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CSET U.S And California History

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1. U.S. Act that helped reduce instances of religious descrimination






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






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






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






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






6. 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






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






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






9. 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






10. State established in 1638 by a delegation to establish a Swedish colony






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






12. 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)






13. Immigrant group that had already moved to Hawaii






14. Led to the chinese being blamed for the lack of jobs and they suffered violence and property damaged






15. 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






16. 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






17. Spanish conquistador who captured the last Mayan city






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






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

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20. A group of colonists that meti nPhiladelphia to plan steps for resistance to British authority






21. Group of immigrants that first came to live in America. They either came from the northern route from Asia through a land bridge crossing the Bering Strait or through South american shores on boats






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






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






24. War between Mexico and Spain that led to Mexico's independence and ownership of California in 1810






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






26. 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






27. Several preachers started to speak of Christian salvation as something under control of individual - challenged traditional perceptions of Christianity to focus of individual salvation






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






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






30. California governor election promises to break Southern Pacific's grip on the state - won and passed many progressive goals






31. 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






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






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






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






35. Acknowledged the tension between the economic and political status of minorities






36. 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






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






38. Union created blockade of Southern ports and Confederate cotton rotted on the docks






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






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






41. Prohibited the immigration of Chinese - not repealed until World War II






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






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






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






45. Opened in 1914 and extends international links






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






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






48. 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






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






50. 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