Ch. 13 Lesson 4 Quiz

Under the Land Law of 1851, many _______________ lost their land.

• Native Americans

• Californios

• settlers

• plantation owners

As a result of the __________________, San Francisco became a boomtown.

• Treaty of Sacramento

• new trade laws

• Gold Rush

After the United States acquired Utah, ________________ was named governor.

• Brigham Young

• Randolf Thomas

• Dan Quail

• John Smith

Gold was discovered in 1848 at _____________ in California.

• Sacramento

• Los Angeles

• Smith's Station

• Sutter's Mill

Frontier law was often handled by self-appointed _____________.

• sheriffs

• vigilantes

• citizens

• merchants

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

Discoveries made in California more than doubled the world's supply of which item?

• farmland

• gold

• oil

• water

What was the largest single migration in American history?

• forty-niners to California

• Mormons to Utah

• mountain men to Oregon

• traders to Mexico

Which of the following groups made huge profits during the California Gold Rush?

• boomtown merchants

• forty-niners

• Mormon traders

• rancheros

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.