9 questions
Which of the following groups was
the first to live in California?
Americans
Mexicans
American Indians
Spanish
What was the Bear Flag Revolt?
when Americans seized
control of a California city
during the Mexican-American
War
when John Sutter discovered
gold on his land
when Frederick Douglass
argued that enslaved people
should be able to fight for
freedom
when miners wrote their own
laws
When did California become a state?
1848
1839
1850
1860
Which word or phrase means
“written descriptions of new laws
being proposed”?
abide
bills
free states
land grants
Why was the Compromise of 1850
important to California becoming a
state?
It allowed Spain to force
American Indians into a new
way of life.
It allowed Americans to own
land in California.
It allowed slaves to become
free.
It allowed California to draft
a state constitution.
Hundreds of land grants were given
between 1834–1846. These years are
known as the _____.
trapper period
mission period
rancho period
diseño period
When was this map created?
What do the dark gray, gray, and light gray areas represent?
How does this map show part of the debate involved in California becoming a state?