California Government and Politics Unit-Finished
California Government and Politics Unit-Finished
California Government and Politics Unit-Finished
Chapter 1:
Describe California’s diversity with attention to lands, regions, resources, people, and
economy.
California’s length covers the distance between New York City and Jacksonville, Florida.
California is the third largest state in square miles and supports a rich variety of terrain.
Northern California is know for their wineries, the redwoods, heavy water consuming crops
and mountain resorts such as Lake Tahoe. Southern California is mainly identified with its
arm days, and wide beaches. California’s most important resource is it’s water. The ethnic
and geographic diversity of today’s California is astounding. Their population is growing at
a rate of 1,400 per day.
Chapter 2:
Mexico, Spanish, have ruled California. The 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo concluded
the war, ceded California to the United States. 1849 Constitution and the gold rush were a
few of the main contributions to modern California.
Chapter 3:
1. How many words are in the California constitution? How many times has it
been amended?
2. The original California constitution was written in 1849. When was the 2nd
constitution written?
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7. In 2000, how much more tax revenue did California send to the Federal
Government than it received in Federal spending?
In 2000 the state sent a record $30 billion more to Washington in taxes than it
received in federal spending.
Chapter 4:
The consequences were dire. Local governments, counties and school districts
became increasingly dependent on state “bailouts”. The property tax was to only grow by
2 percent per year. It also made it increasingly difficult to raise most taxes.
Describe two ways that the Initiative has been abused in California.
1) Encourage local officials to approve land use projects that generated sales taxes not
controlled by prop 13.
People must gather signatures equal to 12 percent of the votes cast in the previous
election.
Chapter 5:
35% Liberal, 27% Liberal Democrat, 25% Conservative Republican, 4% Jewish, 33%
White women
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Chapter 9:
Describe how since 1972, California has flip-flopped on the death penalty.
Chapter 10:
Mono, Inyo, Plumas, Lassen, Modoc, Shasta, Tehama, Butte, Glenn, Yuba, Stanislaus,
Mariposa, Tuolumne, Madera, Kern