SS Chapter 4: Gold Rush and Statehood

What is Fort Ross and what was it used for?

• It was a hotel and supply store owned by Luzena Stanley Wilson.

• It was a farming community operated by California Indians.

• It was a fur-trading post run by Russians.

• It was a gold mining town owned by John Sutter.

Many gold miners came to California from countries along the Pacific such as ___?

• Australia, Chile, and China

• Brazil, Japan, and Spain

• Britain, India, and Korea

• Lake Forest

What was significant about John Bidwell’s journey to California?

• His group was the first to receive help from American Indians.

• His group was the first to go through the Beckwourth Pass.

• His group was the first to sail around Cape Horn.

• His group was the first to travel by wagon train.

During the Gold Rush, the area around Sutter’s Fort grew so rapidly that it became the city of ________.

• San Francisco

• Sacramento

• San Diego

• San Jaun

What did two sides agree to in the Compromise of 1850?

• California was allowed to become part of the United States, but it had to allow slavery in some areas.

• California had to become a slave state, but southern states had to reject the Fugitive Slave Act.

• California was allowed to be a free state, but northern states had to obey the Fugitive Slave Act.

• California had to allow slavery, but it could support the Union during the Civil War.

How did California help the union win the war?

• sent Gold to help pay for supplies

• sent money to help provide medical care

• sent large numbers of troops to help the union army

• All the Above are True

What was a big California city that was formed because of the Gold Rush?

• Santa Barbara

• San Francisco

• Los Angeles

• San Diego

Gold mining impacted.........

• Food

• the physical environment (land)

• the ocean

• politics

What happened to the California Indians after California became a state?

• Nothing changed

• They gained more land from the government

• They lost most of their land

• They were able to find more jobs

True or False: A gold prospector is someone in search for Gold

• True

• False