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| A Man-Made channel constructed to convey water from one location to the other |
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| A brief attempt at the beginning of the Mexican-American War to establish an independent California Republic |
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The code of the knights in feudal Japan
Equivalent of chivalry in Europe |
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A "Sacred expedition"
21 Missions- spaced 1 day's travel apart along El Camino Real (The Royal Road)
New Spain wanted to settle California before the English/Russians did |
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Residents of the rancho system in CA just before Mexican-American War
Mexican citizens who identified themselves more so as Californios than as Mexicans |
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Economic system regulated by the state
Encourages the accumulation of wealth/property by individuals |
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| Social class based on differences of wealth, inherited rank or privilege, profession or occupation |
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| Central Valley Project (CVP) |
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Federal water project
undertaken by the Bureau of Reclamation in 1935
Long term plan to effectively use water in CA's Central Valley |
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Written into Constitution
cornerstones of our republic
involves all 3 branches of government
allows each branch to work as watchdog over others |
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| to sail completely around the Earth |
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The first known written legal code
from ancient Babylon
preceded Justinian Code by 2,000 years |
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Economic system
State controls the means of production and distributes the profits |
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Spanish explorers
Sought riches in Central & South America
Established colonies along the way |
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Japanese Feudal lord
(Equivalent of Lord in Europe) |
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| Democratic-Republican Party |
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one of the first 2 political parties in USA
Led by Thomas Jefferson & James Madison
Opposed Federalist Party
In favor of Individual rights
Anti big government |
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| Social science dealing with the production, distribution & consumption of goods & services |
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| Emancipation proclamation |
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Lincoln
1863
Freed all slaves in regions still fighting against the Union |
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oversees that the country's laws are executed
President
FBI, US Marshalls |
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System of gov
Consists of a number of self-governing regions (states)
United by a central (federal) government
ex: USA |
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Series of articles
Alexander Hamilton
1787
James Madison & John Jay gain suppost for the then-proposed Constitution |
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Social, economic & political system in which power is decentralized
varying # of lords hold land which they allow others to live and work in exchange for loyalty and service
Medieval Europe |
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| Land held by lords under the feudal system |
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nickname for the influx of people that arrived in CA
starting in 1849
Gold Rush |
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Political Party
pre-Civil War
small but influential
Opposed extension of slavery into western territories |
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1907 treaty with Japan
allowed wives to join their husbands that were already in the USA
In return, Japan couldn't deny exit visas for Japanese men that wanted to move to USA |
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| religious revival in the colonies in first part of 1700s |
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Decision made by Constitutional Congress
Split Congress into two houses
House of Representatives- based on population (Virginia Plan)
Senate- based on equal representation (New Jersey plan) |
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| Hunter/gatherer societies |
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Early socity
men hunted meat
women gathered fruits/veggies/nuts |
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process that gives individual citizens/groups of citizens the power to put a proposed law on the ballot
California Propositions |
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Intolerable Acts
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british reaction to Boston Tea Party
Put more rigid restrictions on colonial town meetings & other harsh penatlies |
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Branch of gov that interprets Congressional Laws
(Supreme Court) |
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| basis for the justice systems used in Western World (including USA) |
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| Est. to settle disputed between Californios' land claims during 1st few years of statehood |
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| basic economic principle stating that if supply is greater than demand, the value of a product is lower |
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Makes the Congressional Laws
Congress |
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1803
Thomas Jefferson
doubled the USA's territory |
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1845 phrase
USA should expand to Pacific Ocean
Best Ex: Mexican American War |
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| Practice of state regulation and control of an economy |
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1820 Law
Compromise that made it so that no other state north of the Mason Dixie line (except Missouri) that was added to the union could be a slave state |
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Right that the southern states felt they had after the Missouri Compromise
Thought they had the right to refuse to agree with Federal laws they didn't agree with |
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Nickname for the Central Pacific Railroad's monopoly over CA's commerce
Early 1900s |
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Religious group who had broken away from the church of England,
1st went to Holland
then went to Mass. in fall of 1620 |
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Forts built by Spanish
Protects the missionaries and settlers during revolts by Native Americans |
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towns around the CA missions
built around a church and a town square |
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| A land allotment system defined by a few large landowners & many landless workers |
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| Mechanism for ending an elected official's tenure before its scheduled completion |
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Time period after civil war
Lincoln hoped to reconcile the North and South
Johnson's plans for reconstitution failed b/c he was too lenient on south (only req. 10% of southerners to declare loyalty to the union for the state to reenter) |
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| statute/amendment that has passed the state legislature, then put on ballot for approval by electorate |
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Belief that you are reborn as another organism
Hinduism |
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| Japanese internment camps during WWII |
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French word for "rebirth"
Flowering of European culture after Medieval period |
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| southern states leaving the union |
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| reasoning for segregation of blacks and whites |
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| peasants who work on land in feudal system |
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Feudal Japan
Equivalent of European King |
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| Econ system workers control the means of production and share the profits of their labor |
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Created by President Johnson (Lincoln's VP)
Southern state could be readmitted to the union if 10% of those that voted in 1860 election vowed loyalty to the Union |
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slaves count as 3/5 of person
Written into Original constitution regarding population counts |
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