STUDY QUESTIONS

CALIFORNIA:  AN INTERPRETIVE HISTORY (8th Ed.)

CHAPTER 20  - THE ROOTS OF REFORM

1. What was one urban result of the rapid increase in industrialization and the growth of the cities?
2. Who was Abraham Ruef?
3. What events led to the founding of the Union Labor party of San Francisco?  How did Reuf use the party to his advantage?
4. What did the San Francisco Board of Supervisors demand from Ruef at the turn of the century?
5. What were the economic and physical consequences of the 1906 Earthquake in San Francisco?  How about the political consequences?
6. Special prosecutor Francis Heney got confessions of corrupt activities from the Board of Supervisors and Ruef, but who was he really after?
7. How did the ideas of Lincoln Steffens influence Heney's actions?
8. Why did the San Francisco business community, which had initially supported Heney's investigation, later turn against it?
9. What was the ultimate result of the prosecutions?
10. Who was Harrison Gray Otis and which group did he believe best equipped to guide Los Angeles' growth?
11. Who (or what) dominated Los Angeles politics at the turn of the century?
12. What were the differences in methods and goals between political/moral reformers and social/economic reformers?
13. How were they able to come together into the Good Government Movement in Los Angeles, and what did they accomplish?
14. Define the initiative, direct primary, and recall.
15. What political party held sway in the Los Angeles Non-Partisan group?
16. How did the Lincoln-Roosevelt League get its start?
17. Who was Hiram Johnson and what was his widespread appeal to voters?
18. Was the railroad still a genuine issue in the 1910 election?  Why or why not?

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