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Chap. 5
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treaty Land grants, protected
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Californios Gold Rush 1849 $$$ ▫Cattle, etc.
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PROBLEMS 1851: Gwin Act Avg.: 17 yrs. Costs?
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SQUATTERS Barred owners Power?
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Drought 1860s Economic -
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“Foreigners” ++ Anglos - political power Santa Barbara
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CONFLICT North vs. South “States” Rights Bottom line?
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CA Slaves in CA Free Blacks ▫1860: 4k, largest west Bridget Mason
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Abolitionists Laws ▫No voting ▫Intermarriage ▫Testify court
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WAR Majority loyal Volunteers ▫Latinos
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Promote Union $$$
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TRANSCONTINENTAL Central+Union
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Idea man: T. Judah
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Chinese workers Sierra Nevada “Chinaman’s Chance”
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UNION PACIFIC Irish, Mormon workers
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Promontory, Utah, 1869
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC Largest land owner
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ETHNICITY, RACE Intriguing, fluid Californios
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L.A. Sherriff Tomás Sánchez, Californio
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Mayor (1850) Ygnacio del Valle.
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Reginaldo del Valle
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Post-rush “Colored” Hostile, violent
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LAWS $$$ Mexicans, Chinese 1870: segregated schools
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CHINESE Gum Saan Passage: Credit-ticket People v. Hall (1854) ▫Legally “Indians”
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COMMUNITIES Stores, restaurants Tongs ▫1852: Kwang-tek-tong Leisure
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EXCLUSION 1882: Chinese
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DEPRESSION 1892-1897 Anti-Chinese riots
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JAPANESE 1885 Agriculture Discrim.
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Removal
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TREATY Cede claims, hostilities “Reservation” ▫Supplies, cattle ▫7.5% CA lands
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EXTERMINATION Fear Racial
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1845: 150K 1900: 16K ???
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