Chap. 5
treaty Land grants, protected
Californios Gold Rush 1849 $$$ ▫Cattle, etc.
PROBLEMS 1851: Gwin Act Avg.: 17 yrs. Costs?
SQUATTERS Barred owners Power?
Drought 1860s Economic -
“Foreigners” ++ Anglos - political power Santa Barbara
CONFLICT North vs. South “States” Rights Bottom line?
CA Slaves in CA Free Blacks ▫1860: 4k, largest west Bridget Mason
Abolitionists Laws ▫No voting ▫Intermarriage ▫Testify court
WAR Majority loyal Volunteers ▫Latinos
Promote Union $$$
TRANSCONTINENTAL Central+Union
Idea man: T. Judah
Chinese workers Sierra Nevada “Chinaman’s Chance”
UNION PACIFIC Irish, Mormon workers
Promontory, Utah, 1869
SOUTHERN PACIFIC Largest land owner
ETHNICITY, RACE Intriguing, fluid Californios
L.A. Sherriff Tomás Sánchez, Californio
Mayor (1850) Ygnacio del Valle.
Reginaldo del Valle
Post-rush “Colored” Hostile, violent
LAWS $$$ Mexicans, Chinese 1870: segregated schools
CHINESE Gum Saan Passage: Credit-ticket People v. Hall (1854) ▫Legally “Indians”
COMMUNITIES Stores, restaurants Tongs ▫1852: Kwang-tek-tong Leisure
EXCLUSION 1882: Chinese
DEPRESSION Anti-Chinese riots
JAPANESE 1885 Agriculture Discrim.
Removal
TREATY Cede claims, hostilities “Reservation” ▫Supplies, cattle ▫7.5% CA lands
EXTERMINATION Fear Racial
1845: 150K 1900: 16K ???