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CSET U.S And California History

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






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






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






4. Northern California Indian tribes






5. Amendment that abolished slavery throughout the United States






6. 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






7. 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






8. people from the eastern United States who came to California to saerch for gold. Were not so lucky about finding gold because the route to California was difficult and dangerous whether by land or by sea






9. Drains the interior of the United States






10. Industry in California employs more thtan 500000 people mostly in Hollywood






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






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

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13. The central agricultural area of California






14. 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






15. 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






16. 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






17. Year that California faces largest budget deficit






18. 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






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






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






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






22. Several preachers started to speak of Christian salvation as something under control of individual - challenged traditional perceptions of Christianity to focus of individual salvation






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






24. (Mnemonic: Very many nice men came running down North Street - not needing police guards.) 1. Virginia 2. Massachusetts 3. New Hampshire 4. Maryland 5. Connecticut 6. Rhode Island 7. Delaware 8. North Carolina 9. South Carolina 10. New Jersey 11. New






25. A group of colonists that meti nPhiladelphia to plan steps for resistance to British authority






26. The idea that various immigrants cultural differences were minimized and assimilated together






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






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






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






30. The camps that Japanese peopel were rounded to in WWII






31. Facilities that the Spanish used to turned to the Indians to establish agricultural fields and learned Christianity. natives also were exposed to disease that they don't have immunity to. Also - brought olive trees and orange trees and introduced whe






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






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






34. 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






35. French explorer who explored Canada to find the Northwest Passage - river routes that would take explorers through North America






36. Spanish conquistador who captured the last Mayan city






37. Led by Southern Carolina and the election of abolitionist ally Abraham Lincoln in 1880 - the slave states decided that they had the right to leave the Union if they wanted to in 1880






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. Repealed the Chinese Exclusion Act






40. California governor election promises to break Southern Pacific's grip on the state - won and passed many progressive goals






41. 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






42. 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






43. 1607: Virginia Co. - Jamestown (Virginia)






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






45. 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






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






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






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






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






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