Gold was discovered on this pioneer's land where the American and Sacramento Rivers meet. He sold supplies to other pioneers.
Who is John Sutter?
100
We wanted to do this when we left our home in the eastern part of the United States to go to California.
What is migrate?
100
Someone who is chosen to act for someone else
What is a representative?
100
California sure began to _________ as a result of the Gold Rush!
What is expand?
100
This document said that California would be a free state that would not allow slavery. But it also said that free states must capture fugitive slaves and return them to their "owners."
What is The Compromise of 1850?
200
This man switched to using a heavy denim material with rivets to manufacture the pants still popular today.
Who is Levi Strauss?
200
We spent 6 months travelling 16,000 miles around the southern tip of South America all for the glory of gold.
Who are the argonauts?
200
She was one of the famous women who helped to bring attention to the mistreatment of California Native Americans in her book, Ramona.
Who is Helen Hunt Jackson?
200
Some people, in 1846, started a revolt, against Mexico. They wanted California to be an independent ___________.
What is a republic?
200
Because of the outcome of this war, California became a part of the United States.
What is the Mexican-American war?
300
This woman made a new life in California after ratting out her master for keeping slaves.
Who is Biddy Mason?
300
This is the route we thought would be the shortest. But we found we had to fight off insects in the muggy part of Central America.
What is Panama?
300
This brave woman grew up in San Francisco and worked very hard to convince the U.S. Supreme Court to change the school segregation law so that all children could learn together.
Who is Mary Tape?
300
In 1849, a meeting was called by Bennett Riley to create this written plan for governing or running the state of California.
What is a constitution?
300
On September 9, 1850, the U.S. government officially approved this important document.
What is the California Constitution?
400
This Mexican soldier, political leader, and landowner once served as military commander of Northern California.
Who is Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo?
400
Most migrated to California using this route. It wasn't all that safe, either!
What is the Overland Route?
400
This gal was a problem solver! In 1847, she helped arrange a peace meeting between Mexico and the U.S. leaders to stop the war between them.
Who is Bernarda Ruiz?
400
As the first governor of California, Peter H. Burnett sent them to the U.S. Congress in Washington, D.C. to act for the people of California.
Who are representatives?
400
After becoming a state, California moved this several times to places such as Benicia, before finally moving it to Sacramento.
What is the state Capital?
500
He lived from 1807-1895 and was elected the first governor of California in 1849, before the U.S. congress had officially approved statehood.
Who is Peter H. Burnett
500
When we arrived in this town, we had no idea how much further we would travel by ship to reach the gold fields.
What is San Francisco?
500
They faced many challenges including illness and harsh weather as they traveled to California. Without them miners might not have had hot meals, beds, or even clean clothes. They helped make California what it is today, and continue to do so?
Who are women?
500
This was started by a small group of Americans in 1846 to try and make California a republic.
What is the Bear Flag Revolt?
500
Spain controlled California with a monarchy much longer than California has been this type of government.