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CSET U.S And California History

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1. 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






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






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






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






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






6. Migrants who came to California during the Dust Bowl and followed crops from farm to farm






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






8. 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






9. 10 amendments in the U.S. Constitution that ensured that individuals and states would not suffer from excessive and arbitrary federal power






10. Discovered in 1853- mineres would use powerful hoses to shoot water at the hillsides to wash away the soil and findthe gold - damaged environment and killed fish






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






12. Spanish explorer who found Monterey Bay






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






14. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Powers explicitly mentioned in Constitution were fedreal powers

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22. Spanish conquerers of Central nand South America






23. (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






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






25. War in which Spain relinquished its North American claims east of the Mississippi River






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






27. Written by John Jay - Alexander Hamilton and James Madison about the need of a strong federal government






28. The lowest point in California






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






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






31. 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






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






33. Amendment that abolished slavery throughout the United States






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






35. Spanish conquistador's search of the Seven Cities of Cibola led to Spanish exploration of the Baja Peninsula






36. 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






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






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






39. Southern California native american tribes






40. 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






41. 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






42. Launched the Revolutionary War - British general ordered destruction of citizens growing number of guns and ammunition - colonialists defended their supplies






43. The major Union battle victory in 1863 that led to The Gettysberg Address - Lincoln's declaration that the Union will not be divided






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






45. 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






46. 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






47. Southeatern California native american tribes






48. The year and month that California approves its first constitution






49. In the eastern region of the United States






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







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