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How did women help California grow

TermDefinition
slavery the practice of owning people and forcing them to work without pay
compromise a solution to a disagreement in which each side gives up what it wants
fugitive a person who tries to escape from an authority
petition to officially ask someone to do something
Helen Hunt Jackson writer best know for her works about the treatment of American Indians
Biddy Mason Formerly enslaved woman who made a new life in California
Mary Tape Chinese American who challenged California law on public school and admission
Explain how issues like unfair treatment and slavery affected women who came to California during the 1800s, Unfair treatment affected Chinese women because their children were not allowed to go to school. Slavery affected some African American women because of the fugitive slave laws.
How did Bernarda Ruiz and Helen Hunt Jackson impact life in California? Bernarda Ruiz helped arrange a meeting between leaders of the United States and Mexico. Helen Hunt Jackson wrote about unfair treatment of California Indians
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