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CSET U.S And California History

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1. Mexican leader who closes the missions down except for the churches






2. 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






3. 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






4. Forced colonists to provide housing to British soldiers






5. 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






6. A man - made lake caused by the flooding of a 70- mile long canal from the Colorado river to the Colorado desert






7. 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






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






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






10. Separation of Powers - Checks and Balances - Federal System - Powers of Congress - The Great Compromise - Bill of Rights - Amendments






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






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






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






14. 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






15. People who took land from the original Californios






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






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






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






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






20. During the Reconstruction - a state could be readmitted if 10 percent of the former Confederates voted in the 1860 election vowed loyalty to the Union






21. 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






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






23. French explorer who mapped the coastline from cape Cod to Nova Scotia - explored Great Lakes and founded Montreal






24. 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






25. Material that led to California to be populated by 40000 miners from all over the United States






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






27. 1492: Columbus - West Indies and Bahamas -1513: Balboa - Panama -1519: Cortes - Mexico -1532: Pizarro - Peru






28. Native American group who were skilled farmers who flourished in Ohio and Mississippi






29. Economic opportunity - freedom of religion and expresion - and adventure






30. The highest point in California






31. Further tightened taxation and regulatory noose






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






33. Spanish conquistador who settled in Panama in 1520 - became governor of Peru and conquered the Inca empire based there






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Year that California faces largest budget deficit






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






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






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






44. 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






45. War foguht between Britain and American colonialists which led to America's independence. Americans enlist friendship of France to revolutionary cause - Spain and Netherlands soon follow






46. 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






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






48. In the eastern region of the United States






49. Lincoln's vice president became president






50. 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







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