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| A man made channel constructed to make water flow from one place to another |
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| A brief attempt at the beginning of the Mexican-American War to establish an California republic |
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| The code of knights in Feudal Japan, the = of chivalry in Europe |
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| California's Mission System |
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| A " sacred expedition" in which twenty one Spanish Catholic missions were established. |
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| Residents of the rancho system. |
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| An economic system regulated by the state that encourages the accumulation of wealth and property by individuals |
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| A division of society based on differences of wealth,inherited rank or privilege, profession or occupation |
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| (CVP) A federal water project undertaken by the Bureau of Reclamation in 1935 as a long term plan to effectively use water in california central valley |
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| written into the constitution, this concept is one of the cornerstones of our republic, encompassin three 3 branches of Government and a system for them to act as a watchdog for others |
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| to sail completely around the earth |
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| The first known legal code, developed by the in Ancient Babylon, predated the Justinian Code by 2,000 years |
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| an economic system in which states control means of production and distributes the profits |
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| Spanish Explorers that sought riches in Central and South America, establishing colonies along the way |
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| Democratic-Republican party |
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| One of the first two political parties in the United States, led by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison:opposed the Federalist party and was strong in favor of individual rights |
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| A social science dealing with the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services |
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| Emancipation Proclamation |
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| A proclamation made by President Lincoln in 1863 freeing all the slaves in the region still fighting against the Union |
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| A branch of the system of checks and balances that sees that the country's laws are executed |
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| A system of govt. consisting of a number of self governing regions (states) united by a central govt. |
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| A series of articles written in 1787 by Alexander Hamilton, James MAdison and John Jay to gain supoort for the then propsed Constitution |
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| A social economic, and political system in which power is decentralized and a varying number of lords hold the land on which they allow others to live and work in return for loyalty and service |
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| Land held by lords under the feudal system |
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| Nickname for gold miners or influx of people arrived in California in 1849 in search of gold |
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| A minor but influential political party in the pre-Civil War period that opposed the extension of slavery in the western territories |
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| A 1907 treaty with Japnthat allowed wives to to join their husbands on the U.S. on the condition that the Japanese govt. deny visas to any men wishing to emigrate to the states |
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| A religious revival in the colonies during the first part of the 18th century |
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| A decision made by the Constitutional Congress splitting the COngress into 2 houses, one based on population (House of Representatives) and the second based on = representation (the Senate) |
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| A early society in which men hunted for meat and women gathered readily available food |
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| A process that gives individual citizens, the power to place a proposed law on a ballot |
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| Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts) |
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| Bristish reaction to the Boston Tea Party, including more rigid restrictions on colonial meetings and other harsh penalities. Sugar Act,Stamp Act |
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| A branch of the system of checks and balances the interprets Congressional laws |
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| Considered the basis for the justice systems in use throughout much of the western world, including the United States |
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| Established to settle the Californio's land claims during the first few years of California's statehood |
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| A basic economic principle stating if supply is greater than demand, the value of the product is lower, if demand is higher than supply than the value is higher |
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| A branch of system of checks and balances that makes Congressional laws |
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| 1803 purchase made by President Thomas Jefferson that essentailly doubled the United States territory |
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