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Vocab True or False? Who Am I? Mixed Bag O’ Gold

Row 1, Col 1 the practice of owning people and 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 rugged denim 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 California in 1848 setting off the gold rush Who is James Marshall?

2,4 The year gold is discovered in California What is 1848?

3,1 A person who is one of the first 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?

4,1 To officially approve What is ratify?

4,2 Sutter’s Fort was located in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. What is false?

4,3 Explorer of the West who made maps of the area Who is John C. Fremont?

4,4 The name of the man who ran through the streets of San Francisco with a bottle of gold dust trying to get people excited 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?