Vocabulary
What is technology?
The use of scientific knowledge to solve problems
There were 2 railroad companies who were in fierce competition with one another. Name these 2 companies.
The Central Pacific Co and the Union Pacific Co
How were the Asian immigrants treated by others when they arrived?
Treatly poorly, some employers refused to hire Chinese workers, they were mistreated by coworkers, they faced violent attacks in cities and rural areas, they were unwelcome in many places
How did CA farmers keep their food from spoiling on a long train ride to the East?
What did the “Big Four” do?*
They formed the Central and Union Railroad Company.
What is a telegraph?
A machine that uses signals to send messages instantly from place to place
Thousands of workers were needed to build the transcontinental railroad. Officials hired what kind of immigrants for the CENTRAL PACIFIC company? WHY did they hire these immigrants?
Hired Chinese immigrants, who worked long hours for lower pay than other workers and were willing to lay tracks in dangerous areas
WHY did Asian immigrants face racism and discrimination?
There were fewer jobs and non-Chinese Americans blamed the Chinese for taking jobs that they wanted.
How did the harvester change farming?
The harvester made it possible to grow more fruits. It cut and separated wheat and bagged it in one job. It didn’t require many people, though it did make the soil less fertile.
How did the Chinese immigrants respond to the discrimination they faced? List 2 or more things.
Some went on strike ore refused to do their jobs until their demands were met. Some people in CHina held a boycott of American goods, some wrote a petition against the Chinese Exclusion Act
What is racism?
The belief that people of other races are not as good as those of your race
What is the Pony Express?
Carried mail by setting up a relay of horse riders . Carried mail delivery from Missouri to San francisco in 10 days.
when someone moves from another country to a new country they are called this
what does immigration mean?
Besides wheat, what other products were farmed in California?
Grapes, orange, lemons, cotton, almonds, and dairy products.
We have 3 water systems in California. Name all 3.
Aqueducts (pipes), dams (structure that holds water back), and reservoirs (a place where water is collected and stored for use)
What is discrimination?
Unfair treatment of people based on race, gender, age or other
How did the railroad affect the environment?
Tracks cut through wildlife habitats and some animals struggled to survive, hunters should find buffalo and kill them
irish
what other groups came to California as immigrants and worked on the railroads?
What is a strike?
The refusal to do a job until demands are met
utah, promontory summit
where did the two railroads meet?