Vocabulary
What do you call the practice of keeping people out?
Exclusion
Name any reason people moved to California.
To find gold, for better resources, for better jobs, to escape persecution; etc.
What problem did Los Angeles have in the early 1900s?
There was not enough fresh water.
What TWO types of transportation moved goods to and from San Francisco?
Ships and trains
Farm workers in CA came from what countries OTHER THAN China?
India, Japan, Korea, Philippines, Mexico, Russia, Poland, Germany, Armenia, etc.
What do you call people who move from place to place to work on farms?
Migrant workers
What did the Chinese Exclusion Act say?
It said that Chinese workers could no longer come to the United States.
What helped people get to Los Angeles more easily?
The railroads and the port of San Pedro
What major event happened on April 18, 1906, in San Francisco?
An earthquake
What do you call electricity created by using the power of moving water?
What do you call the movement of people from one country to another?
Immigration
What did the Immigration Act do?
It limited immigration of people from all countries.
Why was Los Angeles hard to reach in California?
It had no railroads.
Why was San Francisco's harbor important to the city?
Ships carried food and all kinds of goods that people needed; it increased trade which brought money into the city; etc.
How was Los Angeles's problem of not having enough water solved?
Mulholland built an aqueduct bringing in water from the Owens Valley.
What do you call the amount of a good or service that consumers want to buy?
Demand
What kind of discrimination did Asian immigrants face?
They were kicked out of restaurants, attacked, and forced to attend different schools.
What helped the growing population of Los Angeles get the supplies they needed?
Ships coming to the port of San Pedro and the trains on the railroad
What was the POSITIVE effect of the natural disasters of 1906 in San Francisco?
People worked together; it brought people together; etc.
What do you call a pipe or channel that moves water a great distance?
What do you call the use of pipes or canals to bring water to land?
Irrigation
What did people do to fight discrimination?
Allen Allensworth set up a town for African Americans & Mexican immigrants formed self-help groups to give money to those in need and fight for their rights.
What effect did the aqueduct giving water to LA have on the people of Owens Valley?
It took most of their water, so ranchers and farmers did not have enough water to grow crops or raise animals.
Why did fires start after the earthquake?
Gas pipes broken then sparks ignited the gas into flames causing fires.
What do you call a tank or lake used for storing large amounts of water?
A reservoir