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CSET U.S And California History

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






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






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






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






5. The crest of the Rocky Mountains - Rivers that begin east of it flow toward the Atlantic Ocean - Western rivers flow toward the Pacific Ocean






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






8. During the Reconstruction - a state could be readmitted if 10 percent of the former Confederates voted in the 1860 election vowed loyalty to the Union






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






10. The foothills at the base of the Appalachian mountains - In the eastern region of the United States






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






12. 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






13. Acquired from Great Britain in 1846






14. 1609: Hudson - New Netherlands (New York)






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






16. The first declaration of self - government in the New World






17. The highest point in California






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






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






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. The first English settlement in the New World in 1607






22. 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)






23. 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






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






25. Further tightened taxation and regulatory noose






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






27. Treaty with Japan in 1907 that allowed wives to join theier husbands in the U.S. if the Japanese deny exit visas to any men wishing to emigrate to the United States - led to the picture brides who married Japanese men who they had never met

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28. State that was a colony established for Catholics so they could escape religious persecution






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






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






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






33. Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe about a heroic slave - further spurred the need for slaves to be free

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34. Monopoly also called 'an octopus'






35. 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






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






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






38. Industry started in California during WWII and based in the Los Angeles - including Long Beach






39. 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






40. Central California native American tribes






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. Native American empire with stepped pyramids - utilized multiple calendars - and possessede extensive astronomical knowledge






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






44. Where the British were defeated and led to expansion of battle from Canada and New York






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






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






47. 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






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






49. Drains the interior of the United States






50. Feature of California's constitution that gives individual citizens - citizen groups the power to placea proposed law on the ballot. Supporers must collect signatures equal to a small percengage of the electorate that votes in the most recent guberna






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