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CSET U.S And California History

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1. Provided more funding and gave the railroads ten square miles of land to the tracks for every mile of track laid






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






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






4. Written by John Jay - Alexander Hamilton and James Madison about the need of a strong federal government






5. The central agricultural area of California






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






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






8. Print money - regulate interstae and international trade - make treaties - declare war and field armed forces - establish post office - make laws necessarsy to execute powers






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






10. Monopoly also called 'an octopus'






11. Compact used to colonize New Hampshire






12. 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






13. People who took land from the original Californios






14. 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






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






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

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17. 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






18. (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






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






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






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






22. Called in 1787 to reform the Articles of Confederation






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






24. 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






25. A major mountain range in California






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






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






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






29. War fought between U.S. and Mexico to gain more territory in the Southwest






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






31. Native American group who were skilled farmers who flourished in Ohio and Mississippi






32. 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






33. Forced colonists to provide housing to British soldiers






34. The land between the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada






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






36. Act passed by British to prevent colonial town meetings






37. The rise of 'the common man' through the presidency of Andrew Jackson in 1820s






38. 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






39. 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






40. Separation of Powers - Checks and Balances - Federal System - Powers of Congress - The Great Compromise - Bill of Rights - Amendments






41. Central California native American tribes






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






43. During Great Depression - the Shasta Dam was built to bring water from the north to meet the farming needs of the South - the CVP was never completed - drained marshalnds and enviromnmental activists were successful at preventing the damming of the A






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






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






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






47. 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






48. Drains the interior of the United States






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






50. Spanish conquistador who captured the last Mayan city







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