Q: From where did California derive its newest inhabitants
A: Mainly from the Midwest that led to a dramatic population increase.
Q: What defined the “yellow peril?”
A: Japanese were imported in large numbers to work in agriculture. They displaced Anglo workers and resentment grew.
A: The San Francisco Board of Education segregated Caucasians and Orientals in 1905.
A: The resentment led to an international “Gentlemen’s Agreement” (1907).
Q: What were Populist reforms aiming to accomplish?
A: To bring government closer to the people.
Q: How did Hiram Johnson as progressive governor change California?
A: Twenty-three amendments were added to the California Constitution (1911).
A: Women were allowed to vote
A: The initiative, referendum, and recall became law
Q: What abruptly halted the progress of the labor movement?
A: An anarchist bombing in Los Angeles (1910).
