Chapter 16 Flashcards
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- Californios
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Mexican elites who lived in California when the United States gained it from Mexico
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- Plains Indians
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Plains Indians are the Native Americans or First Nations who lived on the plains and rolling hills of the Great Plains
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- Coolies
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Chinese immigrants who worked on the transcontinental railroad
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- “Chinatowns”
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Towns that were home to Chinese immigrants that allowed Chinese to receive jobs and have things be in their native tongue
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- Anti-coolie Clubs
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Organizations that aimed to prevent immigration of people of East Asian origin, as well as banning Chinese labor/boycotting goods made with Chinese labor.
