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CSET U.S And California History

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1. Period in 1930s when a severe drought hit hte midwest and forced 350000 people to leave theier farms and lsot jobsand come to California






2. 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






3. West Point graduates and used to handling firearms and driven






4. Industry started in California during WWII and based in the Los Angeles - including Long Beach






5. The two major deserts in California






6. People have certain natural rights including life - liberty - and the pursuit of happiness - Government is set by the consent of the governed - It is the right of the people to overthrow unjust governments

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






8. Treaty with Japan in 1907 that allowed wives to join theier husbands in the U.S. if the Japanese deny exit visas to any men wishing to emigrate to the United States - led to the picture brides who married Japanese men who they had never met

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9. Biggest immigrant group from 1850 to 1900. They successfully developed farms in the Midwest and skilled trades in larger cities.






10. Addition of new territories would decide if they were going to be slave or non - slave owning states






11. A new reform movement established in California favored workers rights and the people over big corporations






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






14. Raised theflag near Monterey and then retreated from the area - started the Mexican Americna War






15. One of the first U.S. political parties. It was led by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. They stood up for more for individual rights and 'strict construction.' They opposed industrialization and didn't think bank was a good idea. They later evolve






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






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






18. French explorer who mapped the coastline from cape Cod to Nova Scotia - explored Great Lakes and founded Montreal






19. Immigrant group started migrating in the 1840s due to famine in their community. potato blight had decimated the potato harvest. They moved westward to the California Gold Rush of 1849






20. Final battle of the Revolutionary war. British stronghold falls in 1781 and George Washington captures British general Lord cornwallis






21. 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






22. 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






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






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






25. 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






26. MesoAmerican empire who once reigned from equator to Chile and between the Andes Mountain. They practiced terracing and irrigating steep mountainsides. Were defeateed by smallpox epidemic






27. 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






28. Occurred right after 'shots heard round the world' happened (Lexington and Concord)






29. Caused from multiple Spanish invasions - economic wars between divided tribes






30. Established states of Nebraska and Kansas with popular sovereignty but motivated Northerneres to protest against slavery because it was pandering to the South






31. Powers explicitly mentioned in Constitution were fedreal powers

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32. War fought between America and Britain and it was caused by violations of U.S. neutrality and impressment of U.S. sailors. Victory led to national pride - self - sufficiency - and foreign credibility






33. The foothills at the base of the Appalachian mountains - In the eastern region of the United States






34. Spanish explorer who settled on a Carribbean island but found hismself in debt and wound up relocating on the east coast of what is now Panama - he spied the Pacific Ocean in 1513






35. In the eastern region of the United States - In the Northeast - they meat the ocean - forming a rough - rocky coast






36. Movement established to say that no slaves would be on the new western territories






37. War foguht between Britain and American colonialists which led to America's independence. Americans enlist friendship of France to revolutionary cause - Spain and Netherlands soon follow






38. MesoAmerican tribe that preceded the Aztecs but followed from the Mayans






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






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






41. Area around California that is largest producer of electronics






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






43. The earliest form of the American Constitution that was adopted in 1781. Weak because government could not raise money from states and have no budget - could not regulate trade or conduct foreign policy without obtaining consent from states on each m






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






45. Drains the interior of the United States






46. The wind west of the Appalachians - An importance influence on climate: In the winter - cold air from the northwest produces freezing temperatures - In the summer - warm - moist southwesterly winds cause hot - humid weather






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






48. Central California native American tribes






49. 1492: Columbus - West Indies and Bahamas -1513: Balboa - Panama -1519: Cortes - Mexico -1532: Pizarro - Peru






50. Feature of California's constitutuion that alllows a statute or amendment that has passed the stae legislature which has then placed the proposed law on the ballot for approval by the electorate






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