The Progressive Era
The Rise of Southern California
The Great Depression
World War II
Postwar California
100
He was a progressive governor who later led a crusade against Japanese immigration.
Who is Hiram Johnson?
100
He developed California's oil industry in the early 20th century.
Who was Edward Doheny?
100
This was a proposal to give senior citizens $200 a month which they must spend in 30 days.
What is the Townsend Plan?
100
These ships were examples of the industrial capability of the United States during World War II.
What are Liberty Ships?
100
He was the king of the Lobbyists.
Who is Arthur Samish?
200
This is a piece of legislation that can be proposed by voters.
What is the initiative, or proposition?
200
This invention prompted the construction of better roads and highways.
What is the automobile?
200
She was an evangelist who reached out to people in Los Angeles through radio.
Who is Aimee Semple MacPherson?
200
This Executive Act declared Japanese-Americans as "enemy aliens" who could be deported.
What is 9066?
200
He was born in Yorba Linda who made his reputation by accusing his opponents of being communists.
Who is Richard Nixon?
300
Voters can vote up or down on a piece of legislation, rather than just lawmakers.
What is a referendum?
300
He invented the motion picture camera.
Who is Thomas Edison?
300
This was a plan to give the unemployed public relief of about $30 a month.
What is Ham 'n' Eggs?
300
An explosion at this port prompted African-American workers to go on strike, and were then charged with mutiny.
What is the Port Chicago?
300
This governor signed the biggest bond in history, which expanded the distribution of water in California.
Who is Edmund G. "Pat" Brown?
400
Voters can take a public official out of office.
What is a recall?
400
He was a cabinet official who was imprisoned for taking bribes surrounding oil fields in Elk Hills.
Who is Albert Fall?
400
He wrote The Grapes of Wrath.
Who is John Steinbeck?
400
These ships were examples of the industrial capability of the United States during World War II.
What are liberty ships?
400
This proposition, signed in 1978, drasitically lowered property taxes.
What is Proposition 13?
500
This was an agreement between the governments of the United States and Japan to limit Japanese immigration.
What is the Gentleman's Agreement?
500
This was a list of rules in the 1930s that regulated what may or may not be shown on film.
What is the Hayes Code?
500
This act, signed in 1935, offered to pay Filipino immigrants to leave the United States.
What is the Filipino Repatriation Act?
500
This camp was located in the Owens Valley.
What is Manzanar?
500
This proposition would have denied illegal immigrants public services.
What is Proposition 187?
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