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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. Completes the rest of the Spanish missions following Junipero Serra's death






3. Lake that was drained as a result of the Owens River aqueduct and ultimately led Owens Valley to sue the city of Los Angeles






4. The first conquistador and defeated the Aztec Empire in 1521 after they saw his arrival as a divine arrival of a god and let him into their empire






5. California industry that counts for 13 percent of gross domestic product and includes the state's theeme parks and urban centers - inlcuidng national wonders






6. The first civlization to develop in MesoAmerica and were the first to develop a calendar and agrciultural community in America






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






8. 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






9. 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






10. 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






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






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






13. Southern California native american tribes






14. Spanish conquistador who captured the last Mayan city






15. 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






16. Drains the interior of the United States






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






18. Area around California that is largest producer of electronics






19. More restrictive legislation towards Japanese and that they were inelgible for citizenship and could not own land






20. The two major deserts in California






21. 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






22. The immigration group that helped build the railroads later settled in San Francisco. They took low wage jobs and later became small business entrepreneurs






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






24. 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






25. 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






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






27. Year that California faces largest budget deficit






28. State that was a colony established for Catholics so they could escape religious persecution






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






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






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






32. Visor general to New Spain urges kinig that they should settle California before the English or russians took over it - two expeditions went by sea and two expeditions went by land






33. An Atlantic warm - water current that warms the East Coast in winter and is responsible for excellent fishing






34. Southeatern California native american tribes






35. Strong believers in the human capacity to do the right thing and did not need a strong central government






36. 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






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






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






39. Group of immigrants that first came to live in America. They either came from the northern route from Asia through a land bridge crossing the Bering Strait or through South american shores on boats






40. Issued by King of england to forbid colonists to move west of the Appalachian Mountains - led the british to raise taxes so they could support hundreds of troops to be stationed in the colonies - along with a raise of taxes






41. 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






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






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






44. Spanish conquerers of Central nand South America






45. Forced colonists to provide housing to British soldiers






46. 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






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






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






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






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