4th California
What was the San Francisco Earthquake?
7.9 Magnitude
Destroyed 80% of SF
First framework for the government
People migrated to California
What is the Bill of Rights?
First ten ammendments in the Constitution
The Silk Road was a network of trade routes connecting which two major regions?
China and Mediteranean. Greece, etc.
What were the California Reforms?
Big Business
Food Inspection
Womens Suffrage
Why did the Continental Congress give power to the states?
To avoid a dictatorship, no monarchy
How did World War 2 affect California?
Created more jobs
The government should serve its people
Who was the last pharaoh of ancient Egypt?
Cleopatra
What was the Women's Suffrage movement?
Women the right to vote. Equal Rights.
What kind of government did the founding fathers want to create?
Democratic Republic.
What is manufacturing?
Mass production, uses raw materials
What does the legislative branch do?
Make laws.
What was the name of the ship on which Charles Darwin sailed during his voyage to the Galapagos Islands?
HMS Beagle
What was the Dust Bowl?
Farming issues in the middle of the Country, Dust, bad farming techniques
What was Shays rebellion?
Farmers in Massachusetts being unfairly taxed, land seized, fought back
What were the Japanese Internment Camps
Holding spaces for Japanese Americans, and other Asian Americans
What does the executive branch do?
Enforce laws
Which ancient civilization is credited with the invention of the wheel?
Sumerians
What was the Great Depression?
Stock Market crash, loss of jobs
What two plans became the Great Compromise?
Virginia Plan, New Jersey Plan
What is a drought?
What does the Judicial branch do?
Interpret laws.
Which event in 1066 marked the Norman conquest of England?
Battle of Hastings