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WorksheetsGold Rush Review!
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 22mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Why was Sutter's fort built?
a)
To keep indians out
b)
To earn money for Spain
c)
To sell supplies
2.
What are pioneers?
a)
The first settlers
b)
Russian fur trappers
c)
They build buildings
3.
Why did Russian settlers come to California in the early 1800s?
a)
They wanted to trap sea otters
b)
They wanted to look good in fur
c)
They wanted to pan for gold
4.
Who built Fort Ross?
a)
Mr. Ross
b)
Russian fur trappers
c)
John Sutter
d)
John Fremont
5.
Besides coming across land, how else did people from the East Coast of the U.S.A. get to California?
a)
They walked
b)
They had a paddleboat
c)
Sailing around Cape Horn
d)
being stowaways on a pirate ship
6.
Why did many settlers migrate west in the early 1800s?
a)
The U.S. was expanding
b)
To hunt for otters
c)
To make a name for themselves
7.
What were some of the results of the Gold Rush?
a)
Many forty niners came to California, Boomtowns developed, entrepreneurs started new businessess
b)
Gold was everywhere
c)
Gold became popular jewelry
d)
People were mean
8.
Who was Louise Clapp?
a)
She invented clapping
b)
Author of letters that described life around the mines.
c)
She saved 800 slaves
d)
She petitioned for her freedom
9.
Who was Biddy Mason?
a)
She invented Mason jars
b)
former slave who petitioned for her freedom
c)
a teacher in the mining towns
d)
she wrote letters about mine life
10.
What did Caliornians do after becoming a state?
a)
Threw their hats and cats in the air
b)
Elect representatives into congress
c)
named a military governor
11.
Why did many Mexicans come to California in the early to mid 1800s?
a)
They wanted gold like everyone else
b)
They wanted farmland
c)
They wanted to take back their Ranches
12.
What was the name of the fort near the Sacramento and American Rivers?
a)
Fort Ross
b)
Sutter's Mill
c)
Sutter's Fort
d)
John's fort
13.
Who made maps for the U.S. government?
a)
Atlas
b)
Bidwell
c)
The map guy
d)
Fremont
14.
Who became governor of California?
a)
Pio Pico
b)
Bidwell
c)
Fremont
d)
Sutter
15.
Who was among the first of the American settlers to arrive in California?
a)
Bidwell
b)
Pio Pico
c)
Sutter
d)
Fremont
16.
Why did most settlers take a direct land route to come to California?
a)
The trip was shorter
b)
The trip was safer
c)
The trip was longer
d)
They got sea sick
17.
On whose land was gold first found?
a)
Sutter's land
b)
No man's land
c)
Land of the lost
d)
Bidwell's land
18.
What did Biddy Mason petition for?
a)
Her freedom
b)
women's rights
c)
mining rights
19.
What contribution did Helen Hunt Jackson make to life in California?
a)
Wrote about the harsh treatment of American Indians
b)
Wrote letters about life in the mines
c)
Fought for an Asian/American school to be built
20.
What contribution did Mary Tape make to life in California?
a)
Invented tape
b)
wrote letters about life in the mines
c)
Fought for Asian/American rights and started schools for their children.
d)
Wrote about American indians being treated poorly.
21.
What was the Bear Flag Revolt?
a)
People didn't like the bear flag so they held a revolt
b)
An uprising by Americans against Mexico because they wanted CA to become and independent republic
c)
Animal rights activists petitioned to have the bear removed from the flag to protect its rights
22.
What heppened to California as a result of the Mexican-American War?
a)
CA was no longer a part of Mexico and became part of the USA
b)
They shook hands and had a BBQ
c)
The Gold Rush ended
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