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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. System of land distribution in which there were very few wealthy land owners and many landless workers






2. A new group of immigrants that swelled in the midwestern and eastern cities. They lived in sseperate neighborhoods known as ghettos






3. War that helped California get into a real estate boom fueled by the housing industry and reach 6 million people in population






4. Compact used to colonize New Hampshire






5. Area around California that is largest producer of electronics






6. Native American group who were skilled farmers who flourished in Ohio and Mississippi






7. River 100 miles North of Los Angeles that the city of Los Angeles built an aqueduct on to bring the water to Los Angeles






8. Spanish explorer who sailed to Pacific coast to find fabled Northwest Passage - wound up in San Francisco Bay and called the territory Alta California






9. Immigrant group that had already moved to Hawaii






10. The number one resource that California is quickly running out of with its ever growing population






11. 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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12. The camps that Japanese peopel were rounded to in WWII






13. Another religious group that arrived to Massachusetts Bay in 1629. They had a covenant with God to build 'a city on a hill'






14. 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






15. French explorer who mapped the coastline from cape Cod to Nova Scotia - explored Great Lakes and founded Montreal






16. California industry that counts for 13 percent of gross domestic product and includes the state's theeme parks and urban centers - inlcuidng national wonders






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






18. 1609: Hudson - New Netherlands (New York)






19. The crest of the Rocky Mountains - Rivers that begin east of it flow toward the Atlantic Ocean - Western rivers flow toward the Pacific Ocean






20. publicized the gold discovery and bought every shovel - pick axe and pan in the region and made much money






21. 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






22. Migrants who came to California during the Dust Bowl and followed crops from farm to farm






23. Feature of California's constitution that gives individual citizens - citizen groups the power to placea proposed law on the ballot. Supporers must collect signatures equal to a small percengage of the electorate that votes in the most recent guberna






24. 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






25. West Point graduates and used to handling firearms and driven






26. America's new settlers transplanted long - standing traditions of England's government - with the first important steps taken by the earliest colonies of Plymouth (Massachusetts) and Virginia. - All of England's colonies based their goverming systems






27. A dam across the Tuolumne River that would flood Yosemite - protested by naturalist John Muir. Instead - an aqueduct was constructed to carry water from the reservoir to the city






28. Southern California native american tribes






29. Renamed the Southern Pacific Company and controlled all the railroads in California - president was Leland Stanford was a California governor and U.S. Senator






30. Ultiimately defeated General Pico and re - captured Los Angeles in 1847 - ending the Mexican American war






31. 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.






32. The foothills at the base of the Appalachian mountains - In the eastern region of the United States






33. Addition of new territories would decide if they were going to be slave or non - slave owning states






34. War in which Spain relinquished its North American claims east of the Mississippi River






35. Amendment that abolished slavery throughout the United States






36. Established processes for amendment that required 3/4 approval of the states and 2/3 of each house of Congress






37. A man - made lake caused by the flooding of a 70- mile long canal from the Colorado river to the Colorado desert






38. Etsablished and was nativist - anti - Chinese - and anti - big business

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39. The immigration group that helped build the railroads later settled in San Francisco. They took low wage jobs and later became small business entrepreneurs






40. 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






41. The year that California becomes the 31st state in the Union thanks to a compromise over slavery






42. Feature of California's constitutuion that alllows a statute or amendment that has passed the stae legislature which has then placed the proposed law on the ballot for approval by the electorate






43. Biggest immigrant group from 1850 to 1900. They successfully developed farms in the Midwest and skilled trades in larger cities.






44. (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






45. Construction began in 1863 and completed in 1869- done by mostly Chinese and Irish immigrants - met at Promontoary Point in utah






46. 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






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






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






50. Repealed the Chinese Exclusion Act