California Becomes a State

Why did news of statehood take weeks to reach California?

• Ships traveled slowly

• It was supposed to be a secret

• Voters needed to elect leaders

• People were fighting over slavery

Which event happened first, the Gold Rush or California Statehood?

• the Gold Rush

• California Statehood

The Donner party reached Sutter's Fort in 1847. Which event on the timeline was happening then?

• The Bear Flag Revolt

• The Mexican-American War

• the Gold Rush

• California Statehood

Californians wrote a ______________ that didn't allow slavery.

• constitution

• forty-niner

• pioneer

• revolt

What event brought thousands of people to California in 1849?

• a war in Europe and Asia

• opening the Panama Canal

• a discovery at Sutter's Mill

• building a road along the coast

What did the people who started the Bear Flag Revolt want?

• their own government

• the right to hunt animals

• more land for their farms

• statehood as part of Mexico

what event does this picture represent?

• Sutter's fort

• Rancheros having a fiesta

• Bear Flag Revolt

What year did California officially become a state of the United States?

• A) 1848

• B) 1850

• C) 1852

• D) 1855

Which treaty ended the Mexican-American War and led to California becoming a U.S. territory?

• A) Treaty of Paris

• B) Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• C) Treaty of Versailles

• D) Treaty of Tordesillas

Who was the U.S. President when California became a state?

• A) James K. Polk

• B) Zachary Taylor

• C) Millard Fillmore

• D) Franklin Pierce