Deck 23: New Industries for Southern California

Question 1

Early film audiences and producers were largely from the

A)urban middle class.
B)major agribusiness interests of California.
C)ranks of America's poor.
D)wealthy industrial elites.

Answer 1

ranks of America's poor.

Question 2

The automobile revolution of the 1920s brought to Los Angeles

A)a lower population density than any other large U.S.city.
B)an enormous increase in tourism.
C)the modern supermarket.
D)all of the above

Answer 2

all of the above

Question 3

Hollywood was the only major film producing area of early 20^th-century California.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

In the early 20^th century the state's emerging petroleum industry was monopolized by the Standard Oil Company of California.

Question 5

William Selig first began making motion pictures in southern California because it

A)was remote from East Coast companies which controlled patents on cameras and projectors.
B)was free from unions which organized film editors.
C)had an abundance of vaudeville actors.
D)had a large population of newly arrived immigrants who were eager to "break into show business."

Question 6

The first American feature-length movie was

A)The Squaw Man.
B)The Clansman.
C)Forbidden Fruit.
D)Greed.

Question 7

By the 1920s California's largest manufacturing industry was

A)fruit and vegetable canning.
B)automobile production.
C)weapons production.
D)petroleum refining.

Question 8

Highway funding during the early 20^th century was provided primarily by county governments.

Question 9

During the great depression of the 1930s the California movie industry

A)virtually disappeared.
B)suffered a major decline.
C)remained more prosperous than most other industries.
D)was eclipsed by the European movie industry.

Question 10

From the early 1900s through the 1920s the economic and political center of California

A)remained in the San Francisco Bay area.
B)was shifting southward toward the Los Angeles area.
C)settled in the Fresno area.
D)moved into the Sacramento Valley.

Question 11

The automobile greatly intensified the differences in the outlook and economic segregation of the rural and urban areas of California.

Question 12

Wilshire Boulevard's "Miracle Mile" was probably the first large business district in the world to

A)ban "cruising" on weekends.
B)permit stores to advertise with neon signs.
C)be created especially for the automobile age.
D)be famous for "faith healers" and "miracle workers."

Question 13

In the 1920s the Los Angeles region became the predominant oil producing area of California.

Question 14

According to the textbook,the major expansion of Los Angeles during the 1920s was mainly attributable to the automobile.

Question 15

The first American metropolis whose major expansion occurred entirely with the automobile era was

A)New York.
B)San Francisco.
C)Los Angeles.
D)Detroit.

Question 16

Predominance in all aspects of the California oil industry passed during the 1920s to the

A)Los Angeles region.
B)northern coastal area.
C)central Sierra foothills region.
D)San Francisco Bay area.

Question 17

Gilbert M.Anderson's Essanay Film Company produced hundreds of "Bronco Billy" westerns in

A)the San Gabriel area just north of Los Angeles.
B)the Niles area of the San Francisco Bay region.
C)Chicago.
D)New York.

Question 18

The largest oil discoveries between 1895 and 1920 were in the

A)Los Angeles basin.
B)Humboldt County region.
C)Ventura County coastal area.
D)San Joaquin Valley.

Question 19

The "automobile revolution" of southern California was a major stimulant to the development of the southern California petroleum industry.

Question 20

During the years of the great depression,automobile use in California declined significantly.

Question 21

The film Greed was a financial "super success" for pioneer director Eric von Stroheim.

Question 22

Trace the rise of the oil industry in California from the 1860s through the 1920s.Where in the state were the major oil deposits exploited,and how and why did the Los Angeles region become the predominant oil producing area of California?

Question 23

What were the ways in which the automobile transformed California society,especially in southern California?

Question 24

Explain the growth of the movie industry in California.What advantages did California offer American movie-makers?

Question 25

The movies of the 1920s tended to reflect and accelerate the prevailing trends toward the urbanization of American attitudes and mores.