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Chapter 19 Review: The Diverse Peoples of the We ...

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  • How did Californios adapt to the climate in which they lived?
    they built houses of adobe to stay cool in the hot weather
  • How did most colonists get to the West?
    they traveled over land
  • How did Congress respond to the. growing anger against Chinese workers in the late 1800s?
    It passed a law forbidding Chinese immigrants from coming to the United States.
  • What news in 1848 encouraged large numbers of people to move to California?
    gold was discovered in CA
  • The thousands of early colonists who were attracted to the West by cheap land were called
    pioneers
  • One of the most significant challenges facing pioneers along the Oregon Trail was the boredom caused by a lack of work along the trail. True or false?
    false
  • What kind of work did women pioneers do on the Oregon Trail?
    set up camp, cared for the sick, cooked the food
  • How did the arrival of American colonists affect the American Indians living in the West?
    they lost the lands where they had lived for centuries
  • Chinese workers on the Central and Union Pacific Railroad often worked harder and earned less money than other workers. True or false?
    true
  • What happened when the Nez Percé tried to flee to Canada? Text to speech
    They lost a battle with U.S. soldiers and were forced to move to a reservation.
  • How did Californios gain their land in the West in the 1830s?
    The Mexican government granted them huge plots of land.
  • What motivated the Mormons to move to Utah?
    They went in search of religious freedom.
  • Most gold-seeking forty-niners became millionaires almost overnight. True or False?
    false
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