Social Studies Chapter 7 Study Guide

Question 1

Yee Fung Cheung

Answer 1

herbalist who came to California to find gold

Question 2

John Bidwell:

Answer 2

successful wheat farmer in Central Valley

Question 3

Theodore Judah

Answer 3

made plans for building transcontinental railroad

Question 4

Luther Burbank:

Answer 4

scientist who developed new plants

Question 5

Leland Stanford

Answer 5

one of the Big Four

Question 6

John Butterfield:

Answer 6

founded a company that carried mail by stagecoach

Question 7

The Big Four:

Answer 7

group that owned the Central Pacific Railroad company

Question 8

Mussel Slough

Answer 8

Fight occurred due to farmers and railroad company disagreeing

Question 9

Pacific Railroad Act:

Answer 9

Companies got land for every mile of train track

a. Southern Pacific Railroad gained much land

Question 10

Export:

Answer 10

to sell to other countries

Question 11

How did Californians communicate with the East before the 1860’s

Answer 11

by ship

Question 12

Why was it hard for companies to find workers for the building of the transcontinental railroad at first?

Answer 12

Many were fighting in the Civil War.

Question 13

How was California’s economy affected at first by the completion of the transcontinental railroad?

Answer 13

Businesses closed because goods were imported from other countries.

Question 14

What enabled people to establish farms in the Imperial Valley in the early 1900’s?

Answer 14

Workers built canals to irrigate land.

Question 15

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)

Answer 15

Stagecoach – 24 days, Pony Express – 10 days, Telegraph- 5 minutes

Question 16

How was the transcontinental railroad paid for?

Answer 16

Big Four invested and US government also provided money and land

Question 17

Who were the workers who built the transcontinental railroad and what challenges did they face?

Answer 17

Many Irish and Chinese immigrants/ dangerous conditions, had to work fast

Question 18

How did the Gold Rush in California affect the development of commercial farms?

Answer 18

Gold Rush brought people to California, which caused farms to produce food for them.

Question 19

How did farmers solve the problem of the land in the Imperial Valley being too dry for farming?

Answer 19

Built canals to irrigate land

Question 20

Because oranges grown in California were sour and full of seeds, what did the farmers do?

Answer 20

Brought orange trees from Brazil and Spain

Question 21

What did the farmers do with the problem of the land along the Sacramento River being flooded too often?

Answer 21

Built levees to control flooding