Why Did California Put Proposition 187 on the Ballot

question 28

Multiple Choice

Why did California put Proposition 187 on the ballot?

• A) to establish a state border control agency
• B) to end bilingual education
• C) to deny legal rights to same-sex couples
• D) to deny social services to undocumented immigrants

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Definitions:

Indian Lands

Areas of land within the United States that are reserved for Native American tribes and are recognized as such by the federal government.

Massachusetts Bay Colonists

The settlers of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, an English settlement on the east coast of North America in the 17th century.

New England Indians

Indigenous peoples living in the region known as New England, in the northeastern United States, prior to and during European colonization.

1630-1640

A decade during which significant migration to the American colonies occurred, particularly by Puritans to Massachusetts, marking a crucial development phase of early American society.