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Chapter 5: A State of Growth
Read the chapter and fill in the notes. These notes do not go completely in
order, so you will need to read multiple sections to answer some questions
1.
The Pacific Railroad Survey Bill authorized the search for a transcontinental railroad. The Northern
Pacific’s rail line was part of this. What are four benefits of this new rail system?
1. More people moved to WA
2. Provided a distribution network so
that goods and products could be
transported
3. Faster and cheaper travel
4. Provided jobs
2.
Acts and policies such as the Homestead Act and the Pacific Railway Act allowed the government to
do what?
The government could distribute land to individuals (Homestead Act) or to companies like railroad
companies
3.
Compare the Northern Pacific Railroad with the Great Northern Railroad.
Northern Pacific Railroad
Funding
Cost
Location
Great Northern Railroad
Land grants from the government called
SUBSIDIES
James Hill used his own money/got money
together to privately fund this railroad
Twice the price of the Great Northern
Half the price of the Northern Pacific
North Dakota to Vancouver, WA
Minnesota (right next to North Dakota) to
Seattle
4.
Washington’s Melting Pot: Immigration- For each nationality, write why they came to
Washington, what jobs they worked, and how they adjusted to life in Washington.
Why they came to Washington
What jobs they worked
How they adjusted to
life
Hawaiian
They came for jobs as furtrappers
Fur trappers, boatmen,
cooks, laborers
Some married local Indian
women and blended into
Indian communities
Irish
They left because of the potato
famine that wiped out their main
crops… POTATOES!
Many worked on the
railroads, some as
housemaids, mill hands,
miners, or soldiers
Not treated very well by
locals on E. Coast.
Some ran for office when
they came to Western USA
Chinese
War, flooding, and famine in China
Many worked on the
railroads, also as miners and
other laborers
They were given menial
jobs and treated poorly.
They had more dangerous
jobs and lower wages
They felt that the climate was
similar to their home
Logging companies, oil
companies, fishing, other
jobs
Set up communities and
settled in large groups.
Many did well for
themselves.
Scandinavian
5.
Who were nativists and why were they angry about immigrants?
Nativists were white, Protestant Americans born in the USA who were
angry about immigrants because they feared that they would take their
jobs and threaten American culture.
6.
How did Congress cut immigration?
They passed the Chinese Exclusion Act which stopped Chinese laborers from entering USA.
Passed quotas that limited the number of immigrants who could come from each country
7.
What are the three regions that brought the highest number of immigrants to the United
States between 1860-1900?
1.
Northern and Western Europe
2.
Southern and Eastern Europe
3.
Americas (rest of North America, Central & South America)
8.
Imagine you are a Chinese immigrant in Washington in the 1880s. How are you treated by
the government? How are you treated by local citizens? Describe your experience in a
paragraph. Include the following terms: nativists, Chinese Exclusion Act, quota.
Answers will vary
9.
Nowhere was urbanization as rapid as it was in the state of Washington due to the access to
train stations and seaports. During this time, Tacoma and Seattle were rivals and both
wanted train stations in their cities. Explain the events that led to a population boom in
Seattle.
Train stations and seaports in Seattle
Klondike Gold Rush
Electric, Sewage, and Water system
Seattle’s
development
and
Population
BOOM
10. You are went to Klondike in search of gold. Answer the following questions as you reflect on
your journey:
1.
What did you bring as part of your “outfit”?
2.
What was the environment like with fellow stampeders? Were people successful in
finding gold?
3.
What was the weather like?
4.
Why was the gold rush good for your hometown, Seattle?
People stopped in Seattle to buy their outfits before leaving, boosting business there.
When people found gold, many returned to Seattle to invest their money in businesses
there
11. What are three factors that led to the growth of Spokane?
2. Railroad
stations
through the
city
1. Silver found
in Idaho
3. Water
power from
the Spokane
River