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CSET U.S And California History

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






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






3. Discovered in 1853- mineres would use powerful hoses to shoot water at the hillsides to wash away the soil and findthe gold - damaged environment and killed fish






4. 1776 Written by Thomas Jefferson - Based on the ideas of English Enlightenment philosopher John Locke - In Locke's 'Second Treatise of Civil Government' (1690) - he set forth basic ideas embodied in the Declaration of Independence.






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






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






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






8. Native American group who inhabited the Southwest after the Anasazi people and built extensive adobe cities






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






10. 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






11. 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






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






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






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






15. 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)






16. U.S. Act that helped reduce instances of religious descrimination






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






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






19. A new group of immigrants that swelled in the midwestern and eastern cities. They lived in sseperate neighborhoods known as ghettos






20. A major food staple of California native American tribes






21. Raised theflag near Monterey and then retreated from the area - started the Mexican Americna War






22. Repealed the Chinese Exclusion Act






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






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






25. Immigrant group that had already moved to Hawaii






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






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. The major Union battle victory in 1863 that led to The Gettysberg Address - Lincoln's declaration that the Union will not be divided






29. America's new settlers transplanted long - standing traditions of England's government - with the first important steps taken by the earliest colonies of Plymouth (Massachusetts) and Virginia. - All of England's colonies based their goverming systems






30. The first settlers to arrive in Massachusetts. It was a religious group that fled Englandfor religious persecution in 1620






31. Spanish explorer who settled on a Carribbean island but found hismself in debt and wound up relocating on the east coast of what is now Panama - he spied the Pacific Ocean in 1513






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






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






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






35. 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






36. Ultiimately defeated General Pico and re - captured Los Angeles in 1847 - ending the Mexican American war






37. Year that California faces largest budget deficit






38. Authored by Thomas Jefferson and focused on the declaration of 'life - liberty - and pursuit of happiness'






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






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






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






42. 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






43. During Great Depression - the Shasta Dam was built to bring water from the north to meet the farming needs of the South - the CVP was never completed - drained marshalnds and enviromnmental activists were successful at preventing the damming of the A






44. Powers explicitly mentioned in Constitution were fedreal powers

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






46. Period in 1930s when a severe drought hit hte midwest and forced 350000 people to leave theier farms and lsot jobsand come to California






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






48. An effort to establish an indepndent California republic






49. Industry in California employs more thtan 500000 people mostly in Hollywood






50. Acquittal of police officers in this man's case in 1992 led to a major riot that called for economic and political opportunity for minorities. federal guilty verdict reduces the racial tension