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CSET U.S And California History
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1. U.S. Act that helped reduce instances of religious descrimination
Mississippian culture
acorns
missions
Maryland Toleration Act of 1649
2. The first declaration of self - government in the New World
Mayflower Compact
Mexican Independence
judicial branch
Europeans in the New World
3. In the eastern region of the United States - In the Northeast - they meat the ocean - forming a rough - rocky coast
initiative
The Appalachian Mountains
black codes
Election of 1876
4. 1492: Columbus - West Indies and Bahamas -1513: Balboa - Panama -1519: Cortes - Mexico -1532: Pizarro - Peru
Immigration Act of 1965
Europeans in the New World: Spain
Francisco Montejo
2002
5. Immigrant group that crossed California's border. The border remains easily crossed even though there is a frequent loss of life
Rhode Island
Chinese
Mexicans
Jose Figueroa
6. Form the western mountain ranges - The western slope of the Sierra Nevada borders the Central Valley of California - The Coast Ranges form the western wall of the Central Valley
water
The Sierra Nevada and the Cascade Range
Workingmen's Party
reasons of American immigration
7. Group who explored south of Alaska for fur trade - establish Fort Ross in San Francisco as a trading post
Russians
Father Junipero Serra
loose construction
Transcontinental Railroad
8. River 100 miles North of Los Angeles that the city of Los Angeles built an aqueduct on to bring the water to Los Angeles
Emanciptation Proclomation
Land Commission
Owens River
missions
9. The first civlization to develop in MesoAmerica and were the first to develop a calendar and agrciultural community in America
Confederacy advanage
black codes
Jose de Galves
Olmec Empire
10. The founder of the San Diego mission - the first of the 21 original Spanish Catholic missions in California - later established seven missions on the El Camino Real (The Royal Road)
Owens River
Father Junipero Serra
internment camps
Declaration of Independence
11. sawmill owner whose employee John Marshall discovered discover gold in the Sierra Nevada foothills
Confederacy advanage
referendum
Hernando Cortes
Johann Sutter
12. Gen. Robert E. Lee surrenders in 1865 and ends the civil war
The Declaration of Independence
Mississippian culture
Appomattox Court
entertainment
13. Launched the Revolutionary War - British general ordered destruction of citizens growing number of guns and ammunition - colonialists defended their supplies
Battle of Lexington and Concord (Conneticut)
Amendments
The Maya Empire
Union advantage
14. Captured Los Angeles until it was rec - captured by Governor Pico and General Castro for Mexico
Pomo - Miwok - Maidu - and Yokuts
General Stockton
Mt. Whitney
Francisco Pizarro
15. West Point graduates and used to handling firearms and driven
Confederacy advanage
The Chinese Exclusion Act
The Continental Divide
executive branch
16. Established a Senate with equal representation and House of Representatives based on population
rights of the federal government
Tea Act of 1773
the Great Compromise
Germans
17. A group of Republicans that were outraged that former Confederate officials were being elected back to Congress
anti - federalists
Radical Republicans
Central Valley
manifest destiny
18. The immigration group that helped build the railroads later settled in San Francisco. They took low wage jobs and later became small business entrepreneurs
Great Awakening
Chinese
Rodney Case
Proposition 13
19. 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
Sierra Nevadas
Irish
Juan Cabrillo
Mississippian culture
20. Material that led to California to be populated by 40000 miners from all over the United States
Gold
Olmec Empire
First Continental Congress
Important Battles of the Revolution
21. The priimary entry point for the immigrants from Asia
Quechan (Yuma) and Mohave tribes
Jacksonian democracy
rancho system
Angel Island
22. 1607: Virginia Co. - Jamestown (Virginia)
presidios
Europeans in the New World: Britain
internment camps
Quartering Act
23. Made in 1803 by President Thoomas Jefferson and led to the acquisition of the territory west of the existing United States
Louisiana Purchase
2002
The Chinese Exclusion Act
The Declaration of Independence
