Which Is True of California in the 1850s

question 100

Multiple Choice

Which is true of California in the 1850s?

• A) Thousands of Indian children were bought and sold as slaves.
• B) Thousands of free blacks were paid minimal wages to work the worst jobs in the mining camps.
• C) Voting rights were extended to all "white" men, including immigrants from Asia, but denied to Indians and free blacks.
• D) Indian communities prospered by renting land and selling supplies to gold miners.
• E) Wealthy Mexican landowners dominated the new state government.

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