Unit 4 Study guide
The Chinese from California became the major source of labor for the transcontinental railroad Because
they worked for lower wages than what whites would accept
In the second half of the nineteenth century, the working class in the western economy was
highly multiracial, highly divided along racial lines, paid higher wages than workers in the East
During the mid-nineteenth century, Hispanics living in California
lost ownership of large areas of lands
In the 1860s, cattle drives from Texas to Missouri
saw the herds suffer heavy losses, proved that cattle could be driven to distant markets, established a link to the booming urban markets of the East
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
Banned Chinese in the United States from becoming naturalized citizens
During the nineteenth century, in the Far West the term "coolie"
Referred to Chinese indentured servants
The western cattle industry saw Mexican ranchers first develop
Saddles, spurs, lariats, leather chaps, etc.
Which tribe should be included among the Plains Indians?
Sioux, Arapaho, Pawnee, and Cheyenne