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CSET U.S And California History
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1. Raised theflag near Monterey and then retreated from the area - started the Mexican Americna War

2. 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

3. 1609: Hudson - New Netherlands (New York)

4. MesoAmerican tribe that preceded the Aztecs but followed from the Mayans

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

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

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

8. Visor general to New Spain urges kinig that they should settle California before the English or russians took over it - two expeditions went by sea and two expeditions went by land

9. The lowest point in California

10. The first declaration of self - government in the New World

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

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

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

14. A Quaker who received land to estsablish Pennsylvania as the first Enlightenment - inspired government entity and abolished slavery

15. Native American empire with stepped pyramids - utilized multiple calendars - and possessede extensive astronomical knowledge

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

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

18. A major food staple of California native American tribes

19. Repealed the Chinese Exclusion Act

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

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 Prohibited the immigration of Chinese - not repealed until World War II

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

23. 1492: Columbus - West Indies and Bahamas -1513: Balboa - Panama -1519: Cortes - Mexico -1532: Pizarro - Peru

24. An Atlantic warm - water current that warms the East Coast in winter and is responsible for excellent fishing

25. Established immigration quotas by eastern and western hemispheres rather than by county. Immigrants were brought in based on skills - need for family reunification - or status as poltical or economic refugees. Led to floods of immigrants came from As