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CSET U.S And California History

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






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






3. Final battle of the Revolutionary war. British stronghold falls in 1781 and George Washington captures British general Lord cornwallis






4. 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






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






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






7. Act passed by British to prevent colonial town meetings






8. The first conquistador and defeated the Aztec Empire in 1521 after they saw his arrival as a divine arrival of a god and let him into their empire






9. 1492: Columbus - West Indies and Bahamas -1513: Balboa - Panama -1519: Cortes - Mexico -1532: Pizarro - Peru






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






11. (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






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






13. Launched the Revolutionary War - British general ordered destruction of citizens growing number of guns and ammunition - colonialists defended their supplies






14. Further tightened taxation and regulatory noose






15. 1860 mailing service that carried mail in ten days from Missouri to California - went out of business in 1861 when the first telegraph was completed






16. In the eastern region of the United States






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






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






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

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20. Spanish conquistador's search of the Seven Cities of Cibola led to Spanish exploration of the Baja Peninsula






21. Major issue that was disputed by population (Virginia Plan) vs. equal representation (the Connecticut Plan)






22. Extends along the coast from New Jersey to Texas and is generally low land






23. 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






24. Spanish forts that were built for missionaries and settlers to hide in when Indians revolted






25. 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






26. 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






27. 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






28. 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






29. The founder of the San Diego mission - the first of the 21 original Spanish Catholic missions in California - later established seven missions on the El Camino Real (The Royal Road)






30. Economic opportunity - freedom of religion and expresion - and adventure






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






32. The lowest point in California






33. The priimary entry point for the immigrants from Asia






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






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






36. 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






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






38. 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






39. Material that led to California to be populated by 40000 miners from all over the United States






40. Migrants who came to California during the Dust Bowl and followed crops from farm to farm






41. 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






42. 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






43. Spanish explorer who found Monterey Bay






44. The central agricultural area of California






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






46. Native American empire that ruled from capital of Tenochtitlan in central Mexico. They had mulltiple calendars - system of writing and economy dependent on tribute. Also focused on worship of a sun god and human sacrifice






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






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






49. Spanish explorer who sailed to Pacific coast to find fabled Northwest Passage - wound up in San Francisco Bay and called the territory Alta California






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