Our California Unit 3: Lessons 1-5 Comprehension (2025)

What 3 cities in CA grew quickly and became Boomtowns?

• San Francisco

  Sacramento

  San Diego

• San Francisco

  Los Angeles

  Stockton

• San Friendship

  Sacramento

  Stockton

• San Francisco

  Sacramento

  Stockton

The Compromise of 1850 said that

• slavery would be legal in CA

• women would not be able to work in the state of CA

• CA would be a free state and not allow slavery

• Chinese American children were not allowed to attend school

How did John Bidwell travel to CA?

• by sailing around Cape Horn at the tip of South America

• through the Isthmus of Panama

• with a group of fur trappers through Canada

• on a wagon trail from Independence, Missouri

When was gold discovered in CA?

• in January 1848 near Sutter's Mill

• in January 1848 near Sutter's Fort

• in January 1848 near Sacramento

• in January 1849 in San Francisco

Who built Fort Ross?

• Spanish missionaries

• John Sutter

• Russian fur trappers

• American pioneers

Who was Biddy Mason?

• a fugitive who helped to write the Compromise of 1850

• the first woman to work in the gold mines

• The author of the book Ramona.

• a formerly enslaved woman who won her freedom and became independent

People from the East Coast of the U. S. came to CA across land and

• by sailing across the Pacific Ocean

• by sailing around Cape Hope

• by sailing around Cape Horn

• by crossing the North Pole

What contribution did Helen Hunt Jackson make to life in CA?

• She founded the first school for girls in San Francisco

• She helped negotiate a treaty between Mexico and Spain

• She was a supporter of the rights of women

• She wrote about the harsh treatment of CA Indians

What was the Bear Flag Revolt?

• a demonstration held by trappers against hunting laws

• an uprising led by a group of Americans against Mexico

• a military plan used in the Mexican-American War

• a petition signed by settlers against boomtowns

When the U. S. won the war in 1848, Mexico signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo which gave the U. S. Mexico's territories from New Mexico to California.

• True

• False