California History

Identifications This type of questions asks you to provide both factual and understanding of a term. You need to answer the following elements: Who: Who or what was involved? Describe the circumstances, provide the background. What: What is the term? Is it a person, even, ideology /concept? Define it in greater detail. Where: Location. Where did the person live? Where did the idea/concept originate? Where did the event take place? When: This is asking you about time. When did the event happen? When did the person live? When was the concept formulated or introduced? Based on whether you are discussing an event, person, or concept what the event or person you should provide an exact date, other times it is an era. If you don’t remember the exact date, I will accept broader time frames. For example, the late 1860s is acceptable, but the 1800s is not because it is too broad. Why: Why is the term important? In other words, why is the term significant in and of itself, as well as its broader significance? Think about consequences; why is the event, idea, person, important / significant? Please answer the following Identification per instructions above(who, what, when, where, why): California Progressivism (platform, different aspects reform and people) Be prepared to provide examples of the types of reform Progressive politicians implemented Political bosses and political machines The Big Four Eugene Schmitz SF 1906 Earthquake SF 1906 Graft Prosecution Good Government Movement Direct Legislation League Lincoln-Roosevelt League Allensworth (town, person) Japanese Community in California Alien Land Law 1913 Hiram Johnson Filipino Repatriation Act Mexican Repatriation Labor Strife in CA during Depression Tydings-McDuffie Act Dustbowl Migrants New Deal in California (know the different programs reviewed in class and text) Francis Townsend James Rolph Henry Bridges William Randolph Hearst United Cannery, Agricultural, Packing and Allied Workers of America WWII and Economic expansion in California (shipping, aircraft, manufacturing) Social consequences of WWII industrialization Race relations in California during WWII Regan and the rise of conservatism 1960s protests (counterculture, New Left, civil rights in California) Gov. Pat Brown Watts Riots 1965 1992 Los Angeles Uprising Gov. Jerry Brown (1975-1983) administration and policies Harvey Milk and gay rights Immigration policy and California Proposition 187 California’s and ethnic diversity (1990s-2000s)