Law and order
Cards (79)
- What event is the San Francisco 49ers football team named after?
- In what year did the gold rush, after which the San Francisco 49ers are named, occur?
- What was the approximate population of the California territory in 1846?
- Approximately what was the population of California by 1850?
- By 1855, what was the approximate population of California?
- What was the primary reason for the population boom in California during the mid-19th century?
- In what year was gold discovered in California, triggering the gold rush?
- What motivated people from the eastern United States to migrate to California during the gold rush?
- What was the name given to the surge of people migrating to California after the discovery of gold?
- How did California law affect gold prospectors?
- What term described the act of stealing claims from other miners?
- What was "salting a claim" in the context of the gold rush?
- Why was "salting a claim" a problem during the gold rush?
- What term was used to describe armed criminals who robbed miners of their gold?
- What factors contributed to drunken fights in mining camps?
- How did the common practice of prospectors carrying guns impact conflicts?
- How did the diverse backgrounds of prospectors sometimes cause problems?
- What was a significant problem arising from cultural and racial diversity during the gold rush?
- What was the tension regarding law and order during the Gold Rush?
- What was the population threshold a territory needed to reach to elect a sheriff?
- What was the approximate population of San Francisco by 1849?
- What event caused 20,000 Chinese migrants to arrive in California in 1852?
- How did the influx of Chinese migrants contribute to tensions in California?
- What term is used to describe groups who took the law into their own hands?
- What role did vigilante groups often play concerning racism during the Gold Rush?
- What type of federal officer could be appointed to maintain law and order?
- In 1851 San Franciscans did what in response to what they perceived as a crime wave?
- Why did the people of San Francisco sometimes distrust official courts?
- What was the size of the vigilance committee formed in San Francisco to enforce law and order?
- At what population could California become a state and create its own laws?
- How many people did vigilance committees capture in 1851?
- What approximate percentage of those captured by vigilance committees in 1851 were deported?
- What percentage of those captured by vigilance committees were handed over to authorities?
- What was a major challenge faced by law enforcement officers during the Gold Rush?
- What was a common criticism of vigilante justice during the Gold Rush?
- What was one way vigilantes hoped to deter people from committing crimes?
- What contribution did the mass migration from the gold rush NOT make to the problems in California?
- What was a result of the slow governmental response to the lawlessness in California?
- What factor contributed to the formation of community laws and law enforcement by vigilantes?
- How did racist attitudes contribute to the problems of law and order during the Gold Rush?