C. LOS ANGELES CENTURY: 1906 to the Present

1. Short Answer/ Matching (40 pts.)

1-Questions from class and from reading, as with previous exams. In this last exam, questions emphasized here will be from class material from WWII to the present. (30 points)

2. Geography (25 pts.)

1-COUNTIES: Know the following counties (label them on the blank county map on our website under "California Maps"--What is the economic significance of these counties?

2. INDIAN TRIBES/ Find the following California Indian Groups on our class map (California Maps):

#6: Northern Valley Yokuts, Southern Valley Yokuts

#7: Chumash, Gabrielino, Luiseno, Ipai, Tipai

#8: Kitanemuk, Tataviam, Serrano, Cahuilla, Cupeno

3. Know the basic characteristics of each of Fradkin’s Seven States so that you can identify them.

3. Essay (60 pts.)

How do you characterize the State's economic development in the early years of the century, the 1920s, the & 1940s?

What examples of social movements do you find from 1880 to the 1920s, the 1930s? Who do these social movements represent?

How do you characterize California politics, especially from 1880 to 1920, in the 1930s?

Consider these questions, and answer them with examples. After considering these questions, then tell us, are Californians between 1900 and WWII

especially conservative or liberal? Both? (as discussed in class)

(The Matching will cover all of class but will emphasize the period from WWII to the present--the essay will emphasize the era from 1900-1950)

Exam #2: Gold Rush

From the era of American takeover to the 1890s, years of pre-progressive reform, do you find Americans particularly greedy or particularly concerned about justice and the legal adjudication of grievances? Is the "rule of greed" or the "rule of law" most important? In other words, do you find more conflict or cooperation among groups brought together in the Gold Rush? Do you find examples of both? Do you find changes over time? What examples do you find from Class, the Text, and Hurtado to support your answer?

I. 15 Matching Questions (30 pts)

For matching questions, use lecture notes as a guide to major issues, people, and events that are addressed in the reading. If you have come to class, done the reading, and studied, you will be familiar with the people, ideas, and events listed here--make a list of which you find most significant.

II. Geography (25 pts)

You will be expected to:

1-Find the following tribal regions on a map (CA Map Page):

Region #2, Region #4, & Region #6 (See Map)

2-Label the northern interior counties of the Gold Rush Era listed below (see Map):

3-S.F. Bay Area: San Pablo Bay, Central Bay, South Bay, Grizzly Bay, Honiker Bay, Benicia, Oakland, Sacramento, and the San Joaquin

4-California Rivers: Sacramento, San Joaquin, Feather River, Mokelumne River, Stanislaus River, Merced River, the American River

5-Gold Rush Towns: Nevada City, Placerville, Sonora, Maripos

I11. Essays (70 pts)

American (& S.F.)Century/ Gold Rush to 1906

From the era of American takeover to the 1890s, years of pre-progressive reform, do you find Americans particularly greedy or particularly concerned about justice and the legal adjudication of grievances? Is the "rule of greed" or the "rule of law" most important? In other words, do you find more conflict or cooperation among groups brought together in the Gold Rush? Do you find examples of both? Do you find changes over time? What examples do you find from Class, the Text, and Killing for Land & Major Problems to support your answer?

Below find a chart in which you can list your examples from class and from reading, the examples that together support your argument. Answering this question, and it is purposefully a broad question, requires a combination of your ideas and the use of supporting evidence.

Find examples from class and reading, especially from Killing for Land, to use in your essay. In your thesis, address change over time.

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Exam #1: Beginnings to American Takeover

What was the relationship b/t aboriginal, Spanish, Mexican, & Californio Peoples and the environment? How did their attitudes toward the environment compare, and why? How did religious and/ or political ideas inform the ways in which these people related to the land? Economy? What examples do you find from Class, the text, and La Peruese that support your answer?

I. Matching/ 15 Questions, 30 Points: For matching questions, use lecture notes as a guide to major issues, people, and events that are addressed in the reading. If you have come to class, done the reading, and studied, you will be familiar with the people, ideas, and events listed here--make a list of which you find most significant. The following are examples of matching questions:

MATCHING EXAMPLES

II. Short Answer Reading Queston (10 Pts): As you study over your reading, put together short answers to the following questions. You can answer them in two paragraphs--the first paragraph to directly answer the question, and the second paragraph to expand on the examples from reading, to include reading detail. You will ONLY be asked ONE of the following questions.

1. Who was La Perouse and what three points do you find most significant from his journal?

2. What three stories in Monroy's Thrown Among Strangers do you find most significant, and to what extent do you think they change our traditional understanding of Mexican California?

3. (Major Problems: First Californians) What three significant points do you learn about California Indians from this section? How have our views of them changed?

4. (Major Problems: Spanish Impact on Indians) What was life like for Idians in the California Missions? Answer this question with three adjectives, and then give examples for each.

5. (Major Problems: Mexican California) Do these documents support Monroy's view of Mexican culture? Give three examples from these documents that support/ or don't support his view.

III. Geography (25 Points): You will be expected to know the following features of California Geography and to locate them on a map. See the maps attached to our index page.

1-label the geomorphic provinces (CA Map Page)

2-Indian Ecological Zones (Class Handout): Coastal Tideland Collectors, Soastal Sea Hunters-Fishers, Riverine, Lake, Valley, Foothill, Desert Hunter-Gatherers, Desert Agriculturalists

3-Find the following tribal regions on a map (CA Map Page):

Region #3 (handout map): Yuki, Pomo, Wappo, Coast Miwok

Region 5 (handout map): Costanoan, Esselen, Salinan

Region 7 (handout map): Chumash, Gabrielino, Luiseno, Ipai, Tipai

4-Label the coastal counties + Imperial on the numbered map found on the CA Maps Page: Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Sonoma, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura Los Angeles, Orange, & San Diego + Imperial

IV. Essays --You will have two of the following four essays on your exam (30 Pts each)

1-Define the salient features of the California Indians, how do we best understand their cultures? How do we best understand the lives of the California Indians? Tell us what life was like before European discovery, and use specific examples to support your interpretation of Indian cultures.

2-Compare the ways in which the California Indians and the Spanish used land and space; were these ways similar or different? How do their relationships to the land reflect larger cultural similarities or differences? (i.e., religion, economy, society, politics)

3-Define the salient features of Spanish culture; in what ways are these characteristics revealed in their exploration and settlement of the Americas?

4-Characterize Mexican culture in California with three adjectives you find most descriptive. Why? Develop your interpretation of Mexican California with examples from class and from reading. To what extent has Mexican California been misunderstood, do you think? Why or Why not?