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CSET U.S And California History

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1. War between the French and British that ended with the defeat of French and Indian allies. It ordered French to be completely removed from North America and Spain relinquished parts of Florida in exchange for New Orleans and lands west of Mississippi






2. A division of power that spells out the roles between the government and the states






3. The lowest point in California






4. Ended the Mexican American War and brought California - Arizona - New Mesxico - Nevada - Utah - Colorado and Wyoming into the mix






5. The first declaration of self - government in the New World






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






7. The central agricultural area of California






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. 1st 10 Amendments to the Constitution - Introduced by Madison - A series of limitations on the power of the U.S. federal government; added to protect the rights of individuals and safeguard the sovereignty of the states over their own affairs






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






16. 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






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






18. 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






19. A mechanism of California's constitutuion to end an elected official's tenure in office before itw as scheduled for completition. It is initiated by a citizen and requires the signatures of a percentage of the number voting in the last gubernatorial






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






21. 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






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






23. Material that led to California to be populated by 40000 miners from all over the United States






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






25. A Quaker who received land to estsablish Pennsylvania as the first Enlightenment - inspired government entity and abolished slavery






26. From Spain - Portugal - Britain - France and the Netherlands






27. Repealed the Chinese Exclusion Act






28. Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe about a heroic slave - further spurred the need for slaves to be free

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29. People who took land from the original Californios






30. Act passed by British to prevent colonial town meetings






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






32. 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






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






34. Broad interpretation of the Constitution






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






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






37. State established in 1636 by Roger Williams to acknowledge religious freedom and the separation of 'church and state'






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






39. In the eastern region of the United States






40. Acquired from Great Britain in 1846






41. Called in 1787 to reform the Articles of Confederation






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






43. 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






44. Native American empire with stepped pyramids - utilized multiple calendars - and possessede extensive astronomical knowledge






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






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






47. 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






48. Restrucutred local control over property taxes and led to cutbacks in taxes and decrease in the tax base available to fund social services






49. Northern California Indian tribes






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