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Timeline

  • Early California: pre-1769–1840s
    • Native California
    • Early Explorers
    • Missions
    • Russian Presence
    • Mexican California
    • Manifest Destiny
    • Mexican War
  • Gold Rush: 1848–1860
    • "The World Rushed In"
    • Mining Techniques
    • "I Saw the Elephant"
  • Early Statehood: 1850 – 1880s
    • Federal Indian Policy & the Modoc War
    • Railroads Tie California to the Rest of the Nation
    • California & the Civil War
    • Ramona and the Mission Myth
    • The Rise of Los Angeles
    • Women's Rights
  • Progressive Era: 1890–1920s
    • Native Americans Fight for Land, Identity, & Education
    • Allensworth, Black Pride & Pursuit of Civil Rights
    • Immigration Period of Restrictions
    • Racial Dissonance in Education
    • Progressive Political Reform
    • Women Suffrage
    • Effects of 1906 Earthquake
  • Depression Era: 1930s
    • Depression
    • Second Generation Japanese Americans (Nisei) before WWII
    • Watsonville Riots
    • Repatriation for Mexican & Filipino Farm Workers
    • Racial Status Quo, Mostly
    • Chinatown: De Facto Segregation
    • Education: Locally Decided
    • Amelia Earhart, Local / National Heroine
    • Integration
    • “Bloody Thursday” & Other Labor Strikes
  • World War II Homefront Era: 1940s
    • Women Replace Men in the Workforce
    • Internment of 120,000 Persons of Japanese Ancestry
    • Bracero Program Establishes New Migration Patterns
    • The Port Chicago Incident
    • African American Trailblazers in Sports
    • Momentous Change for Chinese Americans
    • Latin & Black Entertainers Advance On/Off Stage
    • African Americans in CA Cities: A Political Force for Change
    • War Vets Protest Housing Shortages
    • Post War Workers Protest Salary Cuts & Layoffs
  • Homogenization, Protests & Outright Rebellion: 1950s
    • Coach Powles’s Athletes Find Success
    • Civil Rights on the Battlefield and in the Courts
    • Highways to Suburbanization
    • Native Americans Move to the City—The Urban Relocation Program
  • Unforgettable Change: 1960s
    • Cesar Chavez Organizes the United Farm Workers
    • Free Speech Movement & The New American Left
    • Civil Rights Marches Against Hiring Practices
    • The Vietnam War
    • Protest Marches Grow Into The Antiwar Movement
    • Black Panther Party: A Black Power Alternative
    • Chicano Movement
    • Rumford Act, Prop 14, & Watts Riot
    • 1960s in Vietnam and in Berkeley
    • The New Right Elects Ronald Reagan Governor
    • People’s Park Fights UC Land Use Policy; One Dead, Thousands Tear Gassed
    • American Indians Occupy Alcatraz
  • Cultural Realignment & Economic Recession: 1970s
    • United Farm Workers
    • Sports
    • Gay Rights
    • Chicano Moratorium Committee Marches Against Vietnam War
  • The Reagan Years: 1980s
    • UFW Protests Pesticides Use
    • Growth of a Community: Gay Life from Local Theatre to International Sports Games
    • Apex of Black Political Power in the Age of Reagan
    • Advancement & Backlash for Women’s Movement
    • Loma Prieta Earthquake in Northern California
    • AIDS Strikes Gay Rights Movement
    • New Californians from Mexico, Central America, and Southeast Asia
    • Mexican American Culture
  • 1990s to Present
    • Native Americans Develop Political Identity
    • Sports on a Tear: from Baseball’s Steroid Rumors to Women’s Soccer Success
    • Economic Conditions Fuel Growing Immigration Crisis
    • Jury Acquittal Sparks Worst Riot in U.S. History

Themes

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  • Immigration
  • Labor
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  • Transportation

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