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