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CSET U.S And California History

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1. The Spanish attempt to colonize California by building Missionsand converting the Spanish






2. A new reform movement established in California favored workers rights and the people over big corporations






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






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






5. The immigration group that helped build the railroads later settled in San Francisco. They took low wage jobs and later became small business entrepreneurs






6. Industry in California employs more thtan 500000 people mostly in Hollywood






7. Drains the interior of the United States






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






9. 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






10. Northern California Indian tribes






11. 10 amendments in the U.S. Constitution that ensured that individuals and states would not suffer from excessive and arbitrary federal power






12. 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






13. The number one resource that California is quickly running out of with its ever growing population






14. Opened in 1914 and extends international links






15. An effort to establish an indepndent California republic






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

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






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






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






20. Established processes for amendment that required 3/4 approval of the states and 2/3 of each house of Congress






21. A major food staple of California native American tribes






22. Repealed the Chinese Exclusion Act






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






24. English explorer who sailed up the California coast to the pacific Northwest






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






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






27. 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






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






29. Compact used to colonize New Hampshire






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






31. Monopoly also called 'an octopus'






32. Extends along the coast from New Jersey to Texas and is generally low land






33. Amendment that abolished slavery throughout the United States






34. War between the French and British that ended with the defeat of French and Indian allies. It ordered French to be completely removed from North America and Spain relinquished parts of Florida in exchange for New Orleans and lands west of Mississippi






35. MesoAmerican empire who once reigned from equator to Chile and between the Andes Mountain. They practiced terracing and irrigating steep mountainsides. Were defeateed by smallpox epidemic






36. Called in 1787 to reform the Articles of Confederation






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






38. Captured Monterey Bay and claimed thearea for the United States






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






40. 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






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






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






43. Spanish explorer who found Monterey Bay






44. Gave southerneers a stronger fugitive slave law and popular sovereignty (territories would have the right to decide for themselves whether or not they wanted to adopt slavery on their borders) over newly conquered Mexico areas in exchange for Califor






45. 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






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






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






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






49. A new group of immigrants that swelled in the midwestern and eastern cities. They lived in sseperate neighborhoods known as ghettos






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