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CSET U.S And California History

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1. Another religious group that arrived to Massachusetts Bay in 1629. They had a covenant with God to build 'a city on a hill'






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






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. War that helped California get into a real estate boom fueled by the housing industry and reach 6 million people in population






5. Amendment that abolished slavery throughout the United States






6. 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






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






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






9. Established a Senate with equal representation and House of Representatives based on population






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






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






12. 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






13. Area around California that is largest producer of electronics






14. Towns that grew around the missions and presidios as settlers moved up from Mexico






15. (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






16. English explorer who sailed up the California coast to the pacific Northwest






17. California industry that counts for 13 percent of gross domestic product and includes the state's theeme parks and urban centers - inlcuidng national wonders






18. System of land distribution in which there were very few wealthy land owners and many landless workers






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






20. 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






21. 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






22. Acquittal of police officers in this man's case in 1992 led to a major riot that called for economic and political opportunity for minorities. federal guilty verdict reduces the racial tension






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






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






25. The Modoc tribe of Northern California tried to take their land by force - the tribe lost and was forced to a reservation in Oregon and their leader was hanged






26. Monopoly also called 'an octopus'






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






28. 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






29. Southern California native american tribes






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






31. Southeatern California native american tribes






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






33. Codes that were created to restrict rights and freedoms of the slaves in the South - the concept of seperate but equal






34. Early U.S. poltiical party who supported the Federalists and were pretty wealthy. They later emerged in the 1850s as the republican party with the






35. 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






36. 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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37. 1500: Cabral - Brazil






38. 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






39. Powers explicitly mentioned in Constitution were fedreal powers

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40. People who took land from the original Californios






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






42. Strong believers in the human capacity to do the right thing and did not need a strong central government






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






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






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






46. 1607: Virginia Co. - Jamestown (Virginia)






47. Called in 1787 to reform the Articles of Confederation






48. French explorer who explored Canada to find the Northwest Passage - river routes that would take explorers through North America






49. 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






50. War in which Spain relinquished its North American claims east of the Mississippi River