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CSET U.S And California History

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






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






3. Group of immigrants that first came to live in America. They either came from the northern route from Asia through a land bridge crossing the Bering Strait or through South american shores on boats






4. 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






5. 1500: Cabral - Brazil






6. Towns that grew around the missions and presidios as settlers moved up from Mexico






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






8. Amendment that abolished slavery throughout the United States






9. Southern California native american tribes






10. 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






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






12. Immigrant group that crossed California's border. The border remains easily crossed even though there is a frequent loss of life






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






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






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






16. 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






17. French explorer who mapped the coastline from cape Cod to Nova Scotia - explored Great Lakes and founded Montreal






18. Dutch East India Company explorer who found New York and the mouth of the Hudson River






19. 1608: de Champlain - Canada (Quebec) -1682: La Salle - Louisiana






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






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






22. publicized the gold discovery and bought every shovel - pick axe and pan in the region and made much money






23. In the U.S. constitution - it enforces laws






24. 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






25. Compact used to colonize New Hampshire






26. Immigrant group that joined Irish on the Gold Rush and railroad construction - opened businesses and were envied by others






27. Group who explored south of Alaska for fur trade - establish Fort Ross in San Francisco as a trading post






28. 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






29. 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






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






31. The final document that established United States government. It had to be ratified by at least nine states - process now is 2/3s of Congress and 38 out of 50 states






32. The first English settlement in the New World in 1607






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






34. 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






35. 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






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






37. 1492: Columbus - West Indies and Bahamas -1513: Balboa - Panama -1519: Cortes - Mexico -1532: Pizarro - Peru






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






39. Immigrant group that had already moved to Hawaii






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






41. 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






42. Powers explicitly mentioned in Constitution were fedreal powers

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






44. The two major deserts in California






45. Southeatern California native american tribes






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






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






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






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






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