Guided Reading
Manifest Destiny
Lesson 4 California and Utah
ESSENTIAL QUESTION
How do new ideas change the
way people live?
California Gold Rush
Reading for Accuracy Use your textbook to decide if a
statement is true or false. Write T or F in the blank. If a
statement is false, rewrite it to make it true.
1. The Gold Rush attracted people from Mexico,
South America, Europe, Australia, and China.
2. Most of the miners who came to California found
gold.
3. A vigilante was someone who looked for gold,
but knew nothing about mining.
4. Merchants in boomtowns could charge any price
they wanted for their goods.
5. The California Gold Rush more than doubled the
world’s supply of gold. Guided Reading
Cont.
Manifest Destiny
Determining Cause and Effect Write the correct cause
or effect in the chart.
California Gold Rush
Cause
6.
Effect
California’s population increased
Cause
7.
Effect
finding gold dust or nuggets
Cause
Mining towns had no police or
prisons.
Effect
8.
Cause
the need for better government
Effect
9.
10. Analyzing In your own words, describe the lasting
effects of the Gold Rush on California. Guided Reading
Cont.
Manifest Destiny
A Religious Refuge in Utah
Identifying Fill in the blanks with the correct word or words
from the text.
1. The founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints (Mormons) was
.
2. The Mormon’s neighbors in New York and Illinois disagreed
with their practice of
.
3. Brigham Young led the Mormons to the area that is now
the state of
.
4. The
was the body of water near which
Brigham Young and his people settled.
Listing The Mormons found life difficult in their settlement, but
they worked hard and prospered. On the lines below, list three
things that the Mormons did to turn the wild, dry terrain into a
prosperous place.
5.
6.
7.
Guided Reading North and South 8-th Grade for Last Quarter
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