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CSET U.S And California History

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1. A major food staple of California native American tribes






2. Spanish conquistador who captured the last Mayan city






3. Northern California Indian tribes






4. Act passed by British to prevent colonial town meetings






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






6. Southeatern California native american tribes






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. 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






9. Construction began in 1863 and completed in 1869- done by mostly Chinese and Irish immigrants - met at Promontoary Point in utah






10. 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






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






12. Immigrant group that crossed California's border. The border remains easily crossed even though there is a frequent loss of life






13. 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






14. 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






15. War fought between U.S. and Mexico to gain more territory in the Southwest






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






17. Opened in 1914 and extends international links






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 Prohibited the immigration of Chinese - not repealed until World War II






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






20. 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






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






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






23. Further tightened taxation and regulatory noose






24. State that was a colony established for Catholics so they could escape religious persecution






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






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






27. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. 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






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






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






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






38. Called in 1787 to reform the Articles of Confederation






39. Powers explicitly mentioned in Constitution were fedreal powers

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40. 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






41. Completes the rest of the Spanish missions following Junipero Serra's death






42. Acquired from Great Britain in 1846






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






44. From Spain - Portugal - Britain - France and the Netherlands






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






46. More restrictive legislation towards Japanese and that they were inelgible for citizenship and could not own land






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






48. Made in 1803 by President Thoomas Jefferson and led to the acquisition of the territory west of the existing United States






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






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