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CSET U.S And California History
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1. Renamed the Southern Pacific Company and controlled all the railroads in California - president was Leland Stanford was a California governor and U.S. Senator
Father Junipero Serra
how Union defeated Confederates
Central Pacific Railroad
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
2. Established states of Nebraska and Kansas with popular sovereignty but motivated Northerneres to protest against slavery because it was pandering to the South
rancho system
Kansas - Nebraska Act of 1854
free - soil movement
The Cumberland and Allegheny plateaus
3. In the eastern region of the United States - In the Northeast - they meat the ocean - forming a rough - rocky coast
War of 1812
Chronological order of the colonies
Yurok - Hupa - Shasta - Modoc - Achumawi
The Appalachian Mountains
4. In the U.S. constitution - it interpets the laws
Jamestown
rights of the federal government
First Continental Congress
judicial branch
5. Gave southerneers a stronger fugitive slave law and popular sovereignty (territories would have the right to decide for themselves whether or not they wanted to adopt slavery on their borders) over newly conquered Mexico areas in exchange for Califor
Compromise of 1850
Pilgrims
the Oregon Territory
Pueblo Indians
6. Group of immigrants that first came to live in America. They either came from the northern route from Asia through a land bridge crossing the Bering Strait or through South american shores on boats
Federalist Party
Whig Party
Georgia
Amerindians
7. Tax that is placed on tea and led to the Boston Tea Party - colonialists dressed up as Indians and dumped tea from aboard British ships into Boston harbor
Federalist Party
Mexican Independence
Tea Act of 1773
Juan Cabrillo
8. Monopoly also called 'an octopus'
General Stockton
The Industrial Era of the United States
railroad
Dust Bowl
9. A major mountain range in California
Sierra Nevadas
War of 1812
secession
Chinese
10. (Mnemonic: Very many nice men came running down North Street - not needing police guards.) 1. Virginia 2. Massachusetts 3. New Hampshire 4. Maryland 5. Connecticut 6. Rhode Island 7. Delaware 8. North Carolina 9. South Carolina 10. New Jersey 11. New
how Union defeated Confederates
Chronological order of the colonies
rights of states
Major battles of the Civil War
11. The year and month that California approves its first constitution
loose construction
Proposition 13
Declaration of Independence
November 1849
12. Separation of Powers - Checks and Balances - Federal System - Powers of Congress - The Great Compromise - Bill of Rights - Amendments
New Government
Pueblo Indians
2002
The Mississippi River
13. (Mnemonic: Fun farmers always grow vegetables - specifically beets.) - Fort Sumter - First Battle of Bull Run - Antietam - Gettysburg - Vicksburg - Sherman's March to the Sea - Battle of Appomattox Courthouse
Chronological order of the colonies
Europeans in the New World: France
apparel industry
Major battles of the Civil War
14. Native American empire that ruled from capital of Tenochtitlan in central Mexico. They had mulltiple calendars - system of writing and economy dependent on tribute. Also focused on worship of a sun god and human sacrifice
initiative
Dust Bowl
The Aztec Empire
Central Valley
15. 10 amendments in the U.S. Constitution that ensured that individuals and states would not suffer from excessive and arbitrary federal power
Whig Party
Father Junipero Serra
Bill of Rights
Uncle Tom's Cabin
16. People have certain natural rights including life - liberty - and the pursuit of happiness - Government is set by the consent of the governed - It is the right of the people to overthrow unjust governments
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17. Immigrant group that crossed California's border. The border remains easily crossed even though there is a frequent loss of life
The Mississippi River
Mexicans
the Oregon Territory
Pomo - Miwok - Maidu - and Yokuts
18. Powers explicitly mentioned in Constitution were fedreal powers
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19. War between Mexico and Spain that led to Mexico's independence and ownership of California in 1810
Mexican Independence
World War II
November 1849
pueblos
20. A new group of immigrants that swelled in the midwestern and eastern cities. They lived in sseperate neighborhoods known as ghettos
Irish
Great Awakening
judicial branch
southern anad eastern European
21. Immigrant group that had already moved to Hawaii
Europeans in the New World: Britain
Progressives
Japanese
presidios
22. Provided more funding and gave the railroads ten square miles of land to the tracks for every mile of track laid
Japanese
Railroad Act of 1864
Anasazi culture
Francisco Montejo
23. Developed in 880 AD in the Mississippi and built large religious mound structures
Proclamation of 1763
Mississippian culture
Second Constitutional Congress
referendum
24. Southeatern California native american tribes
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Missouri Compromise of 1820
Quechan (Yuma) and Mohave tribes
Transcontinental Railroad
25. 1608: de Champlain - Canada (Quebec) -1682: La Salle - Louisiana
