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CSET U.S And California History

Subjects : cset, history
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1. In the U.S. constitution - it enforces laws






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






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






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






6. Led by Southern Carolina and the election of abolitionist ally Abraham Lincoln in 1880 - the slave states decided that they had the right to leave the Union if they wanted to in 1880






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






8. Caused from multiple Spanish invasions - economic wars between divided tribes






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






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






11. Repealed the Chinese Exclusion Act






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






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






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






15. Powers explicitly mentioned in Constitution were fedreal powers

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16. 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






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






18. Spanish explorer who found Monterey Bay






19. Another religious group that arrived to Massachusetts Bay in 1629. They had a covenant with God to build 'a city on a hill'






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






21. 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






22. Year that California faces largest budget deficit






23. One of the first American political parties. It was led by Alexander Hamilton - John Adams and John Jay. They beleived in strong central government and loose construction. They wanted to create a national bank and use government funds to support indu






24. (Mnemonic: Very many nice men came running down North Street - not needing police guards.) 1. Virginia 2. Massachusetts 3. New Hampshire 4. Maryland 5. Connecticut 6. Rhode Island 7. Delaware 8. North Carolina 9. South Carolina 10. New Jersey 11. New






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






26. 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






27. Written by John Jay - Alexander Hamilton and James Madison about the need of a strong federal government






28. The year that California becomes the 31st state in the Union thanks to a compromise over slavery






29. 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






30. Union created blockade of Southern ports and Confederate cotton rotted on the docks






31. (Mnemonic: Fun farmers always grow vegetables - specifically beets.) - Fort Sumter - First Battle of Bull Run - Antietam - Gettysburg - Vicksburg - Sherman's March to the Sea - Battle of Appomattox Courthouse






32. 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






33. Treaty with Japan in 1907 that allowed wives to join theier husbands in the U.S. if the Japanese deny exit visas to any men wishing to emigrate to the United States - led to the picture brides who married Japanese men who they had never met

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34. 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






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






36. The priimary entry point for the immigrants from Asia






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






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






39. 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






40. Monopoly also called 'an octopus'






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






42. 10 amendments in the U.S. Constitution that ensured that individuals and states would not suffer from excessive and arbitrary federal power






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






44. 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






45. Industry started in California during WWII and based in the Los Angeles - including Long Beach






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






47. Area around California that is largest producer of electronics






48. 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






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






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