24. Established processes for amendment that required 3/4 approval of the states and 2/3 of each house of Congress
Mayflower Compact
Louisiana Purchase
French and Indian War
Amendments
25. Decision that said that slaves count as three - fifths of the population
melting pot
The Appalachian Mountains
Three - Fifths Compromise
Transcontinental Railroad
26. Powers explicitly mentioned in Constitution were fedreal powers
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27. 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
Hernando Cortez
Constitutional Convention
Hernando Cortes
Europeans in the New World
28. In the U.S. Constitution - it is a system of checks and balances between the three branches of government
California
Mt. Whitney
separation of powers
reasons of American immigration
29. Industry in California employs more thtan 500000 people mostly in Hollywood
aeorspace industry
Death Valley
England and the colonies: differences
entertainment
30. 1608: de Champlain - Canada (Quebec) -1682: La Salle - Louisiana
Okies
Europeans in the New World: France
Federalist Papers
Emanciptation Proclomation
31. Acquired from Great Britain in 1846
Irish
General Stockton
Delaware
the Oregon Territory
32. Lake that was drained as a result of the Owens River aqueduct and ultimately led Owens Valley to sue the city of Los Angeles
Mono Lake
Connecticut Commonwealth
Union advantage
the Great Compromise
33. The highest point in California
rights of states
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
Battle of Fort Sumter of 1861
Mt. Whitney
34. An Atlantic warm - water current that warms the East Coast in winter and is responsible for excellent fishing
Mexican - American War
The Chinese Exclusion Act
The Gulf Stream
recall
35. Southern California native american tribes
Bear Flag Revolt
Mexicans
aeorspace industry
Chumash - Tongya (Gabrielino) - Salinan - Cahuilla
36. 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
Mexican American War
Rodney Case
the Great Compromise
First Continental Congress
37. Final battle of the Revolutionary war. British stronghold falls in 1781 and George Washington captures British general Lord cornwallis
Watts Riots
Sir Francis Drake
melting pot
Yorktown
38. Mexican leader who closes the missions down except for the churches
Jose Figueroa
Modoc War
Mexicans
Proclamation of 1763
39. Most of it is generally flat land: - The eastern half is called the interior lowlands - The western half is called the Great Plains
Russians
The interior
Mexican American War
World War II
40. Established states of Nebraska and Kansas with popular sovereignty but motivated Northerneres to protest against slavery because it was pandering to the South
Kansas - Nebraska Act of 1854
rights of states
Angel Island
judicial branch
41. Union created blockade of Southern ports and Confederate cotton rotted on the docks
Hernando Cortes
Declaration of Independence
how Union defeated Confederates
Cesar Chavez and Delores Huerta
42. People who took land from the original Californios
Olmec Empire
Andrew Johnson
anti - federalists
squatters
43. Forced colonists to provide housing to British soldiers
railroad
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The Gulf Stream
Quartering Act
44. The two major deserts in California
Magnuson Act of 1943
Tea Act of 1773
Mojave Desert and the Colorado desert
Georgia
45. Migrants who came to California during the Dust Bowl and followed crops from farm to farm
Russians
Okies
Juan Cabrillo
Revolutionary War
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
War of 1812
John C. Fremont
Panama Canal
Europeans in the New World: Netherlands
47. MesoAmerican tribe that preceded the Aztecs but followed from the Mayans
Battle of Fort Sumter of 1861
referendum
Toltecs
Johann Sutter
48. Led to the chinese being blamed for the lack of jobs and they suffered violence and property damaged
Depression of 1870
Prevailing Westerlies
Cesar Chavez and Delores Huerta
Proclamation of 1763
49. System of land distribution in which there were very few wealthy land owners and many landless workers
Mayflower Compact
Mexicans
Battle of Gettysberg
rancho system
50. Industry based in Southern California areas - focus on casual - warm weather clothing
Transcontinental Railroad
Proclamation of 1763
apparel industry
Hiram Johnson