowns make money?

• Selling Supplies to thousands of people

• Finding gold

• Charging Miners a lot for supplies

The Mormons Were Known as ?

• Latter-Day Muslims
• Joseph Smith 
• Mariah Carey Fans
• Latter-Day Saints 

What Caused them to Migrate West?

• Famine
• Got Tired of their place
• Murder Of their Founder
• Church was located somewhere else

What battle did Texas win their independence?

• San Jacinto

• Santa Anna

• San Diego

• San Antonio