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CSET U.S And California History

Subjects : cset, history
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1. The number one resource that California is quickly running out of with its ever growing population






2. Year that California faces largest budget deficit






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






4. 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






5. Period in 1930s when a severe drought hit hte midwest and forced 350000 people to leave theier farms and lsot jobsand come to California






6. (Mnemonic: Fun farmers always grow vegetables - specifically beets.) - Fort Sumter - First Battle of Bull Run - Antietam - Gettysburg - Vicksburg - Sherman's March to the Sea - Battle of Appomattox Courthouse






7. Etsablished and was nativist - anti - Chinese - and anti - big business

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8. 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






9. 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






10. West Point graduates and used to handling firearms and driven






11. Spanish explorer who found Monterey Bay






12. Opened in 1914 and extends international links






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






14. Addition of new territories would decide if they were going to be slave or non - slave owning states






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






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






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






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






19. A tradition of free public education was started in the villages of New England - Religious tolerance supplanted an early religious dogmatism first established by the Puritans in Massachusetts - A conscious choice was made to leave the idea of heredi






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






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






22. Led to the chinese being blamed for the lack of jobs and they suffered violence and property damaged






23. Acquired from Great Britain in 1846






24. People who took land from the original Californios






25. Strong believers in the human capacity to do the right thing and did not need a strong central government






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






27. The idea that Americans are destined to spread across the hemisphere and especially spread the good news of democracy






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






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






30. Spanish conquistador who captured the last Mayan city






31. MesoAmerican tribe that preceded the Aztecs but followed from the Mayans






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






33. 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






34. Construction began in 1863 and completed in 1869- done by mostly Chinese and Irish immigrants - met at Promontoary Point in utah






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






36. One of the first American political parties. It was led by Alexander Hamilton - John Adams and John Jay. They beleived in strong central government and loose construction. They wanted to create a national bank and use government funds to support indu






37. Act passed by British to prevent colonial town meetings






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






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






40. (Mnemonic: Fat babies love to piss - **** - yell.) Fort Ticonderoga - Bunker Hill - Long Island - Trenton - Princeton - Saratoga - Yorktown






41. Drains the interior of the United States






42. The land between the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada






43. A major food staple of California native American tribes






44. More restrictive legislation towards Japanese and that they were inelgible for citizenship and could not own land






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






46. The central agricultural area of California






47. Powers explicitly mentioned in Constitution were fedreal powers

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






49. 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






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