Social Studies Chapter 7 Study Guide Flashcards
Yee Fung Cheung
herbalist who came to California to find gold
John Bidwell:
successful wheat farmer in Central Valley
Theodore Judah
made plans for building transcontinental railroad
Luther Burbank:
scientist who developed new plants
Leland Stanford
one of the Big Four
John Butterfield:
founded a company that carried mail by stagecoach
The Big Four:
group that owned the Central Pacific Railroad company
Mussel Slough
Fight occurred due to farmers and railroad company disagreeing
Pacific Railroad Act:
Companies got land for every mile of train track
a. Southern Pacific Railroad gained much land
Export:
to sell to other countries
How did Californians communicate with the East before the 1860’s
by ship
Why was it hard for companies to find workers for the building of the transcontinental railroad at first?
Many were fighting in the Civil War.
How was California’s economy affected at first by the completion of the transcontinental railroad?
Businesses closed because goods were imported from other countries.
What enabled people to establish farms in the Imperial Valley in the early 1900’s?
Workers built canals to irrigate land.
What changes took place in the speed of communication between CA and the eastern states in the 1850’s and the early 1860’s? (Name three)
Stagecoach – 24 days, Pony Express – 10 days, Telegraph- 5 minutes
How was the transcontinental railroad paid for?
Big Four invested and US government also provided money and land
Who were the workers who built the transcontinental railroad and what challenges did they face?
Many Irish and Chinese immigrants/ dangerous conditions, had to work fast
How did the Gold Rush in California affect the development of commercial farms?
Gold Rush brought people to California, which caused farms to produce food for them.
How did farmers solve the problem of the land in the Imperial Valley being too dry for farming?
Built canals to irrigate land
Because oranges grown in California were sour and full of seeds, what did the farmers do?
Brought orange trees from Brazil and Spain
What did the farmers do with the problem of the land along the Sacramento River being flooded too often?
Built levees to control flooding
