Vocabulary
unfair treatment of people based on race, gender, or age
discrimination
Our town gets its ______ from the local reservoir.
water
T/F? California naturally gets all the water it needs to support its farming industry.
false
Many Chinese immigrants originally came to the U.S. to work on this.
The Transcontinental Railroad
pipes that bring water from a distance
aqueduct
The __________ replaced the Pony Express as a way to communicate with the eastern United States in 1861.
telegraph
T/F? The mining industry grew after the Gold Rush.
true
How much were Chinese immigrants were paid for the same amount compared to other workers?
less
keeping someone out of something
exclusion
____% of immigrants came from Europe between 1871 and 1920. (show picture)
87
List three main crops grown on California farms (100 points each).
wheat, fruit (grapes, oranges, lemons), cotton
After the Transcontinental Railroad was completed, many Chinese immigrants started this kind of work.
farming
use of scientific knowledge to solve problems
technology
The economy changed after the Gold Rush because ___________ grew and new ___________ started.
agriculture, industry
List four technologies needed to get California farms all the water they need (100 points each).
aqueducts, reservoirs, dams, canals
List two examples of discrimination/racism faced by Chinese immigrants.
lower wages, living in separate areas of cities, attending segregated schools, The Chinese Exclusion Act
refusal to do a job until demands are met
strike
The ________________ is the most likely reason that so many more immigrants came from Europe than Asia.
Chinese Exclusion Act
These were invented to keep food cold as it travelled along the Transcontinental Railroad.
refrigerated railroad cars
The Chinese Exclusion Act lasted this many years.
61 (1882-1943)