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Population development in california
- 1.
- 300,00 native
- americans ( 1/6 OF POP)
- 2.
- Jumipero Serra :
- established first Spanish colony
- 3.
- Grew to include
- 21 sites along the coast
- 4.
- Mexican independence
- in 1822
- 5.
- Trade w/ other
- countries – higher foreigners
- 6.
- 1833 started to confiscating
- mission lands
- 7.
- Treaty of
- Guadlapue Hidalgo ; transferred about 40 %
- mex including Cal to the US
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Describe the legacy of the Gold Rush
- 1.
- Miners overran
- most Native Californian settlements committing murder and abuse
- 2.
- Natives lost
- property or forced into lengthy disputes over land
- 3.
- Greed of minors
- caused racism, price gouging and lawlessness
- 4.
- Minors caused
- serious ecological problems
- 5.
- Degradation of
- rivers and foothills
- 6.
- Produced commercial
- opportunities for enterprising
- 7.
- Wells fargo bank;
- levi strauss company ( traveling salesperson)
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3 versions of CA installment
- 1.
- (1)Influenced by
- optimism and inexperience of the 48 delegates
- 2.
- 2/3s of whom were
- in their 20s and 30s
- 3.
- Relied on state
- constitutions of Iowa and NY
- 4.
- Got Spanish adopted
- as the official second language
- 5.
- (2) workingmens
- party; exploited public condemnation of wealth
- 6.
- Virulent attack
- on Chinese
- 7.
- (3) sought to
- ride gov of corruption and restore democratic principles direct democracy, initiative
- , recall, and referendum
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Political and economic influences of big 4
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- Completing the
- western half of the transcontinental railroad
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- Bought international
- and domestic steamship lines.
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- Able to set its
- own shipping rates for more than 30 years.
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- Kept industries on
- the verge of bankruptcy with excess freight charges.
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- Profited from
- outright sales of free land
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- Controlled party
- organizations and played them against each other
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- Subsidized newspapers
- and controlled public opinion.
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- Chinese were
- pawns of the big four in a conspericy to oppress white workers
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Effects of WW2 on CA
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- Transformed as
- the state for deployment
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- Became a major
- location for defense industries
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- More than 1.6
- million americans moved to ca
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- Northern Californian
- shipbuilind employed much of population
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- 40 % of all ships
- and aircraft were constructed in CA
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- Employed a
- diverse work place; included women and minoirites
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- Dramatically increased
- African American pop
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