The Elusive Eden

Chapter Twenty-Three

1. How did World War II change old industries in California and particularly oil, automobiles, agriculture, and the movies?
2. What is the “post-industrial” era?
3. Were did the military expand in California during World War II?
4. Which World’s Fair site became a military base?
5. Which embargo contributed to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?
6. What was the significance of Guam and Wake island?
7. What was the significance of Midway and the Coral Sea?
8. How did the Californian aircraft industry change during World War II?
9. Who was Donald Douglas, Allan and Malcolm Loghead, and Claude Ryan?
10. How did employment in the Californian aircraft industry change during World War II?
11. Which cities were major ship building centers during World War II?
12. Who was Henry J. Kaiser?
13. How did employment in the Californian shipbuilding industry change during World War II?
14. What was a Liberty Ship? How long did they take to build? How many were built? What percentage were built in California?
15. What was the relationship between Henry J. Kaiser and housing, and healthcare?
a. What was the relationship between Henry J. Kaiser and Howard Hughes and the Goose?
16. How did Japanese objectives in the Southeast Asia influence California industry?
17. How did the war in the Pacific affect California oil production?
18. How did World War II affect California agriculture?
19. What was the Bracero program?
20. How was scientific research affected by World War II?
21. What is a cyclotron?
22. Who were Ernest O. Lawrence and J. Robert Oppenheimer?
23. What was the Manhattan Project?
24. How did World War II affect California women and minorities?
25. What was “Rosie the Riveter?”
26. Who was A. Philip Randolph? What was the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters?
27. What was the Fair Employment Practices Committee?”
28. What were the Zoot-Suit riots?
29. How did World War II affect Mexicans, Filipinos, Chinese, Asian Indians, and American Native Indians
30. How did wartime migration affect California?
31. What is the Federal Housing Authority?
32. What happened in San Francisco in April of 1945?
33. Who was Earl Warren? What were his accomplishments and how did he change?