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CSET U.S And California History
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1. 1607: Virginia Co. - Jamestown (Virginia)
tule
Death Valley
Europeans in the New World: Britain
Mayflower Compact
2. The rise of 'the common man' through the presidency of Andrew Jackson in 1820s
referendum
Tea Act of 1773
Jacksonian democracy
Amerindians
3. Industry started in California during WWII and based in the Los Angeles - including Long Beach
Balboa
aeorspace industry
The Aztec Empire
Mexican Independence
4. Addition of new territories would decide if they were going to be slave or non - slave owning states
Francisco Montejo
Missouri Compromise of 1820
Gentleman's Agreement
Appomattox Court
5. The year that California becomes the 31st state in the Union thanks to a compromise over slavery
1850
hydraulic mining -
legislative branch
Angel Island
6. Industry based in Southern California areas - focus on casual - warm weather clothing
Stamp Tax
apparel industry
initiative
Delaware
7. Movement established to say that no slaves would be on the new western territories
free - soil movement
Jacques Cartier
Missouri Compromise of 1820
Japanese
8. Acquittal of police officers in this man's case in 1992 led to a major riot that called for economic and political opportunity for minorities. federal guilty verdict reduces the racial tension
the Oregon Territory
Europeans in the New World: France
rights of the federal government
Rodney Case
9. Powers explicitly mentioned in Constitution were fedreal powers
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10. A tradition of free public education was started in the villages of New England - Religious tolerance supplanted an early religious dogmatism first established by the Puritans in Massachusetts - A conscious choice was made to leave the idea of heredi
England and the colonies: differences
Great Awakening
2002
Father Fermin Lausen
11. The foothills at the base of the Appalachian mountains - In the eastern region of the United States
The southeastern Coastal Plain
The Piedmont
Mexicans
Sierra Nevadas
12. Towns that grew around the missions and presidios as settlers moved up from Mexico
southern anad eastern European
Europeans in the New World: France
pueblos
First Continental Congress
13. Mexican leader who closes the missions down except for the churches
Francisco Montejo
water
Jose Figueroa
Father Junipero Serra
14. Native American group who were skilled farmers who flourished in Ohio and Mississippi
Hopewell people
Pony Express
Europeans in the New World: Portugal
Mississippian culture
15. The land between the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada
The Great Basin
Confederacy advanage
Father Fermin Lausen
Olmec Empire
16. Dutch East India Company explorer who found New York and the mouth of the Hudson River
Maryland
Henry Hudson
Intolerable Acts of 1774
Jamestown
17. 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
Europeans in the New World: Spain
Thirteenth Amendment
Rodney Case
forty - niners
18. California industry that counts for 13 percent of gross domestic product and includes the state's theeme parks and urban centers - inlcuidng national wonders
tourism
New Government
Chinese
Hetch Hetchy Dam
19. Farm worker advocates who founded the United Farm Workers Union in 1962
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Japanese
Anasazi culture
Cesar Chavez and Delores Huerta
20. Spanish conquistador's search of the Seven Cities of Cibola led to Spanish exploration of the Baja Peninsula
Stamp Tax
Hernando Cortez
Workingmen's Party
the Great Compromise
21. 1st 10 Amendments to the Constitution - Introduced by Madison - A series of limitations on the power of the U.S. federal government; added to protect the rights of individuals and safeguard the sovereignty of the states over their own affairs
Bill of Rights
Salton Sea
legislative branch
Father Junipero Serra
22. Immigrant group that crossed California's border. The border remains easily crossed even though there is a frequent loss of life
The Declaration of Independence
Townsheld Acts of 1767
Mexicans
England and the colonies: differences
23. The idea that southern staets should refuse to obey the laws tha t they did not agree with
Proclamation of 1763
nullification
The Sierra Nevada and the Cascade Range
Pomo - Miwok - Maidu - and Yokuts
24. Led to the chinese being blamed for the lack of jobs and they suffered violence and property damaged
Depression of 1870
presidios
California
Jose Figueroa
