California History

Native Americans

California was home to more who than any other region in the U.S.?

acorns

What were California’s Indians primary source fo food?

polytheistic

What culture were the Native ameircans?

spread Christianity to the Native ppl, use the native ppl as free labor for agriculture

The Spanish came to the Americas and establish a system of Missions the reason was two folds?

the mission,Native Americans didn’t want to engage

What was there growing criticism of and why?

private land owners, rancheros class

Once the Mexican’s won the War against Spain they wanted to abolish that Mission system and transfer it whom, who supported the government or were influential for one reason or another and what were they called?

a little town

What is pueblos?

a fort/ jail

What is presidios?

Mexican province, Mexico

In 1822 California became a, after who won its independence from Spain?

Manuel Victoria

Mexico sent a series of governors to California including who who ruled with a strong hand?

Mexico was too far removed from them

Many Californians felt that Mexico was what and exerted influence and wasn’t entrusted in their concerns and understand their lives and not able to represent them.

rebells

There were groups of who that were against having their affairs dictated by outsiders one who was called Pio Pico.

Mexico, Mexican American war

In 1846 the U.S. declared a war on who which was called?

border disputes

What was the main reason for the Mexican American war?

gave control of CA, and other surrounding regions to the U.S.

After the U.S. defeated Mexico and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo did what?

Sutters Mill CA

Where did they first discover gold?

abolitionist

Since CA was a free slave state, during the gold rush when CA population grew it gave more power in congress to who?

CA being a free state

What helped accelerate the country towards the civil war?

governor has line item veto

What is the one difference that the CA and the U.S. constitution have?

The Gold Rush

What important wave of immigration brought Ca population from 15 to 300 thousand?

CA land boom of the 1880’s

What important wave of immigration, where the homestead system tried to attract ppl to Ca, to try to start certain kinds of businesses, in particular agricultural?

The Great Depression

What important wave of immigration was there a dust bowl in places that grew crops so they moved to CA to find jobs for agricultural not enough to go around was called?

reforms to the U.S. immigration laws

What important wave of immigration in 1965 repelled a lot of the racist law that were excluding ppl from immigrating to the U.S. in particular excluded Asian ppl chose CA a lot of opportunity?

mining, agriculture, entertainment, electronics, aerospace, industrial trade, recreation

What are some major industries in California?

climate

What was one important reason they chose L.A. for entertainment industry?

L.A. to Asia

What is the single busiest trade route in the world?

CA Aqueduct

What is the biggest source of water to southern CA, from the north to the south?