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CSET U.S And California History
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1. Amendment that abolished slavery throughout the United States
Transcontinental Railroad
nullification
Thirteenth Amendment
Maryland
2. Gave southerneers a stronger fugitive slave law and popular sovereignty (territories would have the right to decide for themselves whether or not they wanted to adopt slavery on their borders) over newly conquered Mexico areas in exchange for Califor
Panama Canal
Compromise of 1850
The Aztec Empire
Intolerable Acts of 1774
3. 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
rights of states
Rodney Case
apparel industry
Whig Party
4. Immigrant group that crossed California's border. The border remains easily crossed even though there is a frequent loss of life
Sugar Act
Mexicans
Father Junipero Serra
how Union defeated Confederates
5. Developed in 880 AD in the Mississippi and built large religious mound structures
southern anad eastern European
Mississippian culture
Missouri Compromise of 1820
Progressives
6. A division of power that spells out the roles between the government and the states
federalism
Progressives
decline of the Mayan civlization
rancho system
7. Compact used to colonize New Hampshire
Gentleman's Agreement
federalism
The Chinese Exclusion Act
Exeter Compact
8. publicized the gold discovery and bought every shovel - pick axe and pan in the region and made much money
rancho system
Amerindians
merchant Sam Brannon
Jacksonian democracy
9. Ended the Mexican American War and brought California - Arizona - New Mesxico - Nevada - Utah - Colorado and Wyoming into the mix
Chumash - Tongya (Gabrielino) - Salinan - Cahuilla
internment camps
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
1850
10. System of land distribution in which there were very few wealthy land owners and many landless workers
Europeans in the New World
Louisiana Purchase
rancho system
Magnuson Act of 1943
11. Strong believers in the human capacity to do the right thing and did not need a strong central government
The Great Basin
tule
Owens River
anti - federalists
12. The year that California becomes the 31st state in the Union thanks to a compromise over slavery
1850
Modoc War
recall
water
13. War foguht between Britain and American colonialists which led to America's independence. Americans enlist friendship of France to revolutionary cause - Spain and Netherlands soon follow
Revolutionary War
The Great Basin
Land Commission
Second Constitutional Congress
14. Established states of Nebraska and Kansas with popular sovereignty but motivated Northerneres to protest against slavery because it was pandering to the South
Bill of Rights
Townsheld Acts of 1767
Central Valley Project
Kansas - Nebraska Act of 1854
15. Most of it is generally flat land: - The eastern half is called the interior lowlands - The western half is called the Great Plains
The Mississippi River
Immigration Act of 1965
The interior
First Continental Congress
16. A major mountain range in California
Constitution
Sugar Act
Father Fermin Lausen
Sierra Nevadas
17. The idea that various immigrants cultural differences were minimized and assimilated together
melting pot
Federalist Papers
the Great Compromise
Watts Riots
18. 1608: de Champlain - Canada (Quebec) -1682: La Salle - Louisiana
Father Junipero Serra
executive branch
Battle of Lexington and Concord (Conneticut)
Europeans in the New World: France
19. (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
federalism
Louisiana Purchase
Chronological order of the colonies
Confederacy advanage
20. Construction began in 1863 and completed in 1869- done by mostly Chinese and Irish immigrants - met at Promontoary Point in utah
Transcontinental Railroad
Panama Canal
Appomattox Court
Sebastian Vicaino
21. Spanish explorer who explored coastal areas of San diego - Santa Barbara and Monterrey
Sebastian Vicaino
Battle of Lexington and Concord (Conneticut)
Salton Sea
Death Valley
22. 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
Immigration Act of 1965
nullification
rights of the federal government
The Appalachian Mountains
23. The rise of 'the common man' through the presidency of Andrew Jackson in 1820s
sacred expedition
Election of 1876
Jacksonian democracy
Jamestown
24. Native American group who inhabited the Southwest after the Anasazi people and built extensive adobe cities
how Union defeated Confederates
The interior
Pueblo Indians
entertainment
