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CSET U.S And California History

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1. A tax placed on legal documents including newspapers - led to the establishment of the Stamp Act Congress - first assembly of colonialists against British regulation






2. Reeds used by central California native Americans to build homes






3. 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






4. 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






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






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






7. Year that California faces largest budget deficit






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






9. 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






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






11. Caused from multiple Spanish invasions - economic wars between divided tribes






12. The crest of the Rocky Mountains - Rivers that begin east of it flow toward the Atlantic Ocean - Western rivers flow toward the Pacific Ocean






13. A major mountain range in California






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






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






16. Central California native American tribes






17. Powers explicitly mentioned in Constitution were fedreal powers

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18. System of land distribution in which there were very few wealthy land owners and many landless workers






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






20. Compact used to colonize New Hampshire






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






22. 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






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






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






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






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






27. 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






28. The land between the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada






29. 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






30. Established states of Nebraska and Kansas with popular sovereignty but motivated Northerneres to protest against slavery because it was pandering to the South






31. 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






32. Tax that is placed on tea and led to the Boston Tea Party - colonialists dressed up as Indians and dumped tea from aboard British ships into Boston harbor






33. Southeatern California native american tribes






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






35. 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






36. 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






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






38. 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






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






40. 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






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






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






43. Dutch East India Company explorer who found New York and the mouth of the Hudson River






44. Gen. Robert E. Lee surrenders in 1865 and ends the civil war






45. 1608: de Champlain - Canada (Quebec) -1682: La Salle - Louisiana






46. State established in 1638 by a delegation to establish a Swedish colony






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






48. The camps that Japanese peopel were rounded to in WWII






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






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