How did the Gold Rush affect many Native communities?
Correct answer(s):
- It intensified dispossession and violence.
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California History
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Quizzes in California History for Grade 7
Under which national political agreement was California admitted as a free state?
Correct answer(s):
- Compromise of 1850
What major transportation development connected California more directly with the rest of the United States in 1869?
Correct answer(s):
- First transcontinental railroad
How did railroads help California’s economy after the Gold Rush?
Correct answer(s):
- They gave farms and cities better access to wider markets.
Which city grew rapidly as a port and commercial center during the Gold Rush?
Correct answer(s):
- San Francisco
What was one environmental effect of Gold Rush mining?
Correct answer(s):
- Damage to rivers and landscapes
Which was one major effect of the Spanish mission system on Indigenous communities?
Correct answer(s):
- Disease, forced labor, and colonial control changed Native life.
What happened to many mission lands during Mexican secularization?
Correct answer(s):
- Control shifted away from the mission system.
Which activities were important in Mexican California’s rancho economy?
Correct answer(s):
- Cattle ranching and the hide-and-tallow trade
What happened to California’s non-Indigenous population during the Gold Rush?
Correct answer(s):
- It increased rapidly.