The Elusive Eden

Chapter Twenty-Four

1. Why is the era following World War II in California called “the New Gold Rush?”
2. What did V-E and V-J stand for?
3. What is the ranking of California’s economy, if it were an independent nation?
4. What was the population of California in 1880, 1900, 1940, and 1970?
5. How much did the California population grow between 1940 and 1970? What percentage was from migration?
6. Where did most migrants to California settle?
7. How many service personnel from World War II chose to be discharged in California?
8. What was the G.I. Bill?
9. How did Student and F.H.A Loans affect California?
10. By the 1960s what percentage of Californians lived in “metropolitan” areas?
11. What characteristics did the post World War II California migrants possess?
12. What cause the California housing boom?
13. What is Levittown, New Jersey and how did it relate to California?
14. What is a tract home, a “subdivisions” and a bedroom community?
15. How did the post World War II affect agriculture?
16. What are special districts?
17. What is California living? How is it related to the movies?
18. What did the ranch style home become popular in California?
19. How did the skyline change in California cities?
20. What social restrictions became clear after World War II?
21. What are barrios, ghettos, and restrictive covenants?
22. How did transportation change in California after World War II?
23. What were the Pacific Electric and the Key System?
24. What was Collier-Burns Act of 1947?
25. How many miles of limited access roads were built in the 1950s? How were these roads paid for?
26. What are the BART and The Metro?
27. How did education in California change during the baby boom years?
28. What is the Joseph Strayer Report of 1947?
29. What is the definition of a Junior College?
30. What was the difference between the State College System and University of California system?
31. Which were the first two campuses of the University of California? Which is its newest?
32. What was the Higher Education Act of 1960? What did it resolve?
33. How was Disney different than earlier moguls? What new areas did he pioneer?
34. How did anti-trust suits affect the old Hollywood?
35. What was the purpose of Cinerama and Cinemascope?
36. How did the studio system change after World War II?