| Probing Questions for Resources #2-21 and #2-22 (continued) | |||||
| Based on the composition of the
delegation, what types of people might expect to receive the greatest consideration?
(Women? Farmers? Businessmen? Californios? People of merit regardless of
background? Immigrants?)
[Since most of the delegates were white men of the business and professional classes, their interests might have been paramount. There were also a good number of farmers (agriculturists), and by the end of the century, farming became so important that the University of California was established as an agricultural school, with mining as a secondary area of emphasis. The vote for a school of mines alone would not have carried.] Note to teacher: California's constitution adopted the Mexican constitutional provision that recognized the right of a woman to own and keep property, as well as the concept of community property rights. |
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