Deck 9: A New State and Frontier Politics

Question 1

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.

Answer 1

the intense personal ambitions of each man.

Question 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

Answer 2

all of the above

Question 3

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.

Answer 3

California grizzly bear.

Question 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.

Question 5

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.

Question 6

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.

Question 7

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

Question 8

During the Mexican War,California was governed by

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

Question 9

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.

Question 10

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

Question 11

The first capital of the state of California was

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

Question 12

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.

Question 13

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

Question 14

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

Question 15

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.

Question 16

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

Question 17

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.

Question 18

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.

Question 19

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

Question 20

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

Question 21

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

Question 22

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

Question 23

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

Question 24

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

Question 25

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

Question 26

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

Question 27

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

Question 28

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