WorksheetsCalifornia Becoming a State Study Guide
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 11mins
Someone who came to California in search of gold is called a __________.
pioneer
forty-niner
wagoner
revolt
The Bear Flag was raised during a ___________.
revolt
party
speech
constitution
A _________ is an early settler.
adventurer
Native Americans
pioneer
Californians wrote a ___________ that did not allow slavery.
a newspaper
a speech
Declaration of Independence
constitution
What did the Russians at Colony Ross and the American mountain men hope to find in California?
good food
wild animal furs
adobe churches
Columbus
How did most people travel to California?
by airplane
by a train
in covered wagons on trails
by horseback
What were reasons so few people moved to California at first?
mountains and deserts
gold and jewels
Spanish and Mexican laws
bears and mountain lions
What did the people who started the Bear Flag Revolt want?
California to become an island
statehood as part of Mexico
their own government
bear hunting to become legal
Why did news of statehood take weeks to reach California?
It was supposed to be secret.
the telephone was broken
People were fighting over slavery.
Ships traveled slowly.
What event brought thousands of people to California in 1849?
The war between Mexico and Spain
building a road across the coast
a discovery at Sutter’s Mill
opportunity for a new job
Who started the Bear Flag Revolt?
Mexicans born in California
Spanish landowners in California
Native Americans with homes in California
Americans living in California
Why were the people who came to California during the Gold Rush called forty-niners?
They were born in the year 1849
They came to California in 1849.
Which event depended on the Compromise of 1850 happening?
Mexican-American War
The Bear Flag Revolt
California Statehood
True or False:
A Pioneer is an early settler.
True
False
True or False:
Gold was first discovered at Fort Henry.
True
False
