What role did Chinese immigrants play in the economy of postwar California?
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
1. In 1866 the Central Pacific Railroad began importing thousands of Chinese men to work on the transcontinental railroad.
2. When the railroad was completed in 1869, many Chinese sought work elsewhere in the West.
3. By 1870, 40,000 Chinese lived in California and represented fully one-quarter of the state's wage earners.
4. They found work in factories, shops, and agriculture.
5. White workers began to cry unfair competition against this Asian group that was becoming increasingly integrated into the region's economy.
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a. are protected by a treaty. b. live in a harsh environment. c. managed to effectively fight off Western colonists. d. were moved to a reservation where they could be protected.
One of the figures in the Catholic reform movement, Teresa of Avila, sought to improve the women's order known as the
a. Ursalines. b. Carmelites. c. Poor Clares. d. Benedictines. e. Lendines.
Which statement best describes the effect of the Hartford Convention?
a. Federalists were regarded as heroes for having shown the dangers of a government dominated by one party. b. New England Federalists were regarded as traitors for threatening to secede at a time when America seemed poised for victory. c. Republicans were regarded as a party of tyranny because they insisted on two terms for their presidents. d. Republicans were regarded as heroes for having preserved the principle of checks and balances.
In the context of violence against women, sexual assault by a dating partner or someone known to the victim is termed ________.
A. unwanted pursuit behavior B. acquaintance rape C. common couples violence D. patriarchal terrorism