CaliforniaA History

Author: Kevin Star

Andrew Lelja

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Great Expectations:Creating the Infrastructure of a Mega State

• The Drainage Act of 1878 gave 100,000 dollars for irrigation, drainage, and navigation to California.

• In 1898, The Board of Public Works developed water programs that tapped into the Owens and Tuolumne Rivers.

• Hydroelectricity served 4 millions California residents.

• From 1900-1930 there was the creation of Southern metropolitan cities like Los Angeles and San Diego.

Chapter 7: Part 2• Unification of the bay area also occurred with the construction of

the Golden Gate Bridge and the Oakland Bay Bridge.• The construction of new cities brought jobs in building trades, as

well motion pictures, aviation, oil, and Marine Corps and military services.

• Universities and schools also provided many new jobs, as well as places for the people of California to better themselves with an education to get even better jobs.

Chapter 7: Part 3

• At this time, the majority of the Californian population were white Anglo-Saxons from the Midwest, but many Mexicans were migrating in to work in agriculture.

• From 1920-1930, the minority group of Los Angeles nearly tripled.

Making it Happen: Labor through the Great depression and

Beyond

• The General Strike of 1901 was a citywide strike in San Francisco held by the teamsters union, which led to the formation of the Labor Union Party of San Francisco.

• In 1919, the criminal Syndicalism Act made it a felony to advocate or promulgate violence to change industrial ownership or effect political changes.

Chapter 8: Part 2

• In 1928, the Mexican Mutual Aid Society of Imperial Valley was created, where wages and working conditions were protested to the President of Mexico and departed officials were sent to investigate.

• The Cotton Strike of 1933 was the largest agricultural strike which led to the formation of the Associated Farmers of California Inc.

• The Cannery and Agricultural Workers Industrial Union was started in the late 1930s and it was made to address the concerns of agricultural laborers.

Chapter 8: Part 3

• In 1934 was the largest maritime strike, where some employers were claiming of a communist takeover, which led to the International Longshoreman's Association.

• In 1934, Upton Sinclair tried to implement social reforms where California would take control of idle factors and farmland.

Ecumenopolis: Forging a World Society

• California is the most ethnically diverse state and founded racial distinction.

• In the early 20th century, California had more foreign born residents than any other state.

• Many strikes in the 1930’s or later were not only because of economics, but also race.

• In 1965, Immigration and Nationality Acts reformed immigration laws.

• Towards the end of the 20th century, more than 80 languages were spoken in American schools.

• In 1986, Prop 63 was initiated which made English the official language in Californian schools.

Chapter 12: Part 2• The Watts Riots of 1965 were motivated by racial

tensions, and was the biggest riot in California until the riots of 1992 in Los Angeles.

• April 29th, 1992, an all white jury let two white officers free after beating a black man that led to more racial conflicts.

• In 1992, and impassable trench was built along the border by Republican Order.

Chapter 12: Part 3

• In late 1994, prop 187 “Save our State” was announced which would withdraw without all public support of illegal immigrants.

• In 1995, a black jury acquitted O.J. Simpson of murder.

• In 1996, Congress passed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Acts.