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The demand for oil grew during the late 1800's and early 1900's because?
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The railroads and cars started using oil.
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The people of San Francisco rebuilt their city after waht?
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The 1906 earthquake.
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Between 1870 and 1910 many immigrants because?
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They wanted jobs.
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The farmers help control flooding in the Central Valley by?
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building levees.
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The transcontinental railroad changed California by what?
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Allowing people and goods to travel there quickly.
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The businesspeople who invested in Theodore Judah's railroad were later called...
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The Big Four.
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In the years after California became a state the speed of sending changed because...
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The services of the Pony Express increased speed.
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Los Angeles grew quickly in the late 1800s and early 1900s because
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The railroads came to Los Angeles and a harbor was dug.
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The problem the Chinese immigrants faced was...
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Discrimination.
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One of the improvements made in California's agricultural industry in the late 1800's was...
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Pant scientists created better kinds of plants.
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Another improvement was
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refrigerated cars made it possible for farmers to send fruit and vegtables across the country.
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A improvement was
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advertising to spread the word about their crops.
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The main crop grown in the Central Valley
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was wheat.
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Building the Central Pacific railroad was difficult because
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Of the Sierra Nevada.
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The telegraph changed California's communication with the rest of the United States by What?
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Allowing messages to be sent across the country in minutes.
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The combined value of milk and cream and nursery products in California in the late 1800's was
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about $5 billion.
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Nurery products value was about
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1.5 billion.
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Milk and Creams value together was
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the leader in agricultural products in California.
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Grapes had the second most with
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slightly more than $2 billion.
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The difference between the value of milk and cream and the value of grapes was
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about $2 billion.
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