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CSET U.S And California History

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1. A major mountain range in California






2. 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






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






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






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






6. 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






7. 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






8. Reeds used by central California native Americans to build homes






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






10. Monopoly also called 'an octopus'






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






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






13. The founder of the San Diego mission - the first of the 21 original Spanish Catholic missions in California - later established seven missions on the El Camino Real (The Royal Road)






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






15. Treaty with Japan in 1907 that allowed wives to join theier husbands in the U.S. if the Japanese deny exit visas to any men wishing to emigrate to the United States - led to the picture brides who married Japanese men who they had never met

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16. 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






17. Forced colonists to provide housing to British soldiers






18. Opened in 1914 and extends international links






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






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






21. 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






22. 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






23. 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






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






25. 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






26. Native American group developed in Southwest and were were skilled builders






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






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






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






30. Spanish conquerers of Central nand South America






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






32. Powers explicitly mentioned in Constitution were fedreal powers

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33. 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






34. Final battle of the Revolutionary war. British stronghold falls in 1781 and George Washington captures British general Lord cornwallis






35. Most of it is generally flat land: - The eastern half is called the interior lowlands - The western half is called the Great Plains






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






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






38. People who took land from the original Californios






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






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






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






42. Spanish explorer who explored coastal areas of San diego - Santa Barbara and Monterrey






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






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






45. sawmill owner whose employee John Marshall discovered discover gold in the Sierra Nevada foothills






46. 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






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






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






49. An effort to establish an indepndent California republic






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