California History Flashcards
Native Americans in California relied _______as a staple food source because of the prevelence of ______.
acorns
Oak Trees.
The population of California pre European was the ______ on the continent.
Highest.
Sweat Lodges were only for _____.
Men
Because of the _______ to the East and vast _______ in the South, the Natives of California remained relatively isolated for much of their history.
Seirra Nevadas, Deserts
The _______ linked up California’s Mission System.
El Camino Real
Vandelizing, thieving Spanish barbarians invaded _______ looking for legendary _________ with _____ weapons.
Californa, Woman with golden weapons.
Cabrillo discovered San Diego Bay, Santa Barbara Island, Point Conception and Point Reyes over a 1542-43 expedition while searching for a ________.
Water route between the Atlantic and Pacific.
The English Explorer ________ sailed up the _____ coast in 1579, claiming the area for England. This prompted Spain to _________, though
Drake, California coast, quickly colonize California, though they didn’t really do anything with it for about a hundred years
By 1800, ________ excursions were extending south along the California coast because of interest in ____.
Russian, fur.
The _________ of 1823 sought to restrict European colonization of the Americas.
Monroe
The Monroe doctrice in ______ sought to…..
1823, restrict European Colonization of the Americas.
North of San Francisco Bay, the Russians established a trading post called _____.
Fort Ross.
The Spanish grew nervous with Russian, British and American encroachments on California and established _______ (military forts) anmd _______ (Small settlements) in the valley around _______.
presidios and pueblos, San Francisco Bay.
The Monoroe Doctrine
A policy of the United States which restricted European colonization of the Americas
Mexico gained independence from Spain in _____.
1821
The Bear Flag Revolt was a movement launched in _______, which sought to _______. It’s goal was changed upon learning _________, after which it ______.
1846, seeking to make California into a Independent Republic (like Texas had been.
Goal changed after learning the USA had went to war with Mexico, after which it linked up with John C Freemon and made the California Battalion, fighting to be incorperated by the United States.
The discovery of _____ by James W Marshall resulted in an explosion of _____ in California.
Gold, Population.
Transcontinental Railroad is completed in
1869
The Union Pacific in the ____ was built mostly by ______ while the Central Pacific was built mostly by _____ in the ______.
East, Irish
West, Chinese
The railroad industry was dominated by Hopkin, Crocker, Huntington, and Standford, called the ______, they _______ the industry, enriching themselves with the use of _______.
Big Four, Monopolized the Industry, Government Land grants and favorable loans.
The 1870s saw a _____ in California brought on by ______, _______, and ________.
Depression
Railroad abuses, restrictions on water rights by land monopolies, and the collapse of the Bank of California in 1975.
The Chinese Exclusion act was passed in _____ because of a…
1882, The economic boom bust system which was instigated by railroad and other big business interest. They used tactics that flood the area with cheap labor, then when it is no longer necessary, let the poor whites turn anger on the Chinese that big business is instrumental in bringing in.
California has a history of disciminatory policies targeting both ______ and ______.
Chinese and Native Americans.
Hiram Johnson was a _______ who drastically _______, with amendments like ______, _______and the _______.
Progressive Governor of California Elected in 1910
Expanded the California Constitution with new amendments.
Woman sufferage, railroad commission, and the Initiate, referendum, and recall.
The Alien Land Laws…..
Prohibited land ownership/leasing to people not eligible for citizenship (The Japanese according to federal law).
An Anarchist bombing in ____ weakened the ____ movement.
Los Angelas, Labor
California at the turn of the century saw a division between _____ and _____.
Northern and Southern.
The turn of the century in California saw economic expansion in _______, ______ and _____.
Oil, Agriculture and Entertainment.
The completion of the ______ in 1914 had an economic impact on California by ______.
Panama Canal, Shortening shipping routes for California goods.
Political Elites of California lived in the _____ while most expansion was happening in the _____.
North, South
