3. 1524: Cortés, the conquistador,
seeking to locate the source of the
wealth of the empire of Montezuma,
writes to the King of Spain, "They tell
me that Ciguatan (the Indian name
for the Californias) is an island
inhabited by women....They also tell
me it is very rich in pearls and gold,
respecting which I shall labor to
obtain the truth, and give your
majesty a full account of it."
Cortés
4. The name "California" derives from a 16th Century
romance novel written by a Spanish author named
Garcia Ordonez de Montalvo. It was titled, "Las
Sergas del muy esforzado caballero Esplandian, hijo
del excelente rey Amadis de Gaula," meaning "The
exploits of the very powerful cavalier Esplandian, son
of the excellent king Amadis of Gaul."
The novel described an island, very close to the
Garden of Eden, full of gold, which was ruled by
strong and beautiful black women.This island was
also populated by griffins, a fantastical lion-eagle
hybrid, which the women kept as pets. Any man who
found his way onto this island was killed and fed to
the griffins.The name of this mythical island? …
California.
5. 1542: sails up the coast of
California in the
clipper San Salvador,
stepping onshore at the
present-day harbor of
San Diego. California was
claimed by Juan
Rodriguez Cabrillo for
Spain along with the rest
of what would become
Alta California.
1542 to 1821 California
claimed by Spain
6. • 1781: founded by Governor Felipe de Neve of
Spain.
• 1821: Became a part of Mexico following the
Mexican War of Independence.
• 1848: After the Mexican–American War,
California was purchased as part of theTreaty of
Guadalupe Hidalgo, thereby becoming part of
the United States
Felipe de
Neve
7. Mestizo: a person of
combined European and
American-Indian descent.
The term was used as an
ethnic/racial category in the
casta system that was in
use during the Spanish
Empire's control of their
NewWorld colonies.
Mestizos are usually
considered to be mixed
Spaniards by the crown of
Spain.
12. Sketch showing the LA Plaza and surrounding
area as it appeared in 1850. The Old Plaza
Church is seen in upper left.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=311&v=B3_U805fz24
13. (ca. 1860s)+^ - Looking south showing Spring Street School (first
public school in Los Angeles). It is the 2-story building with three
second-floor windows seen in the upper center-right and located
near the northwest corner of 2nd and Spring streets.
14. The view southeast from the southern tip of Bunker Hill in 1880.
The large structure in the distant far right is the BellevueTerrace
Hotel located at Figueroa & 6th Street.
15. Twenty-six of the 44 settlers who
founded Los Angeles in 1781 were
African Americans. Today, 11% of
Los Angeles' population is African
American
The First African Methodist
Episcopal Church is today the oldest
African American congregation in
Los Angeles. It was founded in 1872
by Bridget (Biddy) Mason who
arrived as a slave in L.A. with her
owner in 1856. However, since
California was a free state, Mason
with the help of local black and
white abolitionists, successfully sued
in court to win her freedom.
16. The first Chinese arrived in Los Angeles in 1850.The
great majority came from southeastern China,
seeking a fortune in Gum Saan, ("Gold Mountain") the
Chinese name for America. Henry Huntington came
to value their expertise as engineers. He later said he
would not have been able to build his portion of the
transcontinental railroad without them. After the
transcontinental railroad was completed, most took
their earnings and returned to China.Others moved
to Chinatowns in the cities. By 1870 there were 178
Chinese in LA. Most worked as launderers, cooks and
fruit and vegetable growers and sellers. Labor unions
blamed Chinese for lowering the wages and living
standards of Anglo workers, and for being ruled by
violent secret societies known as "tongs."The
newspapers of both LosAngeles and San Francisco
were filled with anti-Chinese propaganda.
17. The labor vacuum created by
the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was
filled by Japanese workers and, by 1910,
the settlement known as "LittleTokyo"
had risen next to Chinatown. As of
December 1941 there were 37,000 ethnic
Japanese in Los Angeles County. Most of
the adults lacked United States
citizenship. It was disrupted in 1942 with
all the residents moved to relocation
camps inland in the Japanese American
internment.
Japn. Internment Camp
18. Mexican immigrants and US-born
Mexicans from the Southwest
states came to the booming
industrial economy of the LA area
between 1915 and 1960.This
migration peaked in the 1920s and
again in theWorld War II era (1941–
45).
The city's original barrios were
located in the eastern half of the
city and the unincorporated
community of East Los Angeles.
19. Since 1965 when the immigration laws were liberalized, Los Angeles
has emerged as a major center of the KoreanAmerican community.
Its "Koreatown“ is often seen as the "overseas Korean capital." Many
have been entrepreneurs, opening shops and small
factories. Koreatown experienced rapid transition in the 1990s, with
heavy investment by Korean banks and corporations, and the arrival of
tens of thousands of Koreans. Many opened small businesses, and
were hard hit by the 1992 Los Angeles riots.
20. Hispanic immigration accelerated in the
1980s and 1990s with immigration from
Mexico and Central America (especially El
Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala).
Salvadoran Americans are the second
largest Hispanic population in Los
Angeles, a city which holds the largest
Salvadoran population outside of El
Salvador.These were refugees that arrived
in the 1980s and 1990s during
the Salvadoran Civil War which was part of
the Central American Crisis.
21. Ethnic enclaves like Chinatown, Historic
Filipinotown, Koreatown, Little
Armenia, Little Ethiopia, Little
Bangladesh in Central Los Angeles, the
Byzantine-LatinoQuarter
near Downtown, Little Moscow
in Hollywood, LittleTokyo, Croatian
Place andVia Italia in San Pedro,
several Little
Saigons,Tehrangeles inWest Los
Angeles andThaiTown provide examples
of the polyglot multicultural character of
Los Angeles.
22. Chinatown in Los Angeles
Historic Filipinotown
Koreatown
Little Armenia
Little Ethiopia
Little Bangladesh
Little India in Artesia
Leimert ParkVillage
Byzantine-Latino Quarter
Little Moscow in Hollywood
LittleTokyo in Los Angeles
Croatian Place
Via Italia in San Pedro Example – template on
my website
Little Saigon in Westminster
Tehrangeles in West L.A.
ThaiTown
Boyle Heights (Mexican Culture)
El Pueblo de Los Angeles
(if needed)
Downtown Arts District
Melrose Avenue
AtwaterVillage
Echo Park
OldTown Pasadena
Apple Festivals in Oak Glen
Westwood
Barrio Logan Cultural District San
Diego
25. Spring Street in 1906, the
year the Alexandria Hotel
opened.
Spring Street & 5th Street
26. •An Irish American civil
engineer who was
responsible for building the
infrastructure to provide a
water supply that allowed
Los Angeles to grow into
the largest city in California.
•21 years old arrived in Los
Angeles in 1877.
•Fewer than 10,000
residents in L.A. when he
arrived
40. 1. How long was California a part of Spain, Mexico and the
U.S?
2. Cortes:
3. Cabrillo:
4. Neve:
5. Mullholand:
6. What is the importance of the L.A. Aqueduct to L.A.?
7. What changes occurred to the city that resulted from the
completion of the Aqueduct?
8. If the L.A. Aqueduct had not been built, what do you
think L.A. and So. Cal. would be like now?
9. Why is water conservation important?
10. Why do you think the L.A. Aqueduct is important to you
and your family?
41. Question on the front & the
answer on the back
No true/ false answers
No yes/no answers
Add a blank card on the top for
your name, period, and title
Use ink – write neatly
Staple on the top left corner, or
use rings. -Be sure I can open
each card and read the
questions and the answers.
