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WorksheetsSocial Studies Unit 3: Early History to Statehood
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
Pioneers started coming to California in the mid-1800s. Pioneers are ___.
explorers
first settlers
traders
businessmen
Why did Sutter build a fort?
to protect other pioneers
to trade with California Indian groups
to sell supplies
to help California gain statehood
Russian settlers came to California in the early 1800s because ___.
they wanted to set up farms
they wanted to trap sea otters
they were on their way to South America
they wanted to explore all the lands of North America
Who built Fort Ross?
Russian fur trappers
Spanish missionaries
John Sutter
American pioneers
People from the East Coast of the United States came to California across land and ___.
by sailing around Cape Horn
by sailing across the Pacific Ocean
by sailing around Cape Hope
by going through the North Pole
Many settlers migrated west in the early 1800s because ___.
the Civil War had started
the United States was expanding
the United States government paid for their trip
they came to find gold
Which of the following was NOT a result of the Gold Rush?
Many forty-niners came to California.
Boomtowns developed.
Entrepreneurs started new businesses.
A sawmill was built in Coloma.
Who was Louise Clapp?
The wife of the man who discovered gold near Sutter’s Mill.
A doctor who came to help the miners.
The author of letters that described life around the mines.
A teacher in the mining towns.
Who was Biddy Mason?
The first woman to work in the gold mines.
A formerly enslaved woman who became free and successful.
The author of the book Ramona.
A fugitive who helped write the Compromise of 1850.
What did Californians do AFTER becoming a state?
They elected representatives to Congress.
They fought in the Mexican-American War.
They named a military governor.
They voted for the Bear Flag Revolt.
Why did many Mexicans come to California in the early to mid-1800s?
They wanted to trap sea otters.
They wanted to sell supplies.
They wanted farmland.
They wanted to live at the missions.
Who made maps for the United States government?
Pio Pico
John Bidwell
John C. Fremont
James Marshall
Who became governor of California?
Pio Pico
John Bidwell
John C. Fremont
James Marshall
Who was among the first of the American settlers to arrive in California?
Pio Pico
John Bidwell
John C. Fremont
James Marshall
Who discovered gold while building a sawmill next to the American River in 1848?
Pio Pico
John Bidwell
John C. Fremont
James Marshall
Who was Peter H. Burnett?
The first elected governor of California.
A representative of California in the United States Congress.
The man who started the Bear Flag Revolt.
A military governor appointed by the United States.
A republic is a form of government in which citizens ___.
elect leaders to represent them
vote directly to ratify laws
are governed by a king or queen
approve new laws by a majority
What happened to California as a result of the Mexican-American War?
The Bear Flag Revolt began.
Spanish explorers claimed land that later became California.
The final draft of the California Constitution was approved.
California became a territory of the United States.
Mary Tape was upset that her daughter was not allowed to attend public school. She worked for the fair treatment of ___.
California Indians
Mexican Americans
African Americans
Asian Americans
The ___ ended the Mexican-American War over the border between the United States and Mexico.
Compromise of 1850
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Fugitive Slave Act
California Consititution