25. The first conquistador and defeated the Aztec Empire in 1521 after they saw his arrival as a divine arrival of a god and let him into their empire
entertainment
Hernando Cortes
Anasazi culture
rancho system
26. Spanish explorer who explored coastal areas of San diego - Santa Barbara and Monterrey
Sebastian Vicaino
Europeans in the New World
The Cumberland and Allegheny plateaus
Europeans in the New World: France
27. 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
Mono Lake
acorns
New Government
secession
28. Several preachers started to speak of Christian salvation as something under control of individual - challenged traditional perceptions of Christianity to focus of individual salvation
Great Awakening
Hetch Hetchy Dam
William Penn
Railroad Act of 1864
29. English explorer who sailed up the California coast to the pacific Northwest
Salton Sea
Declaration of Independence
Stamp Tax
Sir Francis Drake
30. War in which Spain relinquished its North American claims east of the Mississippi River
French and Indian War
Commodore Sloat
Andrew Johnson
merchant Sam Brannon
31. Discovered in 1853- mineres would use powerful hoses to shoot water at the hillsides to wash away the soil and findthe gold - damaged environment and killed fish
Yorktown
Angel Island
acorns
hydraulic mining -
32. An effort to establish an indepndent California republic
Bear Flag Revolt
World War II
Great Awakening
Central Pacific Railroad
33. From Spain - Portugal - Britain - France and the Netherlands
Europeans in the New World
Dust Bowl
Lewis and Clark
The Sierra Nevada and the Cascade Range
34. Ultiimately defeated General Pico and re - captured Los Angeles in 1847 - ending the Mexican American war
Mexican - American War
General Stockton and General Kearney
black codes
The Cumberland and Allegheny plateaus
35. The first settlers to arrive in Massachusetts. It was a religious group that fled Englandfor religious persecution in 1620
the Great Compromise
The Industrial Era of the United States
Pilgrims
Rhode Island
36. French explorer who explored Canada to find the Northwest Passage - river routes that would take explorers through North America
Prevailing Westerlies
Mojave Desert and the Colorado desert
Jacques Cartier
War of 1812
37. Southern California native american tribes
William Penn
Chumash - Tongya (Gabrielino) - Salinan - Cahuilla
Jacksonian democracy
initiative
38. Conduct elections - ratify amendments to constitution - issue licenses - regulate intrastate (within state) to business - establish local governments - take measures for public health and safety - any other powers that the Constitution does not reser
rights of states
Maryland Toleration Act of 1649
Jacques Cartier
1850
39. Written by John Jay - Alexander Hamilton and James Madison about the need of a strong federal government
Quechan (Yuma) and Mohave tribes
nullification
Federalist Papers
Okies
40. Decision that said that slaves count as three - fifths of the population
Three - Fifths Compromise
John C. Fremont
Anasazi culture
Chumash - Tongya (Gabrielino) - Salinan - Cahuilla
41. In the U.S. Constitution - it is a system of checks and balances between the three branches of government
Three - Fifths Compromise
separation of powers
Constitutional Convention
French and Indian War
42. (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
rancho system
Chronological order of the colonies
Anasazi culture
Second Constitutional Congress
43. Completes the rest of the Spanish missions following Junipero Serra's death
nullification
Emanciptation Proclomation
Father Fermin Lausen
free - soil movement
44. Migrants who came to California during the Dust Bowl and followed crops from farm to farm
Immigration Act of 1965
Compromise of 1850
Father Junipero Serra
Okies
45. Immigrant group that had already moved to Hawaii
Francisco Pizarro
Dust Bowl
Yurok - Hupa - Shasta - Modoc - Achumawi
Japanese
46. State established in 1638 by a delegation to establish a Swedish colony
Thirteenth Amendment
internment camps
The Sierra Nevada and the Cascade Range
Delaware
47. The highest point in California
Townsheld Acts of 1767
The Gulf Stream
Europeans in the New World: Britain
Mt. Whitney
48. 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
Battle of Lexington and Concord (Conneticut)
Prevailing Westerlies
Pacific Railroad Act of 1862
1850
49. War that helped California get into a real estate boom fueled by the housing industry and reach 6 million people in population
World War II
Panama Canal
Articles of Confederation
John C. Fremont
50. Developed in 880 AD in the Mississippi and built large religious mound structures
Mississippian culture
William Penn
Germans
Jacksonian democracy