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CSET U.S And California History

Subjects : cset, history
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1. 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






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

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3. The year and month that California approves its first constitution






4. The land between the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada






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






6. Twice the population - strong navy - banking system and factories - Union industries were producing ammunition and goods - driven black soldiers fighting for the freedom of their families






7. The first civlization to develop in MesoAmerica and were the first to develop a calendar and agrciultural community in America






8. In the U.S. constitution - it makes the laws






9. Forced colonists to provide housing to British soldiers






10. 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






11. Gave southerneers a stronger fugitive slave law and popular sovereignty (territories would have the right to decide for themselves whether or not they wanted to adopt slavery on their borders) over newly conquered Mexico areas in exchange for Califor






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






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






14. 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






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






16. The central agricultural area of California






17. Repealed the Chinese Exclusion Act






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






19. Southern California native american tribes






20. Amendment that abolished slavery throughout the United States






21. Discovered in 1853- mineres would use powerful hoses to shoot water at the hillsides to wash away the soil and findthe gold - damaged environment and killed fish






22. 1609: Hudson - New Netherlands (New York)






23. Completes the rest of the Spanish missions following Junipero Serra's death






24. Broad interpretation of the Constitution






25. Drains the interior of the United States






26. Movement established to say that no slaves would be on the new western territories






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






28. 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






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






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






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






32. 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






33. MesoAmerican empire who once reigned from equator to Chile and between the Andes Mountain. They practiced terracing and irrigating steep mountainsides. Were defeateed by smallpox epidemic






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






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






36. 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






37. People who took land from the original Californios






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






39. 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






40. Northern California Indian tribes






41. 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






42. 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






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






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






45. (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






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






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






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. Etsablished and was nativist - anti - Chinese - and anti - big business

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