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Chap. 5. treaty. Land grants, protected. Californios. Gold Rush 1849 $$$ Cattle, etc. PROBLEMS. 1851: Gwin Act Avg.: 17 yrs. Costs?. SQUATTERS . Barred owners Power? . Drought 1860s Economic -. “Foreigners” ++ Anglos - political power Santa Barbara. CONFLICT .
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treaty • Land grants, protected
Californios • Gold Rush 1849 • $$$ • 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 • $$$
TRANSCONTINENTAL • Central+Union
Chinese workers • Sierra Nevada • “Chinaman’s Chance”
UNION PACIFIC • Irish, Mormon workers
SOUTHERN PACIFIC • Largest land owner
ETHNICITY, RACE • Intriguing, fluid • Californios
Post-rush • “Colored” • Hostile, violent
LAWS • $$$ • 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 • 1892-1897 • Anti-Chinese riots
JAPANESE • 1885 • Agriculture • Discrim.
TREATY • Cede claims, hostilities • “Reservation” • Supplies, cattle • 7.5% CA lands
EXTERMINATION • Fear • Racial
1845: 150K • 1900: 16K • ???