After the Gold Rush
During what years did the population of California grow the most?
A. 1849-1850
B. 1846-1848
C. 1847-1849
D. 1848-1850
D. 1848-1850
What two groups of delegates made the decisions about California's future?
A. Indians and Californios
B. Indians and Americanos
C. Californios and Americanos
D. Californio and Americano women
C. Californios and Americanos
After the gold rush what happened to San Francisco and other California towns?
A. The cities and towns became overcrowded and had a lot of crime.
B. The cities and towns all got colorful new names like Git Up and Git.
C. Everyone left when the gold ran out.
D. The cities and towns became farming communities.
A. The cities and towns became overcrowded and had a lot of crime.
What boundaries did the delegates want for California?
A. They decide to include all of Mexico in the new state of California.
B. The decided the Pacific Ocean and Mexico were good southern borders.
C. They wanted to keep all of the Mexican Cession land for California.
D. They decide on the present day borders
D. They decide on the present day borders
Why did General Bennet Riley call an election?
A. He was tired of the Californios and Americanos fighting.
B. He did not like the overcrowding in the cities.
C. He was worried about California's Mexican settlers.
D. So the people could choose delegates to decide California's future.
D. So the people could choose delegates to decide California's future.
Once the people of California accepted the constitution, who had to approve it?
A. the Americanos
B. the Canadians
C. the US congress
D. the Indians
C. the US congress
The Americanos wanted California to be a state so that they could
A. Buy land from the government.
B. Choose leaders who would work to improve living conditions.
C. stop being miners
D. move out of the state.
B. Choose leaders who would work to improve living conditions.
Under
California's constitution, who could vote?
A. Indians and blacks
B. Californio and Americano women
C. Californio and Americano men
D. Mexicans and Chinese
C. Californio and Americano men
Most Californios were upset.
A. about the growing population and the bad way miners treated them.
B. that most Americanos did not speak Spanish.
C. That the gold might run out and people would leave California
D. that California would never become a state.
A. about the growing population and the bad way miners treated them.
Biddy Mason was the first black woman to
A. give money and shelter the poor.
B. buy land in LA
C. get voting rights
D. live in the new state of California
B. buy land in LA