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CSET U.S And California History

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1. Year that California faces largest budget deficit






2. Lincoln's vice president became president






3. The final document that established United States government. It had to be ratified by at least nine states - process now is 2/3s of Congress and 38 out of 50 states






4. 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






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






6. 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






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






8. Restrucutred local control over property taxes and led to cutbacks in taxes and decrease in the tax base available to fund social services






9. Decision that said that slaves count as three - fifths of the population






10. 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






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






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






13. 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






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






15. The first conquistador and defeated the Aztec Empire in 1521 after they saw his arrival as a divine arrival of a god and let him into their empire






16. sawmill owner whose employee John Marshall discovered discover gold in the Sierra Nevada foothills






17. 1492: Columbus - West Indies and Bahamas -1513: Balboa - Panama -1519: Cortes - Mexico -1532: Pizarro - Peru






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






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






20. 1860 mailing service that carried mail in ten days from Missouri to California - went out of business in 1861 when the first telegraph was completed






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






22. A division of power that spells out the roles between the government and the states






23. 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






24. 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






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






26. The camps that Japanese peopel were rounded to in WWII






27. people from the eastern United States who came to California to saerch for gold. Were not so lucky about finding gold because the route to California was difficult and dangerous whether by land or by sea






28. The first battle of the Civil War. Seccessionists fire on the remaining Union sronghold in the South.






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






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






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






32. Farm worker advocates who founded the United Farm Workers Union in 1962






33. Tax that is placed on tea and led to the Boston Tea Party - colonialists dressed up as Indians and dumped tea from aboard British ships into Boston harbor






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. People who took land from the original Californios






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






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






44. State established in 1636 by Roger Williams to acknowledge religious freedom and the separation of 'church and state'






45. 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






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






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






48. (Mnemonic: Very many nice men came running down North Street - not needing police guards.) 1. Virginia 2. Massachusetts 3. New Hampshire 4. Maryland 5. Connecticut 6. Rhode Island 7. Delaware 8. North Carolina 9. South Carolina 10. New Jersey 11. New






49. Spanish explorer who found Monterey Bay






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