Railroads
1863
What year did construction begin on the first rail line in California?
Year that the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed
What was 1882?
Year women gained the vote in California
What was 1911?
In the 1930s, this climatic event drove many farmers to migrate to California
What was the Dust Bowl?
The first rail line linking California to the rest of the nation, from Sacramento east
What is the Central Pacific?
The fear that Chinese workers would replace American-born workers in jobs across California
What was a driving reason for passing the Chinese Exclusion Act?
Year women gained the vote in the US as a whole
What was 1920?
This crop became important to the agriculture of SoCal at the turn of the century and was used to market the region
What was citrus?
What are agriculture and cattle ranching?
Event in 1906 that caused many immigrants to lose their documents and proof of citizenship
What was the Earthquake and Great Fire of San Francisco?
Number of times that women's suffrage was on the ballot in California
What was 2?
African Americans came in large numbers to California to work in fields related to this historical event
What was World War 2?
A labor force crucial in the building of the railroads
Who were the Chinese?
Angel Island served this purpose from 1910 to 1940
What was an immigration station?
The areas of California that delivered the votes necessary for women's suffrage to pass
What were the rural counties and small towns?
This group, whose population had been radically reduced in the first wave of California settlement, saw their numbers increase a lot after 1900 because of immigration from many other states
Who were Native/Indigenous Americans?
An attitude that traveled from North to South as the railroads were built
What was racism against the Chinese?
The ethnic population that were put into internment camps during WW2
Who were the Japanese?
One business interest that strongly opposed women's suffrage
What was the alcohol industry?
A perceived negative quality that is sometimes attached to people or groups in a prejudiced way
What is stigma?