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Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 4mins
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
