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CSET U.S And California History

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1. Northern California Indian tribes






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






3. California industry that counts for 13 percent of gross domestic product and includes the state's theeme parks and urban centers - inlcuidng national wonders






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






5. 1607: Virginia Co. - Jamestown (Virginia)






6. 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






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






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






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






10. The Modoc tribe of Northern California tried to take their land by force - the tribe lost and was forced to a reservation in Oregon and their leader was hanged






11. California governor election promises to break Southern Pacific's grip on the state - won and passed many progressive goals






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






13. 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






14. The number one resource that California is quickly running out of with its ever growing population






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






16. Broad interpretation of the Constitution






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






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






19. 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






20. The land between the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada






21. An era fueled by availabliity of a cheap labor pool in the form of recent immigrants. Newly built factories attracted even more immigrants to the states






22. Biggest immigrant group from 1850 to 1900. They successfully developed farms in the Midwest and skilled trades in larger cities.






23. War fought between America and Britain and it was caused by violations of U.S. neutrality and impressment of U.S. sailors. Victory led to national pride - self - sufficiency - and foreign credibility






24. Several preachers started to speak of Christian salvation as something under control of individual - challenged traditional perceptions of Christianity to focus of individual salvation






25. Drains the interior of the United States






26. Etsablished and was nativist - anti - Chinese - and anti - big business

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






28. 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






29. A mechanism of California's constitutuion to end an elected official's tenure in office before itw as scheduled for completition. It is initiated by a citizen and requires the signatures of a percentage of the number voting in the last gubernatorial






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






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






32. 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






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






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






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






36. An effort to establish an indepndent California republic






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






38. An act in 1882 that barred immigration of Chiense laborers and gave immigration officals the ability to define what a laborer is - Chinese wives also forbidden to rejoin their husbands and Chiense were ineligible for citizenship






39. A major food staple of California native American tribes






40. Prohibited the immigration of Chinese - not repealed until World War II






41. 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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42. (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






43. A tax placed on legal documents including newspapers - led to the establishment of the Stamp Act Congress - first assembly of colonialists against British regulation






44. 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






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






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






47. 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






48. The wind west of the Appalachians - An importance influence on climate: In the winter - cold air from the northwest produces freezing temperatures - In the summer - warm - moist southwesterly winds cause hot - humid weather






49. 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






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







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