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CSET U.S And California History

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1. Spanish conquistador's search of the Seven Cities of Cibola led to Spanish exploration of the Baja Peninsula






2. 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






3. Native American group who inhabited the Southwest after the Anasazi people and built extensive adobe cities






4. Area around California that is largest producer of electronics






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






6. Amendment that abolished slavery throughout the United States






7. War between Mexico and Spain that led to Mexico's independence and ownership of California in 1810






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






9. Group who explored south of Alaska for fur trade - establish Fort Ross in San Francisco as a trading post






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. Drains the interior of the United States






12. Central California native American tribes






13. Ultiimately defeated General Pico and re - captured Los Angeles in 1847 - ending the Mexican American war






14. A new group of immigrants that swelled in the midwestern and eastern cities. They lived in sseperate neighborhoods known as ghettos






15. (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






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






17. 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






18. An effort to establish an indepndent California republic






19. During Great Depression - the Shasta Dam was built to bring water from the north to meet the farming needs of the South - the CVP was never completed - drained marshalnds and enviromnmental activists were successful at preventing the damming of the A






20. The crest of the Rocky Mountains - Rivers that begin east of it flow toward the Atlantic Ocean - Western rivers flow toward the Pacific Ocean






21. 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






22. 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






23. An era fueled by availabliity of a cheap labor pool in the form of recent immigrants. Newly built factories attracted even more immigrants to the states






24. Etsablished and was nativist - anti - Chinese - and anti - big business

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






26. Led by Southern Carolina and the election of abolitionist ally Abraham Lincoln in 1880 - the slave states decided that they had the right to leave the Union if they wanted to in 1880






27. The highest point in California






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






29. 1607: Virginia Co. - Jamestown (Virginia)






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






31. Further tightened taxation and regulatory noose






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






33. Northern California Indian tribes






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






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






36. 1500: Cabral - Brazil






37. 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






38. Immigrant group that had already moved to Hawaii






39. In the eastern region of the United States






40. Form the western mountain ranges - The western slope of the Sierra Nevada borders the Central Valley of California - The Coast Ranges form the western wall of the Central Valley






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






42. English explorer who sailed up the California coast to the pacific Northwest






43. U.S. Act that helped reduce instances of religious descrimination






44. 1608: de Champlain - Canada (Quebec) -1682: La Salle - Louisiana






45. 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






46. In the U.S. constitution - it makes the laws






47. Jan. 1 - 1863- the proclamation frees the slaves






48. 1492: Columbus - West Indies and Bahamas -1513: Balboa - Panama -1519: Cortes - Mexico -1532: Pizarro - Peru






49. Repealed the Chinese Exclusion Act






50. Discovered in 1853- mineres would use powerful hoses to shoot water at the hillsides to wash away the soil and findthe gold - damaged environment and killed fish