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CSET U.S And California History

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1. 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






2. 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






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






4. Established states of Nebraska and Kansas with popular sovereignty but motivated Northerneres to protest against slavery because it was pandering to the South






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






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






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






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






9. 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






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






11. 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






12. 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






13. Industry based in Southern California areas - focus on casual - warm weather clothing






14. 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






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






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






17. 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






18. Jan. 1 - 1863- the proclamation frees the slaves






19. Broad interpretation of the Constitution






20. Ended the Mexican American War and brought California - Arizona - New Mesxico - Nevada - Utah - Colorado and Wyoming into the mix






21. Act passed by British to prevent colonial town meetings






22. Tax that is placed on tea and led to the Boston Tea Party - colonialists dressed up as Indians and dumped tea from aboard British ships into Boston harbor






23. Form the western mountain ranges - The western slope of the Sierra Nevada borders the Central Valley of California - The Coast Ranges form the western wall of the Central Valley






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






25. The number one resource that California is quickly running out of with its ever growing population






26. Lincoln's vice president became president






27. Southeatern California native american tribes






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






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






30. 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)






31. The first English settlement in the New World in 1607






32. 1776 Written by Thomas Jefferson - Based on the ideas of English Enlightenment philosopher John Locke - In Locke's 'Second Treatise of Civil Government' (1690) - he set forth basic ideas embodied in the Declaration of Independence.






33. 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






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






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






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






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






38. 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






39. The wind west of the Appalachians - An importance influence on climate: In the winter - cold air from the northwest produces freezing temperatures - In the summer - warm - moist southwesterly winds cause hot - humid weather






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






41. The crest of the Rocky Mountains - Rivers that begin east of it flow toward the Atlantic Ocean - Western rivers flow toward the Pacific Ocean






42. 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






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






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






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. The first declaration of self - government in the New World






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






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






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






50. A new reform movement established in California favored workers rights and the people over big corporations