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Vocabulary
Spelling
Comprehension A
Comprehension B
Comprehension C
100
People who have left their own homeland to settle in a new one
What are emigrants
100
Which word is spelled incorrectly?
a. climbing
b. dancing
c. exploreing
d. fishing
What is C
100
when John sutter arrived in California, he became a citezen of?
What is Mexico
100
How did the workmen respond when marshall told them he had found gold?
They were unimpressed
100
How did most people act to James Marshalls discovery at first?
They ignored it
200
The mistreatment or harassment of a person or group of people
What is persecution
200
Which word is spelled incorrectly?
a. golfing
b. chillier
c. dizziest
d. Correct as is
What is D
200
What was John Sutter's dream?
What is to create a farming empire
200
Who was the only worker who thought James Marshall's discovery might be significant?
Henry Bigler
200
Sories about the gold at Sutter's Fort reached the East by?
letters, reports, and newspaper articles.
300
To give up something; to stop working on something
What is abandon
300
Which word is spelled incorrectly?
a. dertiest
b. drowsy
c. empty
d. correct as is
What is A
300
Why did 200 mormons come to California?
What is to escape religious persecution
300
Who was the publisher of the California Star?
Who is Sam Brannan
300
Which president announced James Marshalls discovery?
President John K. Polk
400
Searching for gold or some other valuable product
What is prospecting
400
Which word is spelled incorrectly?
a. drowsy
b. emptying
c. thersty
d. correct as it
What is C
400
Why was James Marshall working on the American River?
He was hired as a carpenter to oversee the construction of a sawmill
400
Why did Sam Brannan send an additional copy of his paper to people in the East?
Sam Brannan wanted them to come west to find gold and buy land he owned in San Francisco
400
What was the original name of Sutter's Fort?
What is New Helvetia
500
Declared real, authentic, or true
What is verified
500
Which word is spelled incorrectly?
a. pretier
b. noisy
c. windy
d. correct as is
What is A
500
What made Marshall think the tiny pebbles he found were gold?
Hint: There are 2 answers
They were too yellow to be silver and they didnt break when he pounded them
500
How did people react when Sam Brannan returned to San Francisco with gold dust?
They left the city to search for gold
500
What did the term "New Helvetia" mean?
New Switzerland