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4th Grade Unit 3 Multiple Choice Test

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why did John Sutter build a fort?

a)

to protect other pioneers

b)

to trade with California Indian groups

c)

to sell supplies

d)

to help California gain statehood

2.

Russian settlers came to California in the early 1800s because

a)

they wanted to set up farms.

b)

they wanted to trap sea otters.

c)

they were on their way to South America.

d)

they wanted to explore all lands of North America.

3.

Who built Fort Ross?

a)

Russian fur trappers

b)

Spanish missionaries

c)

John Sutter

d)

American pioneers

4.

People from the East Coast of the United States came to California across land and

a)

by sailing around Cape Horn.

b)

by sailing across the Pacific.

c)

by sailing around Cape Hope.

d)

by going through the North Pole.

5.

Many settlers migrated west in the early 1800s because

a)

of World War I.

b)

the United States was expanding.

c)

the United States government paid for their trip.

d)

they came to find gold.

6.

Which of the following was not a result of the Gold Rush?

a)

Many forty-niners came to California.

b)

Boomtowns developed.

c)

Entrepreneurs started new businesses.

d)

A mill was built in Coloma.

7.

Who was Louise Clapp?

a)

the wife of the man who discovered gold near Sutter's Mill

b)

a doctor who came to help the miners

c)

the author of letters that described life around the mines

d)

a teacher in the mining towns

8.

Who was Biddy Mason?

a)

the first woman to work in the gold mines

b)

a formerly enslaved woman who became free and successful

c)

the author of Ramona

d)

a fugitive who helped write the Compromise of 1850

9.

"Eureka!" is California's state motto. It means

a)

help!

b)

we are on our way.

c)

we found it!

d)

look who's coming!

10.

Who discovered gold?

a)

John Bidwell

b)

James Marshall

c)

James Beckwourth

d)

John Sutter

11.

In what year did California become a state?

a)

1848

b)

1849

c)

1850

d)

1851

12.

The capital of California is

a)

Los Angeles

b)

San Francisco

c)

San Diego

d)

Sacramento

13.

The uprising by Americans against Mexico because they wanted to become an independent republic was called

a)

World War 1.

b)

The Mexican-American War.

c)

The Bear Flag Revolt.

14.

A strip of rich gold deposits in the Sierra Nevada was called

a)

a gold mine.

b)

the mother lode.

c)

striking it rich.

d)

fool's gold.

15.

California was the ____ state to join the union.

a)

1st

b)

10th

c)

25th

d)

31st