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CSET U.S And California History

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






2. Gen. Robert E. Lee surrenders in 1865 and ends the civil war






3. Further tightened taxation and regulatory noose






4. A mechanism of California's constitutuion to end an elected official's tenure in office before itw as scheduled for completition. It is initiated by a citizen and requires the signatures of a percentage of the number voting in the last gubernatorial






5. Forced colonists to provide housing to British soldiers






6. The first constitution to realizeno authrotiy than its own and governed the common wealth






7. Where the British were defeated and led to expansion of battle from Canada and New York






8. A division of power that spells out the roles between the government and the states






9. A dam across the Tuolumne River that would flood Yosemite - protested by naturalist John Muir. Instead - an aqueduct was constructed to carry water from the reservoir to the city






10. Spanish forts that were built for missionaries and settlers to hide in when Indians revolted






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






12. 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






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






14. (Mnemonic: Fun farmers always grow vegetables - specifically beets.) - Fort Sumter - First Battle of Bull Run - Antietam - Gettysburg - Vicksburg - Sherman's March to the Sea - Battle of Appomattox Courthouse






15. The Spanish attempt to colonize California by building Missionsand converting the Spanish






16. Early U.S. poltiical party who supported the Federalists and were pretty wealthy. They later emerged in the 1850s as the republican party with the






17. Feature of California's constitution that gives individual citizens - citizen groups the power to placea proposed law on the ballot. Supporers must collect signatures equal to a small percengage of the electorate that votes in the most recent guberna






18. The lowest point in California






19. Authored by Thomas Jefferson and focused on the declaration of 'life - liberty - and pursuit of happiness'






20. Dutch East India Company explorer who found New York and the mouth of the Hudson River






21. The number one resource that California is quickly running out of with its ever growing population






22. Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe about a heroic slave - further spurred the need for slaves to be free

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






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






25. Native American empire with stepped pyramids - utilized multiple calendars - and possessede extensive astronomical knowledge






26. Material that led to California to be populated by 40000 miners from all over the United States






27. Tax that is placed on tea and led to the Boston Tea Party - colonialists dressed up as Indians and dumped tea from aboard British ships into Boston harbor






28. The first settlers to arrive in Massachusetts. It was a religious group that fled Englandfor religious persecution in 1620






29. Established in 1764 - this asct combined new taxes on imports like sugar






30. 1500: Cabral - Brazil






31. Amendment that abolished slavery throughout the United States






32. Launched the Revolutionary War - British general ordered destruction of citizens growing number of guns and ammunition - colonialists defended their supplies






33. War that helped California get into a real estate boom fueled by the housing industry and reach 6 million people in population






34. Northern California Indian tribes






35. 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






36. Provided more funding and gave the railroads ten square miles of land to the tracks for every mile of track laid






37. 1608: de Champlain - Canada (Quebec) -1682: La Salle - Louisiana






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






39. Developed in 880 AD in the Mississippi and built large religious mound structures






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






41. Native American group who were skilled farmers who flourished in Ohio and Mississippi






42. Farm worker advocates who founded the United Farm Workers Union in 1962






43. An act signed by President Lincoln to create a railroad that would go all the way across the continent - provided loans to the Central Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad so that theycould build the transcontiental railroad






44. Led to the chinese being blamed for the lack of jobs and they suffered violence and property damaged






45. 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






46. The land between the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada






47. The priimary entry point for the immigrants from Asia






48. 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






49. Repealed the Chinese Exclusion Act






50. sawmill owner whose employee John Marshall discovered discover gold in the Sierra Nevada foothills