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CSET U.S And California History

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1. Amendment that abolished slavery throughout the United States






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






3. publicized the gold discovery and bought every shovel - pick axe and pan in the region and made much money






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






5. 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






6. 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






7. Year that California faces largest budget deficit






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






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






10. 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






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






12. Lincoln's vice president became president






13. State founded in 1733 as a buffer against Spain to Florida. It was the last of the 13 colonies established






14. 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






15. French explorer who mapped the coastline from cape Cod to Nova Scotia - explored Great Lakes and founded Montreal






16. 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






17. Gave southerneers a stronger fugitive slave law and popular sovereignty (territories would have the right to decide for themselves whether or not they wanted to adopt slavery on their borders) over newly conquered Mexico areas in exchange for Califor






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






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






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






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






22. Group who explored south of Alaska for fur trade - establish Fort Ross in San Francisco as a trading post






23. The two major deserts in California






24. 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






25. The immigration group that helped build the railroads later settled in San Francisco. They took low wage jobs and later became small business entrepreneurs






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






27. Farm worker advocates who founded the United Farm Workers Union in 1962






28. Established processes for amendment that required 3/4 approval of the states and 2/3 of each house of Congress






29. In the U.S. constitution - it interpets the laws






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






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






32. 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






33. Southern California native american tribes






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






35. Acknowledged the tension between the economic and political status of minorities






36. 1500: Cabral - Brazil






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






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






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






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






41. Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe about a heroic slave - further spurred the need for slaves to be free

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






43. 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






44. 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






45. Immigrant group that had already moved to Hawaii






46. One of the first U.S. political parties. It was led by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. They stood up for more for individual rights and 'strict construction.' They opposed industrialization and didn't think bank was a good idea. They later evolve






47. 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






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






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






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