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CSET U.S And California History

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1. 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






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






3. 1492: Columbus - West Indies and Bahamas -1513: Balboa - Panama -1519: Cortes - Mexico -1532: Pizarro - Peru






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






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






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






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






8. 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






9. Captured Monterey Bay and claimed thearea for the United States






10. 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






11. Northern California Indian tribes






12. Compact used to colonize New Hampshire






13. Acknowledged the tension between the economic and political status of minorities






14. River 100 miles North of Los Angeles that the city of Los Angeles built an aqueduct on to bring the water to Los Angeles






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






16. Immigrant group that joined Irish on the Gold Rush and railroad construction - opened businesses and were envied by others






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






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






19. 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






20. Called in 1787 to reform the Articles of Confederation






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






22. 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






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






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






25. 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






26. 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






27. The two major deserts in California






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






29. Established processes for amendment that required 3/4 approval of the states and 2/3 of each house of Congress






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






31. The central agricultural area of California






32. Southern states threatened to secede if this state was admitted as a free state






33. 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






34. Act passed by British to prevent colonial town meetings






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






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






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






38. System of land distribution in which there were very few wealthy land owners and many landless workers






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






40. 1500: Cabral - Brazil






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






42. 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






43. 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






44. 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






45. 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






46. A major mountain range in California






47. 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






48. 1609: Hudson - New Netherlands (New York)






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






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