25. 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)
Father Junipero Serra
aeorspace industry
recall
John C. Fremont
26. 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
Stamp Tax
Battle of Fort Sumter of 1861
Chumash - Tongya (Gabrielino) - Salinan - Cahuilla
Federalist Party
27. A group of Republicans that were outraged that former Confederate officials were being elected back to Congress
separation of powers
The Declaration of Independence
Radical Republicans
Russians
28. A new reform movement established in California favored workers rights and the people over big corporations
Transcontinental Railroad
legislative branch
Progressives
Union advantage
29. Industry based in Southern California areas - focus on casual - warm weather clothing
apparel industry
1850
The southeastern Coastal Plain
Hiram Johnson
30. During Great Depression - the Shasta Dam was built to bring water from the north to meet the farming needs of the South - the CVP was never completed - drained marshalnds and enviromnmental activists were successful at preventing the damming of the A
Transcontinental Railroad
Central Valley Project
Ten Percent Plan
Immigration Act of 1965
31. Towns that grew around the missions and presidios as settlers moved up from Mexico
Death Valley
First Continental Congress
California Alien Land Act
pueblos
32. War between Mexico and Spain that led to Mexico's independence and ownership of California in 1810
Death Valley
reasons of American immigration
Mexican Independence
Europeans in the New World: Spain
33. Forced colonists to provide housing to British soldiers
Quartering Act
Sugar Act
Sebastian Cermeno
Land Commission
34. Ultiimately defeated General Pico and re - captured Los Angeles in 1847 - ending the Mexican American war
black codes
judicial branch
The Continental Divide
General Stockton and General Kearney
35. 1776 Written by Thomas Jefferson - Based on the ideas of English Enlightenment philosopher John Locke - In Locke's 'Second Treatise of Civil Government' (1690) - he set forth basic ideas embodied in the Declaration of Independence.
The Declaration of Independence
Whig Party
Chronological order of the colonies
Immigration Act of 1965
36. Dutch East India Company explorer who found New York and the mouth of the Hudson River
Louisiana Purchase
Henry Hudson
Jose de Galves
Chronological order of the colonies
37. The camps that Japanese peopel were rounded to in WWII
Connecticut Commonwealth
reasons of American immigration
internment camps
melting pot
38. The land between the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada
2002
Jacksonian democracy
The Great Basin
Ten Percent Plan
39. Spanish forts that were built for missionaries and settlers to hide in when Indians revolted
referendum
Mono Lake
presidios
2002
40. Opened in 1914 and extends international links
England and the colonies: differences
Mexican Independence
Panama Canal
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
41. Industry in California employs more thtan 500000 people mostly in Hollywood
entertainment
Gentleman's Agreement
California Alien Land Act
New Government
42. Material that led to California to be populated by 40000 miners from all over the United States
referendum
free - soil movement
Jose de Galves
Gold
43. Established processes for amendment that required 3/4 approval of the states and 2/3 of each house of Congress
Louisiana Purchase
Amendments
tule
Death Valley
44. Immigrant group that joined Irish on the Gold Rush and railroad construction - opened businesses and were envied by others
William Penn
Land Commission
melting pot
Chinese
45. Native American empire with stepped pyramids - utilized multiple calendars - and possessede extensive astronomical knowledge
The Sierra Nevada and the Cascade Range
The Maya Empire
Mayflower Compact
The Chinese Exclusion Act
46. Year that California faces largest budget deficit
2002
loose construction
internment camps
Rhode Island
47. West Point graduates and used to handling firearms and driven
Mexicans
Anasazi culture
Stamp Tax
Confederacy advanage
48. Union created blockade of Southern ports and Confederate cotton rotted on the docks
Olmec Empire
how Union defeated Confederates
Transcontinental Railroad
Chinese
49. Movement established to say that no slaves would be on the new western territories
Radical Republicans
The southeastern Coastal Plain
The Maya Empire
free - soil movement
50. Immigrant group that had already moved to Hawaii
Owens River
England and the colonies: differences
Japanese
Pony Express