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CSET U.S And California History

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






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






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






5. Conduct elections - ratify amendments to constitution - issue licenses - regulate intrastate (within state) to business - establish local governments - take measures for public health and safety - any other powers that the Constitution does not reser






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






7. 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






8. The land between the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada






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






10. Act passed by British to prevent colonial town meetings






11. 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






12. 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






13. Twice the population - strong navy - banking system and factories - Union industries were producing ammunition and goods - driven black soldiers fighting for the freedom of their families






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






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






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






17. A man - made lake caused by the flooding of a 70- mile long canal from the Colorado river to the Colorado desert






18. Powers explicitly mentioned in Constitution were fedreal powers

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






20. 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






21. 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






22. A tax placed on legal documents including newspapers - led to the establishment of the Stamp Act Congress - first assembly of colonialists against British regulation






23. 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






24. A major mountain range in California






25. 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






26. Spanish conquistador who captured the last Mayan city






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






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






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






30. Union created blockade of Southern ports and Confederate cotton rotted on the docks






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






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






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






34. Compact used to colonize New Hampshire






35. Extends along the coast from New Jersey to Texas and is generally low land






36. Separation of Powers - Checks and Balances - Federal System - Powers of Congress - The Great Compromise - Bill of Rights - Amendments






37. Broad interpretation of the Constitution






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






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






40. The final document that established United States government. It had to be ratified by at least nine states - process now is 2/3s of Congress and 38 out of 50 states






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






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






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






44. 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






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






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






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






48. Northern California Indian tribes






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






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