Places
The first Spanish landing in California, marked by Juan Cabrillo, was made at
Where is San Diego or San Miguel?
A popular vote to remove an elected official is called a(n)
What is a recall?
Style of architecture characteristic and represents the community that Spanish had in relation to the Indians
What is Spanish mission?
Early advocate for the preservation of wilderness in the United States of America, especially Yosemite.
Who is John Muir?
Who is Junipero Serra and Gaspar de Portola?
Final spot where the two railroads met marking completion of the Transcontinental Railroad
Where is Promontory Point, Utah?
Act that prohibited all immigration of Chinese laborers
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882?
A fortified military settlement as part of the mission
What is Presidio?
Led the nation into the Mexican-American War (1846-48), in which the United States acquired California
Who is James K. Polk?
The term used to refer to an Indian converted to Christianity
What is a neophyte?
Route from Philippines to California
Where is Manilla Galleon?
The secularization law directing the closure of the California missions was passed by the Congress of Mexico
What is the Mexican Decree of 1833?
Derogatory term used to characterize the Native Californians
What is "digger" stereotype?
Who is Leland Stanford?
California’s most important export in the 1870s and 1880s was
What is wheat?
Disputed territory that sparked the Mexican American war
Where is the Nueces River (Mexican claim) or the Rio Grande (U.S. claim)?
Act authorizing a railroad to be built from Missouri to the Pacific Ocean for military and other purposes
What is the Pacific Railway Act of 1862?
A major environmental manipulation tool used for many purposes, including helping to control underbrush, attract game, and maximize growth of large trees
What is controlled burning?
Leading American progressive and served as 23rd Governor of California, influenced by Lincoln-Roosevelt League
Who is Hiram Johnson
What is a form of mining that uses high-pressure jets of water to dislodge rock material or move sediment?
What is Hydraulic mining?
John Sutter discovered gold in what area?
Where is Coloma in American River, California?
In 1913, candidate can run in the primary election of not only his own party, but also that of one or more other parties, generally in the hope of reducing or eliminating his competition at the general election
What is Cross Filing?
System adapted from the irrigation methods of agriculturalists that utilized fertile mud left by the annual spring flooding of the Colorado River
What is Floodplain farming?
American explorer who took control of California from the California Republic in 1846.
Who is John C. Fremont?
Neophyte turned into Indian Warrior against the Spanish mission by rallying various tribes
What is the Estanislao’s Rebellion?