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)