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CSET U.S And California History

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Jan. 1 - 1863- the proclamation frees the slaves






2. (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






3. In the eastern region of the United States






4. Immigrant group started migrating in the 1840s due to famine in their community. potato blight had decimated the potato harvest. They moved westward to the California Gold Rush of 1849






5. Acquired from Great Britain in 1846






6. Prohibited the immigration of Chinese - not repealed until World War II






7. Broad interpretation of the Constitution






8. people from the eastern United States who came to California to saerch for gold. Were not so lucky about finding gold because the route to California was difficult and dangerous whether by land or by sea






9. Established a Senate with equal representation and House of Representatives based on population






10. U.S. Act that helped reduce instances of religious descrimination






11. State established in 1638 by a delegation to establish a Swedish colony






12. Monopoly also called 'an octopus'






13. Completes the rest of the Spanish missions following Junipero Serra's death






14. The rise of 'the common man' through the presidency of Andrew Jackson in 1820s






15. Native American group who inhabited the Southwest after the Anasazi people and built extensive adobe cities






16. Native American group developed in Southwest and were were skilled builders






17. In the U.S. constitution - it makes the laws






18. The central agricultural area of California






19. Led by Southern Carolina and the election of abolitionist ally Abraham Lincoln in 1880 - the slave states decided that they had the right to leave the Union if they wanted to in 1880






20. The major Union battle victory in 1863 that led to The Gettysberg Address - Lincoln's declaration that the Union will not be divided






21. An act signed by President Lincoln to create a railroad that would go all the way across the continent - provided loans to the Central Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad so that theycould build the transcontiental railroad






22. French explorer who explored Canada to find the Northwest Passage - river routes that would take explorers through North America






23. Established so that Californios could get their land back - rancheros who had the time and money to prusue their claims got to keep their land






24. The first declaration of self - government in the New World






25. Opened in 1914 and extends international links






26. Explorers commissioned by Thomas Jefferson to explore the newly purchased Lousiiana territory






27. Provided more funding and gave the railroads ten square miles of land to the tracks for every mile of track laid






28. Strong believers in the human capacity to do the right thing and did not need a strong central government






29. Reeds used by central California native Americans to build homes






30. 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






31. Industry in California employs more thtan 500000 people mostly in Hollywood






32. The camps that Japanese peopel were rounded to in WWII






33. An era fueled by availabliity of a cheap labor pool in the form of recent immigrants. Newly built factories attracted even more immigrants to the states






34. 1607: Virginia Co. - Jamestown (Virginia)






35. Spanish explorer who settled on a Carribbean island but found hismself in debt and wound up relocating on the east coast of what is now Panama - he spied the Pacific Ocean in 1513






36. Caused from multiple Spanish invasions - economic wars between divided tribes






37. Treaty with Japan in 1907 that allowed wives to join theier husbands in the U.S. if the Japanese deny exit visas to any men wishing to emigrate to the United States - led to the picture brides who married Japanese men who they had never met

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38. Powers explicitly mentioned in Constitution were fedreal powers

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39. War fought between America and Britain and it was caused by violations of U.S. neutrality and impressment of U.S. sailors. Victory led to national pride - self - sufficiency - and foreign credibility






40. Union created blockade of Southern ports and Confederate cotton rotted on the docks






41. English explorer who sailed up the California coast to the pacific Northwest






42. Industry started in California during WWII and based in the Los Angeles - including Long Beach






43. From Spain - Portugal - Britain - France and the Netherlands






44. Most of it is generally flat land: - The eastern half is called the interior lowlands - The western half is called the Great Plains






45. A group of colonists that meti nPhiladelphia to plan steps for resistance to British authority






46. A Quaker who received land to estsablish Pennsylvania as the first Enlightenment - inspired government entity and abolished slavery






47. Issued by King of england to forbid colonists to move west of the Appalachian Mountains - led the british to raise taxes so they could support hundreds of troops to be stationed in the colonies - along with a raise of taxes






48. In the eastern region of the United States - In the Northeast - they meat the ocean - forming a rough - rocky coast






49. Immigrant group that joined Irish on the Gold Rush and railroad construction - opened businesses and were envied by others






50. The first English settlement in the New World in 1607