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CSET U.S And California History

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1. People who took land from the original Californios






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






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






4. America's new settlers transplanted long - standing traditions of England's government - with the first important steps taken by the earliest colonies of Plymouth (Massachusetts) and Virginia. - All of England's colonies based their goverming systems






5. An act in 1882 that barred immigration of Chiense laborers and gave immigration officals the ability to define what a laborer is - Chinese wives also forbidden to rejoin their husbands and Chiense were ineligible for citizenship






6. Explorers commissioned by Thomas Jefferson to explore the newly purchased Lousiiana territory






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






8. Group who explored south of Alaska for fur trade - establish Fort Ross in San Francisco as a trading post






9. 1500: Cabral - Brazil






10. 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






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






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






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






14. Acquired from Great Britain in 1846






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






16. The two major deserts in California






17. 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






18. Issued by King of england to forbid colonists to move west of the Appalachian Mountains - led the british to raise taxes so they could support hundreds of troops to be stationed in the colonies - along with a raise of taxes






19. War fought between America and Britain and it was caused by violations of U.S. neutrality and impressment of U.S. sailors. Victory led to national pride - self - sufficiency - and foreign credibility






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






21. Spanish explorer who settled on a Carribbean island but found hismself in debt and wound up relocating on the east coast of what is now Panama - he spied the Pacific Ocean in 1513






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






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






24. 1492: Columbus - West Indies and Bahamas -1513: Balboa - Panama -1519: Cortes - Mexico -1532: Pizarro - Peru






25. One of the first U.S. political parties. It was led by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. They stood up for more for individual rights and 'strict construction.' They opposed industrialization and didn't think bank was a good idea. They later evolve






26. Further tightened taxation and regulatory noose






27. Reeds used by central California native Americans to build homes






28. 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






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






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






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






32. A major food staple of California native American tribes






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






34. Period in 1930s when a severe drought hit hte midwest and forced 350000 people to leave theier farms and lsot jobsand come to California






35. Construction began in 1863 and completed in 1869- done by mostly Chinese and Irish immigrants - met at Promontoary Point in utah






36. 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






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






38. In the eastern region of the United States






39. 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






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






41. In the eastern region of the United States - In the Northeast - they meat the ocean - forming a rough - rocky coast






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






43. 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






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






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






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






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






48. Spanish explorer who found Monterey Bay






49. Native American empire that ruled from capital of Tenochtitlan in central Mexico. They had mulltiple calendars - system of writing and economy dependent on tribute. Also focused on worship of a sun god and human sacrifice






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