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CSET U.S And California History
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1. Material that led to California to be populated by 40000 miners from all over the United States
federalism
California Alien Land Act
Gold
'strict construction'
2. Spanish forts that were built for missionaries and settlers to hide in when Indians revolted
Mexicans
presidios
Pilgrims
Compromise of 1850
3. A division of power that spells out the roles between the government and the states
judicial branch
free - soil movement
federalism
pueblos
4. The camps that Japanese peopel were rounded to in WWII
judicial branch
decline of the Mayan civlization
Three - Fifths Compromise
internment camps
5. War that helped California get into a real estate boom fueled by the housing industry and reach 6 million people in population
Mayflower Compact
Hopewell people
World War II
Federalist Party
6. The idea that various immigrants cultural differences were minimized and assimilated together
Georgia
California
melting pot
Henry Hudson
7. Spanish conquerers of Central nand South America
Constitutional Convention
the conquistadores
sacred expedition
Mississippian culture
8. In the U.S. Constitution - it is a system of checks and balances between the three branches of government
separation of powers
New Government
Europeans in the New World: Britain
Land Commission
9. Launched the Revolutionary War - British general ordered destruction of citizens growing number of guns and ammunition - colonialists defended their supplies
Hernando Cortez
Europeans in the New World
The Mississippi River
Battle of Lexington and Concord (Conneticut)
10. Lake that was drained as a result of the Owens River aqueduct and ultimately led Owens Valley to sue the city of Los Angeles
Battle of Lexington and Concord (Conneticut)
Union advantage
Sierra Nevadas
Mono Lake
11. State that was a colony established for Catholics so they could escape religious persecution
Constitutional Convention
Maryland
Revolutionary War
apparel industry
12. The two major deserts in California
Hetch Hetchy Dam
Mojave Desert and the Colorado desert
The southeastern Coastal Plain
Democratic Republicans
13. 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
Maryland
Irish
squatters
French and Indian War
14. 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
England and the colonies: similarities
Hernando Cortes
Pacific Railroad Act of 1862
aeorspace industry
15. The year and month that California approves its first constitution
Jose de Galves
Chinese
acorns
November 1849
16. Further tightened taxation and regulatory noose
Quechan (Yuma) and Mohave tribes
Hernando Cortes
World War II
Townsheld Acts of 1767
17. The foothills at the base of the Appalachian mountains - In the eastern region of the United States
The Mississippi River
Whig Party
The Piedmont
Jacques Cartier
18. War in which Spain relinquished its North American claims east of the Mississippi River
Andrew Johnson
Lewis and Clark
melting pot
French and Indian War
19. Final battle of the Revolutionary war. British stronghold falls in 1781 and George Washington captures British general Lord cornwallis
Prevailing Westerlies
Yorktown
Johann Sutter
Europeans in the New World: Portugal
20. Opened in 1914 and extends international links
Anasazi culture
Puritans
Sierra Nevadas
Panama Canal
21. Union created blockade of Southern ports and Confederate cotton rotted on the docks
Battle of Fort Sumter of 1861
how Union defeated Confederates
Europeans in the New World
Sugar Act
22. California industry that counts for 13 percent of gross domestic product and includes the state's theeme parks and urban centers - inlcuidng national wonders
Appomattox Court
tourism
Pacific Railroad Act of 1862
Quartering Act
23. Native American empire that ruled from capital of Tenochtitlan in central Mexico. They had mulltiple calendars - system of writing and economy dependent on tribute. Also focused on worship of a sun god and human sacrifice
Russians
entertainment
The Aztec Empire
Pomo - Miwok - Maidu - and Yokuts
24. Construction began in 1863 and completed in 1869- done by mostly Chinese and Irish immigrants - met at Promontoary Point in utah
The Appalachian Mountains
Transcontinental Railroad
Johann Sutter
Salton Sea
25. War between Mexico and Spain that led to Mexico's independence and ownership of California in 1810
Johann Sutter
The Aztec Empire
Mexican Independence
The Maya Empire
26. Native American empire with stepped pyramids - utilized multiple calendars - and possessede extensive astronomical knowledge
Pony Express
The Industrial Era of the United States
The Maya Empire
Transcontinental Railroad
27. Industry based in Southern California areas - focus on casual - warm weather clothing
Major battles of the Civil War
apparel industry
Dust Bowl
rights of the federal government
28. 1500: Cabral - Brazil
Federalist Party
water
Europeans in the New World: Portugal
Salton Sea
29. Issued by King of england to forbid colonists to move west of the Appalachian Mountains - led the british to raise taxes so they could support hundreds of troops to be stationed in the colonies - along with a raise of taxes
Proclamation of 1763
Europeans in the New World
Central Valley
England and the colonies: similarities
30. Industry in California employs more thtan 500000 people mostly in Hollywood
California
Gold
entertainment
Land Commission
31. Caused from multiple Spanish invasions - economic wars between divided tribes
Jose de Galves
Intolerable Acts of 1774
decline of the Mayan civlization
Missouri Compromise of 1820
32. The central agricultural area of California
hydraulic mining -
Dust Bowl
Central Valley
Mississippian culture
33. 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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34. Written by John Jay - Alexander Hamilton and James Madison about the need of a strong federal government
The Declaration of Independence
legislative branch
Federalist Papers
Johann Sutter
35. Called in 1787 to reform the Articles of Confederation
entertainment
Constitutional Convention
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Francisco Pizarro
36. Captured Los Angeles until it was rec - captured by Governor Pico and General Castro for Mexico
Mexican - American War
The Piedmont
Johann Sutter
General Stockton
37. 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
Revolutionary War
Europeans in the New World: Netherlands
The Inca Empire
Delaware
38. Central California native American tribes
New Government
November 1849
how Union defeated Confederates
Pomo - Miwok - Maidu - and Yokuts
39. Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe about a heroic slave - further spurred the need for slaves to be free
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40. The idea that southern staets should refuse to obey the laws tha t they did not agree with
referendum
Land Commission
Central Pacific Railroad
nullification
41. 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
Proposition 13
Union advantage
Hopewell people
hydraulic mining -
42. Established processes for amendment that required 3/4 approval of the states and 2/3 of each house of Congress
Central Valley
Japanese
loose construction
Amendments
43. 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
Olmec Empire
Exeter Compact
The Industrial Era of the United States
William Penn
44. 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
Tea Act of 1773
presidios
First Continental Congress
Trenton
45. 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
Louisiana Purchase
French and Indian War
Pacific Railroad Act of 1862
War of 1812
46. Gen. Robert E. Lee surrenders in 1865 and ends the civil war
Mexicans
Appomattox Court
tourism
French and Indian War
47. Early U.S. poltiical party who supported the Federalists and were pretty wealthy. They later emerged in the 1850s as the republican party with the
Pacific Railroad Act of 1862
2002
Whig Party
Railroad Act of 1864
48. Migrants who came to California during the Dust Bowl and followed crops from farm to farm
Pacific Railroad Act of 1862
Okies
Constitution
First Continental Congress
49. In the eastern region of the United States - In the Northeast - they meat the ocean - forming a rough - rocky coast
The Appalachian Mountains
The Industrial Era of the United States
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
Silicon Valley
50. The first declaration of self - government in the New World
Mayflower Compact
recall
Germans
Mt. Whitney
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