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What year did California become the 31st state of the US?

• 1820

• 1890

• 1900

• 1850

Besides gold mining, what other industries were important to California's economy in the 1800s?

• farming

• tourism

• ranching

• digging

The completion of what boosted California's economy?

• fishing industry

• transcontinental railroad

• golden spike

• manifest destiny

Who was a major blue jeans manufacturer?

• Leland Stanford

• Jane Blue

• Jean Pantaloon

• Levi Strauss

Which of the following people were negatively impacted by the population boom in California?

• French

• Spanish

• Mexicans

• Native Americans

By the late 1800s, which of the following was one of the biggest industries in the USA?

• railroads

• sword making

• fur trade

• buffalo hides

Where did the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads connect in 1869?

• Abilene, KS

• Omaha, NE

• San Francisco, CA

• Promontory, UT

What system was set up to help railroad companies address the scheduling of trains across long distances?

• Solar time

• Four Standard Time Zones

• Centralized time zone

• Common scheduling system

What is a frontier?

• an undeveloped area

• area between two places

• an area ruled by unruly people

• an area void of civilization