Europeans in the New World: France
Depression of 1870
Puritans
Amerindians
26. The earliest form of the American Constitution that was adopted in 1781. Weak because government could not raise money from states and have no budget - could not regulate trade or conduct foreign policy without obtaining consent from states on each m
First Continental Congress
Articles of Confederation
Henry Hudson
The Mississippi River
27. Addition of new territories would decide if they were going to be slave or non - slave owning states
Missouri Compromise of 1820
Mono Lake
Major battles of the Civil War
Quartering Act
28. A man - made lake caused by the flooding of a 70- mile long canal from the Colorado river to the Colorado desert
anti - federalists
Transcontinental Railroad
Compromise of 1850
Salton Sea
29. Etsablished and was nativist - anti - Chinese - and anti - big business
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30. During Great Depression - the Shasta Dam was built to bring water from the north to meet the farming needs of the South - the CVP was never completed - drained marshalnds and enviromnmental activists were successful at preventing the damming of the A
Connecticut Commonwealth
Hernando Cortez
Mono Lake
Central Valley Project
31. The immigration group that helped build the railroads later settled in San Francisco. They took low wage jobs and later became small business entrepreneurs
Chinese
The Appalachian Mountains
Europeans in the New World: Portugal
Mt. Whitney
32. A new reform movement established in California favored workers rights and the people over big corporations
legislative branch
Progressives
Jose de Galves
decline of the Mayan civlization
33. The Spanish attempt to colonize California by building Missionsand converting the Spanish
sacred expedition
the Oregon Territory
The Great Basin
water
34. The wind west of the Appalachians - An importance influence on climate: In the winter - cold air from the northwest produces freezing temperatures - In the summer - warm - moist southwesterly winds cause hot - humid weather
Prevailing Westerlies
Yorktown
Olmec Empire
French and Indian War
35. Act passed by British to prevent colonial town meetings
Cesar Chavez and Delores Huerta
Anasazi culture
tule
Intolerable Acts of 1774
36. A group of Republicans that were outraged that former Confederate officials were being elected back to Congress
Johann Sutter
Radical Republicans
The Continental Divide
Father Fermin Lausen
37. Reeds used by central California native Americans to build homes
tule
Important Battles of the Revolution
Europeans in the New World: Britain
recall
38. Established processes for amendment that required 3/4 approval of the states and 2/3 of each house of Congress
Three - Fifths Compromise
Appomattox Court
Amendments
decline of the Mayan civlization
39. Raised theflag near Monterey and then retreated from the area - started the Mexican Americna War
Land Commission
John C. Fremont
The Sierra Nevada and the Cascade Range
judicial branch
40. Launched the Revolutionary War - British general ordered destruction of citizens growing number of guns and ammunition - colonialists defended their supplies
Missouri Compromise of 1820
Battle of Lexington and Concord (Conneticut)
rights of states
Federalist Party
41. System of land distribution in which there were very few wealthy land owners and many landless workers
Russians
sacred expedition
Bill of Rights
rancho system
42. Ended the Mexican American War and brought California - Arizona - New Mesxico - Nevada - Utah - Colorado and Wyoming into the mix
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
First Continental Congress
Yurok - Hupa - Shasta - Modoc - Achumawi
Transcontinental Railroad
43. Captured Los Angeles until it was rec - captured by Governor Pico and General Castro for Mexico
Chinese
General Stockton
Mexicans
Hernando Cortez
44. The first settlers to arrive in Massachusetts. It was a religious group that fled Englandfor religious persecution in 1620
Pilgrims
tourism
Transcontinental Railroad
reasons of American immigration
45. Occurred right after 'shots heard round the world' happened (Lexington and Concord)
Declaration of Independence
Second Constitutional Congress
Ten Percent Plan
Mayflower Compact
46. State established in 1636 by Roger Williams to acknowledge religious freedom and the separation of 'church and state'
Juan Cabrillo
loose construction
Jose de Galves
Rhode Island
47. Acquired from Great Britain in 1846
Rhode Island
California Alien Land Act
the Oregon Territory
Europeans in the New World: Portugal
48. The two major deserts in California
Mojave Desert and the Colorado desert
Europeans in the New World: Netherlands
Constitution
Mexicans
49. The final document that established United States government. It had to be ratified by at least nine states - process now is 2/3s of Congress and 38 out of 50 states
Exeter Compact
Major battles of the Civil War
Pueblo Indians
Constitution
50. 1776 Written by Thomas Jefferson - Based on the ideas of English Enlightenment philosopher John Locke - In Locke's 'Second Treatise of Civil Government' (1690) - he set forth basic ideas embodied in the Declaration of Independence.
The Declaration of Independence
Puritans
New Government
Mexican American War