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- September 9, 1850 - California
is the 31st state admitted to the Union. Congress
hesitated to admit a new free state, but considering
California's booming population and the discovery of gold,
granted admission.
Area - 158,869 sq. miles
Capital - Sacramento
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Motto - Eureka (Greek - I
have found it.) Nickname - Golden
State
- In 1848 the Treaty of
Guadalupe makes California a U.S. holding, ending the Mexican
War.
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California was admitted into the Union in 1850 as the 31st state.
- California passes an 1858 law that bars immigration of
Chinese and "Mongolians."
- In 1862 California imposes a
"police tax" ($2.50 a month) on every Chinese.
- A 1870 law prohibits importation of Chinese, Japanese, &
"Mongolian" women for prostitution.
- In 1882 the Chinese Exclusion Law bars Chinese
immigration of
laborers for ten years and is renued two more times in 1892 and
1902. In 1892 the U.S. Court upholds the constitutionality
of the ban. In 1904 the exclusion is made indefinite and
applicable to U.S. insular possessions. All exclusion laws are
repealed in 1943.
- California
is the 31st state admitted to the Union in 1850.
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- In 1875 the U.S. Congress bars entry of Chinese, Japanese, and
"Mongolian" prostitutes, felons, and contract
laborers.
- Senator A.A.
Sargeant, in 1878, introduces the first federal amendment to
grant women the right to vote.
- California revises adopting a new constitution (1879)
that bans cities and corporations from employing Chinese.
- The State Legislature passes an 1879 law requiring all municipalities
to remove Chinese outside their city limits. The U.S. circuit
court strikes down the law as unconstitutional.
- Chinese laundrymen win case in Yick Wo v. Hopkins, 1886. It
declares a law with unequal impact on different groups is
discriminatory.
- The California suffrage amendment is defeated statewide in
1896. It passed in Los Angeles.
- 1898 Wong Kim Ark v. U.S., 1898, rules that Chinese born
in the U.S. can not be stripped of citizenship.
- Women's Socialist Union of California forms in 1902
- Angel Island opened in 1910. Angel Island, for 30 years,
served as a point of entry to the United States for many
immigrants.
- In 1911 California passes amendment to give women the right to
vote.
- Richard M Nixon is born in Yorba
Linda in 1913.
He became the 37th president of the United States (1968-1974)
and the first President to resign from office.
- The ACLU is founded in 1920, (American Civil Liberties Union)
- The Supreme Court reaffirms Asian immigrants were not eligible
for naturalization, in Ozawa v. U.S., 1924.
- The 1924 Immigration Act denies immigration to all
Asians.
- California, in 1956, repeals alien land laws.
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- In 1964, Jul 15, The Republican National Convention was
held in San Francisco.
- Free Speech movement at Berkeley begins in 1964.
- The Black
Panther Party is founded in Oakland in 1965.
- A 1965 Immigration Law abolishes "national
origins" as basis to allocate immigration quotas.
- In 1966 Ronald Reagan defeats Pat Brown becoming
governor. Reagan had defeated George Christopher, former San
Francisco Mayor, in the primary.
- California enacts the nations first no fault divorce
law in 1969, allowing divorce by mutual consent.
California Gov. Reagan won a 2nd term in 1970, defeating Jesse
Unruh.
- Thomas
Bradley is first Black elected mayor of Los Angeles in 1973.
- State ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment fails in
1982.
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- The first Mexican-American woman, Lucille Roybal-Allard,
democrat, becomes a member of the U.S. House of Representatives
in 1992.
- In 1992 Riots break out In Los Angeles after the
verdict in the Rodney King case.
- Madeleine Albright becomes the first woman Secretary of
State in 1997.
One Vote Counts in California.
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http://www.freedombaptistnc.com/social.htm
- http://web.mit.edu/21h.153j/www/chrono.html
- http://www.cetel.org/timeline.html
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- http://www.legacy98.org/timeline.html
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http://www.elmersflag.com/products.cfm
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_mottos -
http://www.livgenmi.com/statemotto.htm
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