WorksheetsSocial Studies Ch 7
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 16mins
Before the 1860s, how did Californians communicate with the East?
by cross-country train
by telegraph
by letters carried on ships
by overland stage
What was John Butterfield's contribution to California's growth as a state?
He founded a company that carried mail by stagecoach
He founded California's first commercial farm
He invested in the transcontinental railroad
He built a canal to irrigate the Imperial Valley
Who were the Big Four?
a group who invested in the first telegraph to California
a group who owned the Pony Express
a group who owned the Central Pacific Railroad Company
a group who paid for the entire transcontinental railroad
Why was it hard for companies to find workers for the transcontinental railroad?
They did not have the money
Chinese workers were not allowed to enter the country
People in the East were not interested in moving west
Many Americans were involved in the Civil War
How was California's economy affected at first by the completion of the transcontinental railroad?
California businesses grew
Cheap goods from outside the state caused businesses to close
More goods came from Mexico
Businesses could not keep up with the demand
What enabled the Southern Pacific Railroad to gain more than 11 million acres of California land?
Under the Pacific Railroad Act, companies got land for every mile of track they laid
The company bought it from rancho owners
The company took the land from the California Indians
New towns sold land to the company
What does the word export mean?
to buy from other countries
to compete with
to advertise a product
to sell to other countries
What caused the violence at Mussel Slough?
A railroad company did not pay its workers
Farmers and a railroad company disagreed over the price of land
Neighbors disagreed over who owned water rights
Rancho owners refused to leave land they said they owned
What enabled people to establish farms in the Imperial Valley in the early 1900s?
Immigrants planted a new and better kind of orange tree
Chinese workers built levees to prevent flooding
Workers built a canal from the Colorado River to irrigate the land
Growers advertised to create new markets
If it is 5:00 AM in San Francisco, what time is it in New York City?
2:00 AM
5:00 AM
8:00 AM
11:00 AM
A scientist who worked to develop new and better kinds of plants
Yee Fung Cheung
John Bidwell
Theodore Judah
Luther Burbank
Leland Stanford
A successful wheat farmer from the Central Valley
Yee Fung Cheung
John Bidwell
Theodore Judah
Luther Burbank
Leland Stanford
One of the Big Four
Yee Fung Cheung
John Bidwell
Theodore Judah
Luther Burbank
Leland Stanford
An engineer with a plan for building a transcontinental railroad
Yee Fung Cheung
John Bidwell
Theodore Judah
Luther Burbank
Leland Stanford
An herbalist who came to California to look for gold
Yee Fung Cheung
John Bidwell
Theodore Judah
Luther Burbank
Leland Stanford
What changes took place in the speed of communication between California and the eastern states in the 1850s and the early 1860s? (check ALL that apply)
Wagon trains heading west to find gold would carry letters for friends and family in California
The Pony Express brought mail in 10 days
The telephone made communication instant
The telegraph could send messages in a few minutes
The Overland Mail Company brought mail by stagecoach in 24 days
How was the transcontinental railroad paid for? (Check ALL that apply)
Theodore Judah struck it rich mining for gold and bought railroad companies
Theodore Judah got The Big Four to invest in the Central Pacific Railroad Company
Theodore Judah convinced wealthy farmers to rent some of their land to the railroad companies to build on
Theodore Judah appeared before Congress and got the US government to give land and money to the railroads
Who were the workers who built the transcontinental railroad? (Mark ALL that apply)
Entrepreneurs from San Francisco
Chinese immigrants
Slaves from the south
Irish immigrants
Civil War veterans after the war ended
What solution did California farmers come up with when most of the land in the Imperial Valley was too dry for farming?
They built levees to control flooding into the area
They planted succulents like aloe vera
They built canals for irrigation
They farmed somewhere else
What solution did California farmers come up with when they found the oranges growing in California were sour and full of seeds?
They added sugar to the soil to make them sweeter
They planted new types of oranges like Washington navels and Valencias
They built canals for irrigation to make them juicier
They planted wheat instead
What solution did California farmers come up with when the land along the Sacramento River kept flooding?
They built levees
They built canals for irrigation
They planted different crops that would grow well in flooded areas
They moved their farms away from the river's edge
