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Modern CA History

Explore the dynamic history of California from the Progressive Era and Great Depression to the post-WWII boom and political shifts of the 1970s. Learn about significant events, leaders, and societal changes that shaped the state's evolution.

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Modern CA History

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  1. Modern CA History

  2. The Progressive Era • Early 1900s SF run by Ruef machine • Progressives: A middle class reform movement • 1911-1917 Governor Hiram Johnson • Weaken party machines and SPR—for “direct democracy”—initiative, recall, and referenda

  3. SF again influences national immigration policy • 1905 San Francisco segregates schools regarding Japanese • 1908 leads to “Gentleman’s Agreement”

  4. Great Depression 1930-40 • 100,000s of dustbowl refugees migrate here • "California is a garden of Eden, a paradise to live in or see But believe it or not, you won't find it so hot If you ain't got the do re mi." • Okie culture

  5. 1934 Governor’s race • Former socialist and author of The Jungle, Upton Sinclair, runs for office as a Democrat and New Dealer on EPIC platform • Is smeared in first professional media campaign

  6. Growing Radicalism of the Depression era • unions organize and strike--previously the “Wobblies,” now the Communist Party among others • Over 50 strikes of farm workers in 1933

  7. Salinas strike of 1934-36 • Growers brought over Filipinos to work in fields after WWI and exclusion of Chinese and Japanese • Growers split striking Filipino lettuce pickers from white shed workers

  8. San Francisco General Strike 1934 • Strike shuts down shipping on West Coast • Entire Bay Area is shut down for 3 day General Strike after police force picketing longshoremen to allow in “scabs”

  9. Again, economic downturn leads to greater xenophobia • 100,000s of Mexicans are pushed out or deported • anti-Filipino riots break out, and they are “invited” to leave under the Filipino Repatriation Act of 1935

  10. WW II and greater military presence • (Southern) CA becomes a center of US aerospace industry • All filled with bases—many close at end of Cold War

  11. Post-War into 1960s • Population and economy boom • Under Governors Earl Warren and Pat Brown pro-growth policies—schools, colleges, and highways.

  12. Ronald Reagan 1966-73 • Clashes with counter-culture and UC • Tries to cut size of state govt.

  13. Jerry Brown 1974-79 • Supported civil liberties and civil rights and “appropriate technology”, but not the spending of his dad

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