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CSET U.S And California History

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1. The camps that Japanese peopel were rounded to in WWII






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






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






4. Dutch East India Company explorer who found New York and the mouth of the Hudson River






5. 1608: de Champlain - Canada (Quebec) -1682: La Salle - Louisiana






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






7. Spanish explorer who explored coastal areas of San diego - Santa Barbara and Monterrey






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






9. Year that California faces largest budget deficit






10. 1609: Hudson - New Netherlands (New York)






11. Print money - regulate interstae and international trade - make treaties - declare war and field armed forces - establish post office - make laws necessarsy to execute powers






12. Where the British were defeated and led to expansion of battle from Canada and New York






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






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






15. Drains the interior of the United States






16. Southeatern California native american tribes






17. Repealed the Chinese Exclusion Act






18. 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






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






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






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






22. sawmill owner whose employee John Marshall discovered discover gold in the Sierra Nevada foothills






23. The Spanish attempt to colonize California by building Missionsand converting the Spanish






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






25. Compact used to colonize New Hampshire






26. MesoAmerican tribe that preceded the Aztecs but followed from the Mayans






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






28. Forced colonists to provide housing to British soldiers






29. Occurred right after 'shots heard round the world' happened (Lexington and Concord)






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






31. The highest point in California






32. 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






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






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






35. Powers explicitly mentioned in Constitution were fedreal powers

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36. People have certain natural rights including life - liberty - and the pursuit of happiness - Government is set by the consent of the governed - It is the right of the people to overthrow unjust governments

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






38. Acquired from Great Britain in 1846






39. Monopoly also called 'an octopus'






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






41. A major food staple of California native American tribes






42. The land between the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada






43. Raised theflag near Monterey and then retreated from the area - started the Mexican Americna War






44. 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






45. 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






46. 1492: Columbus - West Indies and Bahamas -1513: Balboa - Panama -1519: Cortes - Mexico -1532: Pizarro - Peru






47. 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






48. 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






49. 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






50. In the U.S. constitution - it enforces laws







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