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CSET U.S And California History

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






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






3. More restrictive legislation towards Japanese and that they were inelgible for citizenship and could not own land






4. State that was a colony established for Catholics so they could escape religious persecution






5. Native American empire with stepped pyramids - utilized multiple calendars - and possessede extensive astronomical knowledge






6. 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






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






8. 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






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






10. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Conduct elections - ratify amendments to constitution - issue licenses - regulate intrastate (within state) to business - establish local governments - take measures for public health and safety - any other powers that the Constitution does not reser






18. Act passed by British to prevent colonial town meetings






19. People who took land from the original Californios






20. Opened in 1914 and extends international links






21. 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






22. Spanish explorer who settled on a Carribbean island but found hismself in debt and wound up relocating on the east coast of what is now Panama - he spied the Pacific Ocean in 1513






23. Immigrant group that had already moved to Hawaii






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






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






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






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






28. The first battle of the Civil War. Seccessionists fire on the remaining Union sronghold in the South.






29. Lincoln's vice president became president






30. 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






31. 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






32. Compact used to colonize New Hampshire






33. 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






34. The first settlers to arrive in Massachusetts. It was a religious group that fled Englandfor religious persecution in 1620






35. 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






36. War in which Spain relinquished its North American claims east of the Mississippi River






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






38. 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






39. The central agricultural area of California






40. Facilities that the Spanish used to turned to the Indians to establish agricultural fields and learned Christianity. natives also were exposed to disease that they don't have immunity to. Also - brought olive trees and orange trees and introduced whe






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Spanish conquerers of Central nand South America






49. 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






50. 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