Savvas Chapter 4 Review

Which word means a person who starts a new business to make money

• foreigner

• entrepreneur

• trailblazer

• delegate

Which word means someone chosen to represent others in the government

• foreigner

• entrepreneur

• trailblazer

• delegate

Which word means a person who tries to escape?

• entrepreneur

• trailblazer

• delegate

• fugitive

Which word means a person who comes from another country?

• foreigner

• entrepreneur

• trailblazer

• fugitive

Which word means a person who makes a new path?

• foreigner

• entrepreneur

• trailblazer

• fugitive

What do prospectors do?

• Prospectors open businesses.

• Prospectors look for gold.

• Prospectors make clothes.

• Prospectors build buildings.

In the Compromise of 1850, California became the 31st state and...

• ...Texas became a state.

• ...slavery was made illegal.

• ...the Fugitive Slave Law was passed.

• ...nothing else happened.

The Mexican-American War started in the state of ________ and ended with California and other territories becoming states.

• Texas

• New Mexico

• California

• Arizona

Select all the main routes to California from the east coast of the United States.

• land routes using wagon trains

• land routes using trains

• the Cape Horn route

• the Panama route

James Marshall first discovered gold at ____________.