Notes

During the nineteenth century, in the Far West the term "coolie"
referred to Chinese indentured servants

In the 1840s and 1850s, in the Far West, the response by white Americans to the Chinese
moved from initial acceptance of them to gradual opposition

The weaknesses of the Plains Indians in their struggles with the white settlers included all of the following factors except
they were not aggressive or warlike


The Chinese from California became the major source of labor for the transcontinental railroad because
they worked for lower wages than what whites would accept

In the 1870s, in the Far West the largest single Chinese community was located in
San Francisco

The western cattle industry saw Mexican ranchers first develop
all of the above

The "Rocky Mountain School" of painting
helped inspire a growth of tourism in the West

Women in nineteenth-century western mining towns
often found work doing domestic tasks

What was true about western mining companies?
All of the above (the other choices were multiracial, racial stratification, white power)

What did my nigga Fredrick say?
The closing of the frontier marks the end of a major democratizing force for Americans