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A
Abernathy, Ralph
Advertising
Aerospace industry
Agricultural equipment
Agricultural laborers
Assembly line
Automobile industry
C
Central Pacific Railroad
Chavez, Cesar
Chicano Moratorium Committee
Chinese Exclusion Act, 1882
Civil rights
Civil War
Cleveland, Grover
Clinton, Bill
Communism
Computers
Congress of Racial Equality
Coolidge, Calvin
Custer, George Armstrong
E
Edison, Thomas
Eisenhower, Dwight D.
Electricity
Electronics industry
Environmental destruction, hydraulic mining
Expeditions and surveys
F
Farmer, James
Fault line
Flood
Ford, Gerald
Fort Ross
Fossils
Free Speech Movement
Fremont, John C.
Frontier and pioneer life
H
Harding, Warren
Harrison, Benjamin
Hayes, Rutherford
Hearst, William Randolph
Hoover, Herbert
Household appliances
Huerta, Dolores
L
Labor unrest
Land grants
Land use
Landslide
Lassen Volcanic National Park
Lava Beds National Monument
Lumber
M
McKinley, William
Malcolm X
Maps
Marshall, John
Marshall, Thurgood
Mexican-American War
Military facilities
Mission La Purisima Concepcion
Mission Nuestra Senora de la Soledad
Mission San Antonio de Padua
Mission San Antonio de Pala (Pala Asistencia)
Mission San Buenaventura
Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo
Mission San Diego de Alcala
Mission San Fernando Rey de Espana
Mission San Francisco de Asis (Mission Dolores)
Mission San Francisco Solano
Mission San Gabriel Arcangel
Mission San Jose
Mission San Juan Bautista
Mission San Juan Capistrano
Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa
Mission San Luis Rey de Francia
Mission San Miguel Arcangel
Mission San Rafael Arcangel
Mission Santa Barbara
Mission Santa Clara de Asis
Mission Santa Cruz
Mission Santa Ines
Modoc War
Mojave Desert
Muir, John
P
Panama Canal
Panama Pacific International Exposition 1915
Parks, Rosa
Pearl Harbor
Pico, Pio
Prohibition
Pueblos
R
Radio
Railroad
Reagan, Ronald
Reservoirs
Richmond Shipyards
Rock formations
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
Roosevelt, Theodore
S
Sacramento State Capital
Serra, Junipero
Sierra Club
Sitting Bull
Snow
Social Security
Spanish American War
Spanish American War, political cartoons
Sports
Stanford, Leland
Steinbeck, John
Strike, General Strike of 1934
Sutter, John
Sutter's Fort
Sutter's Mill
W
Water
Water resources and conservation
Water use and supply
Waterfalls
Westward expansion
Wilkins, Roy
Wilson, Woodrow
World War I
World War II
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Primary source sets and overviews that provide historical context:
1848-1865: Gold Rush Era
Murder and Mayhem
Disasters
Everyday Life and People
Environmental Impact
Growth of Cities
Diversity in the Changing State
1870-1900: Closing of the Frontier
Chinese Exclusion Act
The Transcontinental Railroad
Native Americans and Contact
Preservation of the West
1900-1940s: Emerging Industrial Order
The Changing Workplace
The Rise of Technology
Growing Ethnic Diversity
Early Advertising
Popular Culture
1929-1939: The Great Depression
Dust Bowl Migration
Hard Times
Help and a New Deal
San Francisco General Strike
Building Bridges, Dams, Power Plants
1939-1945: World War II
Women in the Workforce
Life on the Home Front
The Bracero Program
Richmond Shipyards
Japanese American Internment
The 442nd Regimental Combat Team
1950s-1970s: Social Reform
The Civil Rights Movement
The Free Speech Movement
Watts
Struggles for Social Justice
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