People and Laws
True/False: The Foreign Miners’ Tax Act originally targeted all people not born in the U.S. or California
What is True
What Ceded (gave up control) of California to the United states?
A. The Fugitive Slave Act
B. The Compromise of 1850
C. The Foreign Miners' Tax Act
D. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
D
What did it mean that California was admitted as a free state?
A. All black people in California automatically had equal civil rights.
B. Slavery was completely legal in California
C. Slavery was not legal, but black people still lacked many rights, like voting or trials
D. Only miners could own enslaved people
C.
What are Negotiations?
discussions designed to end conflict and bring about peace
Who was specifically named as a target by the NEW foreign miners' tax act?
A. Chinese
B. Canadians
C. English
D. Germans
What is Chinese
When was gold found in California?
1848
Which is part of the Compromise of 1850?
A. The importation of enslaved Africans became illegal
B. Missouri had to free all enslaved people after 25 years
C. A line was drawn to divide Northern and Southern states
D. California was admitted to the United States as a "free" state
D.
What is a treaty?
a formal document that creates an agreement between two nations
Why was the California Fugitive Slave Law of 1852 a problem for many free Black people in California?
They had to go back to their enslavers.
Many people in the US felt that the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo fulfilled........
Manifest Destiny, American Liberalism, Fugitive Slave, or the Missouri Compromise
Why did people have a problem with California becoming a free state?
What is a race? (Hint: Sutters Mill)
canal for channeling water
Which law passed in California in 1852 that affected free black people?
A. Foreign Miners' Tax Act
B. California Fugitive Slave Law
C. Compromise of 1850
D. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
B
How did the Gold Rush affect cities like San Francisco, Sacramento, and Stockton?
They grew quickly and became centers of trade.
Senator Henry Clay proposed the Compromise of 1850. His state (Kentucky) was ...... of the mason-dixon line.
A. North
B. East
C. South
D. West
B. East
What is the Gold Rush?
The influx of people coming to California for the discovery of gold
Did the Foreign Miners' tax act and the California Fugitive slave law effect people's rights? How?
Yes, they didn't have any rights to vote or basic rights.
How did James Marshall discover gold?
A. He found it while traveling to San Francisco
B. He discovered it while examining the mill race at Sutter's sawmill.
C. He was digging for treasure in a cave.
D. He was panning in the river alone
B
What did the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo do?
End the Mexican-American War
What does ceded mean?
give up control