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CSET U.S And California History

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1. 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






2. 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






3. The two major deserts in California






4. Further tightened taxation and regulatory noose






5. The rise of 'the common man' through the presidency of Andrew Jackson in 1820s






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






7. Captured Los Angeles until it was rec - captured by Governor Pico and General Castro for Mexico






8. 1607: Virginia Co. - Jamestown (Virginia)






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






10. Visor general to New Spain urges kinig that they should settle California before the English or russians took over it - two expeditions went by sea and two expeditions went by land






11. Where the British were defeated and led to expansion of battle from Canada and New York






12. 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






13. State established in 1638 by a delegation to establish a Swedish colony






14. 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






15. Print money - regulate interstae and international trade - make treaties - declare war and field armed forces - establish post office - make laws necessarsy to execute powers






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






17. 1500: Cabral - Brazil






18. The crest of the Rocky Mountains - Rivers that begin east of it flow toward the Atlantic Ocean - Western rivers flow toward the Pacific Ocean






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






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






21. 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






22. 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






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






24. Act passed by British to prevent colonial town meetings






25. 1492: Columbus - West Indies and Bahamas -1513: Balboa - Panama -1519: Cortes - Mexico -1532: Pizarro - Peru






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






27. Prohibited the immigration of Chinese - not repealed until World War II






28. In the U.S. constitution - it makes the laws






29. The idea that southern staets should refuse to obey the laws tha t they did not agree with






30. War foguht between Britain and American colonialists which led to America's independence. Americans enlist friendship of France to revolutionary cause - Spain and Netherlands soon follow






31. Battle between United States and Mexico which followed the annexation of Texas. Led to the United States owning California in the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo






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






33. Central California native American tribes






34. Spanish explorer who settled on a Carribbean island but found hismself in debt and wound up relocating on the east coast of what is now Panama - he spied the Pacific Ocean in 1513






35. Spanish conquerers of Central nand South America






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






37. An act signed by President Lincoln to create a railroad that would go all the way across the continent - provided loans to the Central Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad so that theycould build the transcontiental railroad






38. War between Mexico and Spain that led to Mexico's independence and ownership of California in 1810






39. Major issue that was disputed by population (Virginia Plan) vs. equal representation (the Connecticut Plan)






40. People who took land from the original Californios






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






42. 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






43. Decision that said that slaves count as three - fifths of the population






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






45. The priimary entry point for the immigrants from Asia






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






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






48. In the eastern region of the United States






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






50. Powers explicitly mentioned in Constitution were fedreal powers