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CSET U.S And California History

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






2. Form the western mountain ranges - The western slope of the Sierra Nevada borders the Central Valley of California - The Coast Ranges form the western wall of the Central Valley






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Acquittal of police officers in this man's case in 1992 led to a major riot that called for economic and political opportunity for minorities. federal guilty verdict reduces the racial tension






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






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






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






16. Union created blockade of Southern ports and Confederate cotton rotted on the docks






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






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






19. 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






20. 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






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






22. 1608: de Champlain - Canada (Quebec) -1682: La Salle - Louisiana






23. 1776 Written by Thomas Jefferson - Based on the ideas of English Enlightenment philosopher John Locke - In Locke's 'Second Treatise of Civil Government' (1690) - he set forth basic ideas embodied in the Declaration of Independence.






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






25. An effort to establish an indepndent California republic






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






27. Established a Senate with equal representation and House of Representatives based on population






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






29. Authored by Thomas Jefferson and focused on the declaration of 'life - liberty - and pursuit of happiness'






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






31. A dam across the Tuolumne River that would flood Yosemite - protested by naturalist John Muir. Instead - an aqueduct was constructed to carry water from the reservoir to the city






32. Established in 1764 - this asct combined new taxes on imports like sugar






33. 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






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






35. 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






36. Monopoly also called 'an octopus'






37. Spanish forts that were built for missionaries and settlers to hide in when Indians revolted






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






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






40. Industry based in Southern California areas - focus on casual - warm weather clothing






41. 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






42. In the eastern region of the United States






43. Further tightened taxation and regulatory noose






44. Broad interpretation of the Constitution






45. 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)






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






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






48. Acquired from Great Britain in 1846






49. 1st 10 Amendments to the Constitution - Introduced by Madison - A series of limitations on the power of the U.S. federal government; added to protect the rights of individuals and safeguard the sovereignty of the states over their own affairs






50. Amendment that abolished slavery throughout the United States