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Who was Louise Clapp?
Unit 3 Social Studies Review
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Early History to Statehood
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Who was Louise Clapp?
The author of letters that described life around the mines.
A teacher in the mining towns
The wife of the man who discovered gold near Sutter's mill
A doctor who came to help the miners
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boomtown
to officially approve
to grow larger
a town that grows rapidly as a result of new business
to move from one place to another
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entrepreneur
to officially approve
someone who is chose to act for someone else
a person who starts a new business with the hope of making $
a person who is chosen to speak for others
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Who was Pio Pico?
A person who made maps for the U.S. government.
The first American settler.
A guy with a strange name.
The first governor of California.
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migrate
to move from one place to another
to grow larger
to come into another country to live
a written plan for governing a country or state
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slavery
the practice of owning people and forcing them to work
to officially approve
to come into another country to live
a written plan for governing a country or state
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Who was Biddy Mason?
a formerly enslaved woman who became free and successful
a fugitive who helped write the Compromise of 1850
the first woman to work in the gold mines
the author of Ramona
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Who built Fort Ross?
American pioneers
John Sutter
Russian fur trappers
Spanish missionaries
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ratify
to officially approve
to move from one place to another
to grow larger
a town that grows rapidly as a result of new business
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Many settlers migrated west in the early 1800s because
the United States was expanding
the United States government paid for their trip
of World War I
they came to find gold
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Pioneer means
first settlers
businessmen
traders
explorers
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What was the Bear Flag Revolt?
An uprising against Mexico so that CA could be a republic
A war with Spain
A war with the native americans
A revolt involving a bear.
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Why did many Mexicans come to California in the early to mid-1800s?
They wanted to work in the missions.
They wanted gold.
They wanted to fight a war.
They wanted farmland.
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Who was Mary Tape?
She established Asian school for children
She was a gold miner
She was an author
She was a slave
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constitution
to officially ask someone to do something
to move from one place to another
to officially approve
a written plan for governing a country or state
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Who was John C. Fremont
A guy with a strange name.
The man who made maps for the U.S. government
The first settler
The first California governor
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Why did Sutter build a fort
to protect other pioneers
to sell supplies
to trade with California indians
to help California gain statehood
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expand
to grow larger
to move from one place to another
to come into another country to live
to officially approve
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pioneer
a person who is one of the first settlers
a person who is chosen to speak for others
to officially ask someone to do something
to grow larger
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How did the Gold Rush affect the power of people like Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo?
It made them more powerful.
They decided to start a war.
Americans outnumbered the Mexican , so they lost power.
They wanted to become Americans.
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Which of the following was not a result of the Gold Rush?
Entrepreneurs started new businesses.
Boomtowns developed.
Many forty-niners came to California.
A mill was built in Coloma
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immigrate
to move from one place to another
to grow larger
to come into another country to live
to officially approve
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fugitive
a person who tries to escape from an authority
a person who starts a new business
a person who is chosen to speak for others
a person who is one of the first settlers
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People from the East Coast of the United States came to California across land and
by sailing around Cape Hope
by sailing across the Pacific
by going through the North Pole
by sailing around Cape Horn
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representative
to move from one place to another
to grow larger
someone who is chosen to act for someone else
a person who tries to escape from an authority
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delegate
a person who starts a new business
a person who is chosen to speak for others
a written plan for governing
a person who is one of the first settlers
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What did Helen Hunt Jackson contribute to life in California?
She was a gold miner.
She was a slave
She spoke out against the harsh treatment of Indians
She established the first Asia school for children
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Russian settlers came to California in the early 1800s because
they wanted to explore all the lands of North America
they were on their way to South America
they wanted to set up farms
they wanted to trap sea otters
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compromise
to officially approve
a person who is chosen to speak for others
solution to a disagreement so each side gives up something
to come to another country to live
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Who was John Bidwell?
A man who made maps for the U.S. government
The first governor of California
A guy with a strange name
The first of the American settlers to arrive in California
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What did Californians do after becoming a state?
They named a military governor.
They elected representatives to Congress.
They fought the Mexican-American War.
They voted for the Bear Flag Revolt.
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republic
type of government in which citizens elect leaders
to officially approve
to grow larger
to move from one place to another
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petition
to grow larger
to officially ask someone to do something
a written plan for governing a country or state
a type of government in which citizens elect leaders
