Social Studies California Test Questions and Answers
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Social Studies California Test Questions and Answers
Why was there a
Farming boom
in California? - Answer-Because the population grew quickly
after the gold rush, and
more food needed to be produced
also, when the gold rush ended,
Miners began looking for other ways
to make mone...
Social Studies California Test Questions
and Answers
Why was there a
Farming boom
in California? - Answer-Because the population grew quickly
after the gold rush, and
more food needed to be produced
also, when the gold rush ended,
Miners began looking for other ways
to make money,
so many of them became farmers.
What changes happened in California
After the Gold Rush?
Ie, how did the Gold Rush
change California's economy? - Answer-Better transportation & communication
More businesses and merchants
Big population boom
Farming boom
Was California a good place
for farming and why? - Answer-California is warm and sunny and has good soil
What crops were grown in
California during the
Farming Boom? - Answer-Wheat, citruses
What is an export and what kind of things did California export to the rest of the
country? - Answer-To export means to send something to another area to be sold.
California exported apples apricots cherries peaches pears and plums
What made it possible to
export products from California? - Answer-The transcontinental railroad
, Who was immigrating here? - Answer-People from other parts of country
Plus immigrants from other countries
What were California's
two biggest
Immigrant groups? - Answer-Chinese & Irish
What was life like
for immigrants? - Answer-Life was difficult and full of challenges.
They faced hardships and Discrimmination.
- not easy to buy land
- difficulty finding jobs/work
- low pay
- Discrimmination/unfair treatment at work
- unfair laws
- many Chinese forced off land
- Mexicans lost their land to "squatters"
They came here to escape hardships
in their own countries, but life here
was no piece of cake.
What is Exclusion? - Answer-Exclusion is The act of keeping something or someone
out.
What was the
Chinese Exclusion Act
of 1882? - Answer-It was a law that was passed that discriminated against Chinese
workers and stopped them coming to the United States.
It's important because it was the
first big act in US history to limit
the immigration of free people.
It also excluded Chinese immigrants
from becoming US citizens
LESSON 4:
Population growth First part of 1900's
(1900-1950) - Answer-Summary:
California's population continue to grow.
Millions more people came here from all over the world.
What was the Pony Express?
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