Row 1, Col 1
the practice of owning peopleand forcing them to work
What is slavery?
1,2
Gold was first found at Sutter’s sawmill.
What is true?
1,3
Entrepreneur who made ruggeddenim pants for miners
Who is Levi Strauss?
1,4
True or False? Because of the Gold Rush, a sawmill was built in Coloma.
What is false?
2,1
A town that grows rapidly as a result of a new business
What is a boomtown?
2,2
Fort Ross was a Russian trading post.
What is true?
2,3
Discovered gold in Californiain 1848 setting off the gold rush
Who is James Marshall?
2,4
The year gold is discovered inCalifornia
What is 1848?
3,1
A person who is one of thefirst settlers of a part of a
country
What is a pioneer?
3,2
Many settlers took the El Camino Real to get to
California in the early 1800’s.
What is false?
3,3
Chinese American who challenged California law on
public school admission
Who is Mary Tape?
3,4
This vocabulary word means to officially ask someone to do
something.
What is petition?
4,2
Sutter’s Fort was located in theSierra Nevada Mountains.
What is false?
4,3
Explorer of the West whomade maps of the area
Who is John C. Fremont?
4,4
The name of the man whoran through the streets of
San Francisco with a bottle of gold dust trying to get peopleexcited about the Gold Rush.
Who was Sam Brannan?
5,1
A person who starts a new business with the hope of
making money
What is an entrepreneur?
5,2
Biddy Mason petitioned for her right to vote.
What is false?
5,3
Writer best known for her works about the treatment of
American Indians
Who is Helen Hunt Jackson?
5,4
The year Sutter’s Fort is built
What is 1841?