AMS 001A Study Guide - Jim Crow Laws, Equal Protection Clause, Rolls-Royce Pwr

• School: SJSU
• Department: Humanities Department
• Course: AMS 001A
• Professor: Gregory Smay

Document Summary

Snapshots from the desert: welcome to the hotel ca (hsu) The dream of the coast: idealized fantasy of what ca is. Gold rush; become rich/famous -> monetized by hollywood. Agua caliente band & us v. coachella valley water district & desert water agency: 1975-2015 aquifer lvls drop -> 2010 cvwd replenish w co r. water. 2013 agua caliente band file suit in ca district court. Phase 1: determine aboriginal right 2 ground water (in aquifer) 2015 ca district rules in favor of tribe. Future cases = determine nat am tribes right 2 ensure quantity & quality of water & have right 2 exclusive ownership of ground water under tribal property. Salton sink filled accidentally due 2 engineering project gone wrong. Compromise of 1877: n. rep made bargain w/ s. dem 4 support hayes in election of 1876 = fed troops removed from s. Led to end of fed enforcement of reconstruction.