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CALIFORNIAKEVIN STARR
By: Heather Vaught
History 141
CHAP.8 THROUGH THE GREAT DEPRESSION
1930s- The Great Depression came about in Southern California, especially is the bay area of San Francisco.
1870s- Family farms were built and required severe labor. This helped create jobs for many citizens.
1880s- A refrigerated railroad car helped develop California into an agricultural state.
1893- Another Depression struck the Nation.
1870s and 1890s represented a setback for labor movement.
Teamsters Union held a city wide strike called the General Strike of 1901.
THE WOBBLIES
IWW stands for industrial workers of the
world.
They are also known as “the wobblies”.
The IWW looked to the United States
workers to establish an ideal society. They
wanted to create a socio political legal
system.
By 1909, the wobblies were in San
Francisco, L.A.. Redlands, and Holtville.
1912- they tried to take on San Diego but
instead were pulled off trains by cops and
taken into custody.
1913- 2,800 people fled to Ralph Durst
Ranch in desperate search of work.
Ralph Durst paid very low and required
his workers to buy their own food and water.
In result, this led to yet another strike.
CESAR CHAVEZ
• In the 1930s, the “strong-
armed ones” program brought
Mexican workers to California to
harvest. This lasted until 1964.
•Cesar Chaves founded the
National Farm Workers Union in
1964.
• Cesar joined the Filipino grape
pickers and with them he led the
huelga (strike).
•California had a tendency to
except low pay rates . Cesar
and the huelga thought very
differently.
• Cesar had become a kind of
saint during this time in
California because he believed
in a better way that would create
and manage California as a
whole.
CHAP.12 FORGING A WOULD SOCIETY
California was a state that meant ethnic diversity.
During the Mexican Era, diversity between American, French, English and Russian settlers intensified.
During the Gold Rush, diversity led people to flee to California.
American California was founded on racial distinctions.
1871- a “Chinese must go” crusade held in Los Angeles. This led to the “White California” movement.
By the 1900s, San Francisco had the most foreign born residents in the United States.
1990s- racial domestic tragedies and murders were acting out all over California.
In 1965, racial watts riots were in Los Angeles county. These riots where mostly black versus white.
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
• In the 1990s, illegal
immigration was an even bigger
issue than the racial
discrimination, sadly.
• Immigration was said to be one
of the more major issues.
• Arguments came about
regarding the corruption of
illegal immigrants. Also, that
immigrants were costing
Americans a great deal of
money.
• July 20, 1995, Ward Connerly
ended race and gender based
preferences. However, this was
not effective in Los Angeles and
the bay area of San Francisco.
• Another problem that had
obscured was the bilingual
education in California.
•Richard Rodriguez is a writer who has argued about the Mexican American population in California.
• He believed that Californians were becoming more like each other and a common culture was emerging,
By 2000, California was filled with all types of ethnicity and mostly populated by Hispanics,
• 18 and younger- 30%
• Caucasian- 35%
• Hispanic- 45%
• Asian- 10%
• Indian- .5%
• Hawaiian- .1%
SOURCE
• California: A History (Modern Library Chronicles) by Kevin Starr
(Paperback - Mar. 13, 2007)