Gold Rush Characters Test

The woman who wrote about the unfair treatment of Native Americans. She wrote the book, Ramona which described how harsh the lives of the Native American was.

• Helen Hunt Jackson

• Mary Tape

• Junipero Serra

• Levi Strauss

The owner of the mill where gold was discovered.

• John Sutter

• Sam Brannon

• Junipero Serra

The Catholic priest who started many missions in California. Many of the missions became cities and towns.

• Father John Sutter

• Father James Marshall

• Father Junipero Serra

An American hero who moved to California during the Gold Rush who won her freedom and became the first woman to buy land in Los Angeles.

• Bernarda Ruiz

• Helen Hunt

• Bridget "Biddy" Mason

A Chinese immigrant whose children were not allowed to attend school because they were Chinese Americans so she started a school for all children.

• Mary Tape

• Luzena Stanley Wilson

• Helen Hunt Jackson

The owner of a dry goods store who invested in the invention of heavy, duty, blue jeans from miners.

• Mary Tape

• Levi Strauss

• Sam Brannon

The carpenter who found gold in the American River which was the beginning of the Gold Rush.

• James Marshall

• Biddy Mason

• Levi Strauss

The woman who started the El Dorado hotel in the mining town of Nevada City in 1850.

• Luzena Stanley Wilson

• Helen Hunt Jackson

• Mary Tape

The woman who lived in Santa Barbara during the time Mexico was at war with the United States. She up a "peace" meeting between the leaders of both sides to stop the war.

• Bernarda Ruiz

• Helen Hunt Jackson

• Luzena Stanley Wilson

An entrepreneur who became the first millionaire in California. He made a lot of money by selling tools and supplies to the miners.

• Jame Marshall

• Junipero Serra

• Sam Brannon