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CSET U.S And California History

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1. Spanish explorer who sailed to Pacific coast to find fabled Northwest Passage - wound up in San Francisco Bay and called the territory Alta California






2. Several preachers started to speak of Christian salvation as something under control of individual - challenged traditional perceptions of Christianity to focus of individual salvation






3. The first English settlement in the New World in 1607






4. Explorers commissioned by Thomas Jefferson to explore the newly purchased Lousiiana territory






5. The land between the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada






6. Economic opportunity - freedom of religion and expresion - and adventure






7. The first battle of the Civil War. Seccessionists fire on the remaining Union sronghold in the South.






8. The idea that Americans are destined to spread across the hemisphere and especially spread the good news of democracy






9. State founded in 1733 as a buffer against Spain to Florida. It was the last of the 13 colonies established






10. Established so that Californios could get their land back - rancheros who had the time and money to prusue their claims got to keep their land






11. Mexican leader who closes the missions down except for the churches






12. Renamed the Southern Pacific Company and controlled all the railroads in California - president was Leland Stanford was a California governor and U.S. Senator






13. System of land distribution in which there were very few wealthy land owners and many landless workers






14. Established immigration quotas by eastern and western hemispheres rather than by county. Immigrants were brought in based on skills - need for family reunification - or status as poltical or economic refugees. Led to floods of immigrants came from As






15. Immigrant group that had already moved to Hawaii






16. Prohibited the immigration of Chinese - not repealed until World War II






17. Spanish explorer who explored coastal areas of San diego - Santa Barbara and Monterrey






18. The camps that Japanese peopel were rounded to in WWII






19. Spanish conquistador who settled in Panama in 1520 - became governor of Peru and conquered the Inca empire based there






20. Migrants who came to California during the Dust Bowl and followed crops from farm to farm






21. A tradition of free public education was started in the villages of New England - Religious tolerance supplanted an early religious dogmatism first established by the Puritans in Massachusetts - A conscious choice was made to leave the idea of heredi






22. Codes that were created to restrict rights and freedoms of the slaves in the South - the concept of seperate but equal






23. The idea that various immigrants cultural differences were minimized and assimilated together






24. America's new settlers transplanted long - standing traditions of England's government - with the first important steps taken by the earliest colonies of Plymouth (Massachusetts) and Virginia. - All of England's colonies based their goverming systems






25. 1492: Columbus - West Indies and Bahamas -1513: Balboa - Panama -1519: Cortes - Mexico -1532: Pizarro - Peru






26. Battle between United States and Mexico which followed the annexation of Texas. Led to the United States owning California in the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo






27. A group of Republicans that were outraged that former Confederate officials were being elected back to Congress






28. 1607: Virginia Co. - Jamestown (Virginia)






29. In the eastern region of the United States






30. Republican Rutherford Hayes and Democrat Samuel Tilden run for President. Hayes promises to end the Reconstruction and allows Southern staets to establish the black codes. Caused the end of the Reconstruction in 1877






31. (Mnemonic: Very many nice men came running down North Street - not needing police guards.) 1. Virginia 2. Massachusetts 3. New Hampshire 4. Maryland 5. Connecticut 6. Rhode Island 7. Delaware 8. North Carolina 9. South Carolina 10. New Jersey 11. New






32. An act in 1882 that barred immigration of Chiense laborers and gave immigration officals the ability to define what a laborer is - Chinese wives also forbidden to rejoin their husbands and Chiense were ineligible for citizenship






33. Native American group developed in Southwest and were were skilled builders






34. In the U.S. constitution - it enforces laws






35. Drains the interior of the United States






36. Made in 1803 by President Thoomas Jefferson and led to the acquisition of the territory west of the existing United States






37. Repealed the Chinese Exclusion Act






38. During the Reconstruction - a state could be readmitted if 10 percent of the former Confederates voted in the 1860 election vowed loyalty to the Union






39. Print money - regulate interstae and international trade - make treaties - declare war and field armed forces - establish post office - make laws necessarsy to execute powers






40. A major food staple of California native American tribes






41. Established a Senate with equal representation and House of Representatives based on population






42. The Modoc tribe of Northern California tried to take their land by force - the tribe lost and was forced to a reservation in Oregon and their leader was hanged






43. In the U.S. constitution - it interpets the laws






44. Acquittal of police officers in this man's case in 1992 led to a major riot that called for economic and political opportunity for minorities. federal guilty verdict reduces the racial tension






45. In the U.S. Constitution - it is a system of checks and balances between the three branches of government






46. Towns that grew around the missions and presidios as settlers moved up from Mexico






47. Another religious group that arrived to Massachusetts Bay in 1629. They had a covenant with God to build 'a city on a hill'






48. people from the eastern United States who came to California to saerch for gold. Were not so lucky about finding gold because the route to California was difficult and dangerous whether by land or by sea






49. Gave southerneers a stronger fugitive slave law and popular sovereignty (territories would have the right to decide for themselves whether or not they wanted to adopt slavery on their borders) over newly conquered Mexico areas in exchange for Califor






50. (Mnemonic: Fat babies love to piss - **** - yell.) Fort Ticonderoga - Bunker Hill - Long Island - Trenton - Princeton - Saratoga - Yorktown