Brick People Quiz

Los Angeles owes most of its growth to brick

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Brick was the main source of building when Los Angeles grew from 1880 to 1930.

Mexican labor is primarily responsible for building Los Angeles

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Mexican labor was responsible for making the bricks which in turn were used to build Los Angeles.

Brick was used to build

• Housing

• Commercial Buildings

• Tall Buildings Downtown

• All of these buildings

Migration has always been part of Los Angeles’ history

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Migration has always been a part of the story of Southern California. People came west, came north from Mexico, and came east from Asia to settle in Southern California.

At the beginning of the brick building yard there really isn’t a border along the American southwest (T/F)'

• True

• False

Answer explanation

The division between Mexico and California was just a line on the map. People freely crossed from one side to the other.

Racism outside Simons' community included

• Segregated Schools

• Segregated Pools

• Segregated Movie Theaters

• All of thes

Students at the community school were punished for speaking Spanish in class (T/F)

• True

• False

The Simons brick yard produced 600,000 bricks a day during the 1920’s.  Using the Desmos scientific calculator, estimate how many bricks a month the brick yard produced?

Mathematical Equivalence

ON

Laborers were paid $3.00 to load a rack of bricks to dry.  About how many racks of bricks would a laborer have to load to make $50.00 a day?

Mathematical Equivalence

ON

How does your story relate to the story of the Simons community?