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CSET U.S And California History

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






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






3. Southeatern California native american tribes






4. People who took land from the original Californios






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






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






7. 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






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






9. Spanish conquistador who captured the last Mayan city






10. 1500: Cabral - Brazil






11. Further tightened taxation and regulatory noose






12. Twice the population - strong navy - banking system and factories - Union industries were producing ammunition and goods - driven black soldiers fighting for the freedom of their families






13. Forced colonists to provide housing to British soldiers






14. Addition of new territories would decide if they were going to be slave or non - slave owning states






15. The idea that various immigrants cultural differences were minimized and assimilated together






16. Developed in 880 AD in the Mississippi and built large religious mound structures






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






18. 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






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






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






21. sawmill owner whose employee John Marshall discovered discover gold in the Sierra Nevada foothills






22. French explorer who explored Canada to find the Northwest Passage - river routes that would take explorers through North America






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






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






25. In the U.S. constitution - it makes the laws






26. (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






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






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






29. 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






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

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31. 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






32. Mexican leader who closes the missions down except for the churches






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






34. 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






35. 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






36. Monopoly also called 'an octopus'






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






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






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






40. (Mnemonic: Fat babies love to piss - **** - yell.) Fort Ticonderoga - Bunker Hill - Long Island - Trenton - Princeton - Saratoga - Yorktown






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






42. Visor general to New Spain urges kinig that they should settle California before the English or russians took over it - two expeditions went by sea and two expeditions went by land






43. 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






44. The foothills at the base of the Appalachian mountains - In the eastern region of the United States






45. Where the British were defeated and led to expansion of battle from Canada and New York






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






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






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






49. 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






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







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