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In the next millennium, the Americans, Mexicans, and Spanish successfully ruled Los Angeles. 

By the 1840's Los Angeles California became the biggest city because of its growing trade with the United States and marine

More information - businesses for example seal hunting and whaling. During the Mexican-American War in 1846, Los Angeles and the remainder of Ca became U.S. territory, and California was regarded as the thirty first state to america in 1850. The significant improvement of Los Angeles took place when town was chosen as the railway terminus for southern California. In 1876, the Railroad linkage with San Francisco was finished and there was a boom in the people as thousands migrated to the city due to the available property, temperate climate, affordable transcontinental fares and pristine landscapes. The real estate rapidly marched up the price of land, but also decreased by 1887, crashing the hopes of financers. But, Los Angeles continued to blossom when its economy was motivated by the discovery of oil in 1892 as well as agricultural developments.

In early twentieth millennium, the movie industry came to Los Angeles and the first cinema was opened in 1902 and Hollywood's first film facilities in 1911. In 1923, the world-famous "Hollywood" sign was raised and in 1929, the School Awards were inaugurated. Los Angeles grew its standing as "Tinseltown" and provided the newcomers an opportunity to follow their desires by heading west. During the 1930s, the film industry continued to splurge, relieving those affected by depression, which also saw new arrivals to the city, avoiding the dust containers of the State and looking to rebuild their lives. The desert bound Los Angeles was guaranteed with continued water supply from major facilities projects, in some cases creating long-term and harsh disputes over the rights to water channeled to the region further from north.

The Arroyo Seco Parkway laid the basis for the dispersing mass of car culture as well as the roads, which should become a permanent part of the city's image and lifestyle. Throughout World War II (1939-45), the growing sway of the car manufacturing plants, helped defense-related and also the create the suburban growth that was supposed to alter the physical landscape of Los Angeles. In 1950's development in the increase of television was considered as a menace to the movie industry but later turned out to be an economic advantage as the city became the hq of this popular development as well as the flourishing recording business, creating its standing as the entertainment capital of the whole world.

From the 1960s, the golden image of Los Angeles began to solve as unchecked urban spread led to environmental and social issues. The smog and pollution from the autos and industries were considered as serious dangers to the standard of life. In August 1965, the urban violence broke out in the black Watts area.

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