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Chapter 09 - A New State and Frontier Politics

Chapter 09
A New State and Frontier Politics

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the Mexican War, California was governed by

A. the United States Congress.
B. American military governors.
C. vigilantes.
D. the leading Mexican ranchers.

2. Prior to the acquisition by the United States, the alcalde performed the function of
A. mayor.
B. sheriff.
C. judge.
D. all of the above

3. During the two years following ratification of the Guadalupe Hidalgo Treaty, the United
States Congress
A. removed the U.S. Army from California.
B. authorized a constitutional convention.
C. failed to agree on any system of California civil government.
D. made California a territory.

4. Most of the delegates to the Monterey convention

A. were 49ers.
B. represented districts from northern California.
C. were native Californians.
D. were natives of the Deep South.

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5. Which of the following statements about the 1849 California constitution is FALSE?
A. It allowed married women to hold separate property.
B. It banned slavery.
C. It excluded free blacks.
D. It established a plan for state government.

6. The problem that gave the 1849 constitutional convention the most trouble was the question
of
A. slavery in California.
B. voting rights in California.
C. state public education.
D. the state's eastern boundary.

7. The proposal to exclude free blacks from California

A. was adopted unanimously by the constitutional convention.
B. led Sam Brannan to speak in favor of an "all-white California."
C. was denounced by delegate M. M. Carver.
D. won ultimate approval by the United States Congress.

8. Vallejo objected to inclusion on the state seal of the

A. Roman goddess Minerva.
B. motto "Eureka."
C. California grizzly bear.
D. Anglo-American gold miner.

9. The constitution of 1849 specifically provided that all laws were to be published in
A. "the English language only."
B. newspapers in the cities of Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Sacramento.
C. both English and Spanish.
D. none of the above

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10. The first capital of the state of California was

A. Sacramento.
B. Benicia.
C. Vallejo.
D. San Jose

11. The admission of California to the Union was achieved

A. by an executive order of President Fillmore.
B. through the Missouri Compromise.
C. through the "great compromise" of 1850.
D. by a declaration of the Monterey convention.

12. The Broderick-Gwin feud was primarily a result of

A. ideological divisions within the Whig party.
B. the movement for state division.
C. the intense personal ambitions of each man.
D. Broderick's opposition to the extension of slavery.

13. The main support for the movement to divide California during the 1850s came from
A. the southern California counties.
B. California abolitionists.
C. proslavery southerners in the state.
D. the northern California counties.

14. California's participation in the Civil War included the

A. dispatching of two warships to aid the Confederacy.
B. drafting of thousands of Californians into the armed forces.
C. sending of a "California Column" to New Mexico.
D. blockading of pro-Confederate ports in the Gulf of Mexico.

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15. A statue of the Reverend Thomas Starr King was recently

A. erected in the national cathedral in Washington, D.C.
B. unveiled at the national headquarters of the Red Cross.
C. defaced by protestors.
D. removed from the national Capitol by a vote of the California legislature.

True / False Questions

16. During the two-year period that followed the conclusion of the Mexican War, the powers
of California's alcaldes were virtually absolute.
TRUE

17. Before California became a state in 1850, it was administered first by a formal territorial
government.
FALSE

18. Governor Bennet Riley's call for a constitutional convention was based on authorization
he received from the United States Congress.
FALSE

19. No former Mexican citizens of California were allowed to attend the constitutional
convention of 1849.
FALSE

20. The original design for the California state seal included a grizzly bear being lassoed by a
mounted vaquero.
FALSE

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21. Most of the members of the constitutional convention of 1849 did not hold liberal views
on racial matters.
TRUE

22. California was the first state of the United States to provide for the separate property
rights of women in its constitution.
TRUE

23. During the 1850s, David C. Broderick and William M. Gwin were close political allies in
the struggle against slavery.
FALSE

24. The admission of California to the Union in 1850 upset the equal balance in the number of
free and slave states.
TRUE

25. During the Civil War, most Californians were pro-Confederate.

FALSE

Essay Questions

26. Explain the reasons for the confused legal and political status of California from the
outbreak of the Mexican War until the achievement of statehood.

Answers will vary

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27. What was the nature of the Monterey constitutional convention? Who were the delegates,
and what were the major decisions made?

Answers will vary

28. Explain the impact of the major national political issues on California during the 1850s
and 1860s.

Answers will vary

29. Compare and contrast the backgrounds, ambitions, and political views of David Broderick
and William Gwin.

Answers will vary

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