chapter 6: emergent region

Question 1

which four groups of writers contributed most to the early literature of california? (134-137)

Answer 1

• personal/autobiographical writers (miners, middle-class americans)
• professional journalists (historians)
• humor/comedy writers
• novelists/poets

Question 2

what were william randolph hearst’s pioneering journalistic techniques and features? (142)

Answer 2

feature writers, recurring columns, editorials, sports pages, illustrated images of cartoons for entertainment.

Question 3

what two new connections (1876, 1887) spurred the development of los angeles? (146) what later connections (1901-1910) expanded its domain? (156)

Answer 3

• railroad connections; transcontinental route into south california
• rail cars (redline)

Question 4

what sorts of tourists started visiting southern california? what was the “sanitarium culture” of the southern california coast? (146-147)

Answer 4

• people with tubicolous
• health seekers
• rich people

Question 5

what crop dominated northern california in the 1870s and 1880s? what technological innovation enabled california to export fruit to distant markets? what was the outcome, particularly in southern california? (150-151)

Answer 5

• wheat

- the refrigerated railroad cars helped with the further expansions of the fruit market

Question 6

what created the firestorms that destroyed san francisco after the earthquake (163)?

Answer 6

the buildings were not reinforced, very shaky, kept falling down with every tremor = started dynamiting buildings = caused fires to get out of control