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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. Farm worker advocates who founded the United Farm Workers Union in 1962






2. 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






3. 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






4. Tax that is placed on tea and led to the Boston Tea Party - colonialists dressed up as Indians and dumped tea from aboard British ships into Boston harbor






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






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






7. Immigrant group that had already moved to Hawaii






8. 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






9. Spanish conquerers of Central nand South America






10. An act in 1882 that barred immigration of Chiense laborers and gave immigration officals the ability to define what a laborer is - Chinese wives also forbidden to rejoin their husbands and Chiense were ineligible for citizenship






11. Where the British were defeated and led to expansion of battle from Canada and New York






12. 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






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 Prohibited the immigration of Chinese - not repealed until World War II






14. 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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15. Etsablished and was nativist - anti - Chinese - and anti - big business

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






17. Opened in 1914 and extends international links






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






19. Towns that grew around the missions and presidios as settlers moved up from Mexico






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






21. sawmill owner whose employee John Marshall discovered discover gold in the Sierra Nevada foothills






22. A major mountain range in California






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






24. The lowest point in California






25. Established immigration quotas by eastern and western hemispheres rather than by county. Immigrants were brought in based on skills - need for family reunification - or status as poltical or economic refugees. Led to floods of immigrants came from As






26. Print money - regulate interstae and international trade - make treaties - declare war and field armed forces - establish post office - make laws necessarsy to execute powers






27. The Spanish attempt to colonize California by building Missionsand converting the Spanish






28. 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






29. The highest point in California






30. 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






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






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






33. Amendment that abolished slavery throughout the United States






34. The two major deserts in California






35. Restrucutred local control over property taxes and led to cutbacks in taxes and decrease in the tax base available to fund social services






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






37. Repealed the Chinese Exclusion Act






38. (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






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






40. Lake that was drained as a result of the Owens River aqueduct and ultimately led Owens Valley to sue the city of Los Angeles






41. 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






42. 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






43. One of the first American political parties. It was led by Alexander Hamilton - John Adams and John Jay. They beleived in strong central government and loose construction. They wanted to create a national bank and use government funds to support indu






44. 1492: Columbus - West Indies and Bahamas -1513: Balboa - Panama -1519: Cortes - Mexico -1532: Pizarro - Peru






45. Called in 1787 to reform the Articles of Confederation






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






47. State established in 1636 by Roger Williams to acknowledge religious freedom and the separation of 'church and state'






48. A mechanism of California's constitutuion to end an elected official's tenure in office before itw as scheduled for completition. It is initiated by a citizen and requires the signatures of a percentage of the number voting in the last gubernatorial






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






50. Movement established to say that no slaves would be on the new western territories