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CSET U.S And California History

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Launched the Revolutionary War - British general ordered destruction of citizens growing number of guns and ammunition - colonialists defended their supplies






2. Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe about a heroic slave - further spurred the need for slaves to be free

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3. Dutch East India Company explorer who found New York and the mouth of the Hudson River






4. 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






5. Captured Los Angeles until it was rec - captured by Governor Pico and General Castro for Mexico






6. The Modoc tribe of Northern California tried to take their land by force - the tribe lost and was forced to a reservation in Oregon and their leader was hanged






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






8. (Mnemonic: Fat babies love to piss - **** - yell.) Fort Ticonderoga - Bunker Hill - Long Island - Trenton - Princeton - Saratoga - Yorktown






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






10. MesoAmerican empire who once reigned from equator to Chile and between the Andes Mountain. They practiced terracing and irrigating steep mountainsides. Were defeateed by smallpox epidemic






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 Prohibited the immigration of Chinese - not repealed until World War II






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






13. One of the first U.S. political parties. It was led by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. They stood up for more for individual rights and 'strict construction.' They opposed industrialization and didn't think bank was a good idea. They later evolve






14. 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






15. 1609: Hudson - New Netherlands (New York)






16. War fought between U.S. and Mexico to gain more territory in the Southwest






17. Extends along the coast from New Jersey to Texas and is generally low land






18. The central agricultural area of California






19. Industry based in Southern California areas - focus on casual - warm weather clothing






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






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






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






23. Year that California faces largest budget deficit






24. Immigrant group that crossed California's border. The border remains easily crossed even though there is a frequent loss of life






25. 1492: Columbus - West Indies and Bahamas -1513: Balboa - Panama -1519: Cortes - Mexico -1532: Pizarro - Peru






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






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






28. 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






29. Repealed the Chinese Exclusion Act






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






31. The land between the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada






32. The first civlization to develop in MesoAmerica and were the first to develop a calendar and agrciultural community in America






33. Mexican leader who closes the missions down except for the churches






34. A division of power that spells out the roles between the government and the states






35. 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






36. During the Reconstruction - a state could be readmitted if 10 percent of the former Confederates voted in the 1860 election vowed loyalty to the Union






37. More restrictive legislation towards Japanese and that they were inelgible for citizenship and could not own land






38. Led to the chinese being blamed for the lack of jobs and they suffered violence and property damaged






39. A major mountain range in California






40. 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






41. Gen. Robert E. Lee surrenders in 1865 and ends the civil war






42. War between the French and British that ended with the defeat of French and Indian allies. It ordered French to be completely removed from North America and Spain relinquished parts of Florida in exchange for New Orleans and lands west of Mississippi






43. 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






44. Raised theflag near Monterey and then retreated from the area - started the Mexican Americna War






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






46. Opened in 1914 and extends international links






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






48. Immigrant group that had already moved to Hawaii






49. State founded in 1733 as a buffer against Spain to Florida. It was the last of the 13 colonies established






50. An effort to establish an indepndent California republic