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CSET U.S And California History

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






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






3. 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






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






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






6. 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






7. Area around California that is largest producer of electronics






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






9. Immigrant group that joined Irish on the Gold Rush and railroad construction - opened businesses and were envied by others






10. Southern California native american tribes






11. State founded in 1733 as a buffer against Spain to Florida. It was the last of the 13 colonies established






12. 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






13. Feature of California's constitution that gives individual citizens - citizen groups the power to placea proposed law on the ballot. Supporers must collect signatures equal to a small percengage of the electorate that votes in the most recent guberna






14. Ended the Mexican American War and brought California - Arizona - New Mesxico - Nevada - Utah - Colorado and Wyoming into the mix






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

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






17. West Point graduates and used to handling firearms and driven






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






19. 1492: Columbus - West Indies and Bahamas -1513: Balboa - Panama -1519: Cortes - Mexico -1532: Pizarro - Peru






20. 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






21. Northern California Indian tribes






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Central California native American tribes






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






31. 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






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






33. 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






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






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






36. One of the first American political parties. It was led by Alexander Hamilton - John Adams and John Jay. They beleived in strong central government and loose construction. They wanted to create a national bank and use government funds to support indu






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






38. 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






39. people from the eastern United States who came to California to saerch for gold. Were not so lucky about finding gold because the route to California was difficult and dangerous whether by land or by sea






40. 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.






41. 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






42. English explorer who sailed up the California coast to the pacific Northwest






43. An act signed by President Lincoln to create a railroad that would go all the way across the continent - provided loans to the Central Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad so that theycould build the transcontiental railroad






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






45. 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






46. Spanish conquistador who settled in Panama in 1520 - became governor of Peru and conquered the Inca empire based there






47. The first battle of the Civil War. Seccessionists fire on the remaining Union sronghold in the South.






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






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






50. 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