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CSET U.S And California History

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1. Ultiimately defeated General Pico and re - captured Los Angeles in 1847 - ending the Mexican American war






2. 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






3. 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






4. Immigrant group that had already moved to Hawaii






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






6. The priimary entry point for the immigrants from Asia






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






8. Captured Monterey Bay and claimed thearea for the United States






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






10. 1607: Virginia Co. - Jamestown (Virginia)






11. Compact used to colonize New Hampshire






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






13. Immigrant group that crossed California's border. The border remains easily crossed even though there is a frequent loss of life






14. 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






15. 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






16. The highest point in California






17. 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






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






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






20. Lincoln's vice president became president






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






22. A major food staple of California native American tribes






23. A Quaker who received land to estsablish Pennsylvania as the first Enlightenment - inspired government entity and abolished slavery






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






25. Established in 1764 - this asct combined new taxes on imports like sugar






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






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






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






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






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






31. People who took land from the original Californios






32. Acquired from Great Britain in 1846






33. 10 amendments in the U.S. Constitution that ensured that individuals and states would not suffer from excessive and arbitrary federal power






34. 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






35. An effort to establish an indepndent California republic






36. An act signed by President Lincoln to create a railroad that would go all the way across the continent - provided loans to the Central Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad so that theycould build the transcontiental railroad






37. The final document that established United States government. It had to be ratified by at least nine states - process now is 2/3s of Congress and 38 out of 50 states






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






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






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






41. The land between the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada






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






43. Battle between United States and Mexico which followed the annexation of Texas. Led to the United States owning California in the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo






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






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






46. Lake that was drained as a result of the Owens River aqueduct and ultimately led Owens Valley to sue the city of Los Angeles






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






48. Feature of California's constitutuion that alllows a statute or amendment that has passed the stae legislature which has then placed the proposed law on the ballot for approval by the electorate






49. 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






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