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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. Immigrant group that joined Irish on the Gold Rush and railroad construction - opened businesses and were envied by others






2. Monopoly also called 'an octopus'






3. The land between the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada






4. Lincoln's vice president became president






5. 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






6. MesoAmerican tribe that preceded the Aztecs but followed from the Mayans






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






8. In the U.S. constitution - it interpets the laws






9. Called in 1787 to reform the Articles of Confederation






10. The first declaration of self - government in the New World






11. Conduct elections - ratify amendments to constitution - issue licenses - regulate intrastate (within state) to business - establish local governments - take measures for public health and safety - any other powers that the Constitution does not reser






12. A Quaker who received land to estsablish Pennsylvania as the first Enlightenment - inspired government entity and abolished slavery






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






14. Union created blockade of Southern ports and Confederate cotton rotted on the docks






15. 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






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






17. Reeds used by central California native Americans to build homes






18. The central agricultural area of California






19. Ended the Mexican American War and brought California - Arizona - New Mesxico - Nevada - Utah - Colorado and Wyoming into the mix






20. 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






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






22. The year and month that California approves its first constitution






23. Facilities that the Spanish used to turned to the Indians to establish agricultural fields and learned Christianity. natives also were exposed to disease that they don't have immunity to. Also - brought olive trees and orange trees and introduced whe






24. 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






25. 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






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






27. In the eastern region of the United States - In the Northeast - they meat the ocean - forming a rough - rocky coast






28. Spanish conquerers of Central nand South America






29. 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






30. 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






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






32. The idea that southern staets should refuse to obey the laws tha t they did not agree with






33. Migrants who came to California during the Dust Bowl and followed crops from farm to farm






34. 1492: Columbus - West Indies and Bahamas -1513: Balboa - Panama -1519: Cortes - Mexico -1532: Pizarro - Peru






35. Jan. 1 - 1863- the proclamation frees the slaves






36. 1607: Virginia Co. - Jamestown (Virginia)






37. 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






38. Industry started in California during WWII and based in the Los Angeles - including Long Beach






39. 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






40. Spanish explorer who found Monterey Bay






41. Southern California native american tribes






42. 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






43. Established so that Californios could get their land back - rancheros who had the time and money to prusue their claims got to keep their land






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






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






46. A dam across the Tuolumne River that would flood Yosemite - protested by naturalist John Muir. Instead - an aqueduct was constructed to carry water from the reservoir to the city






47. Southeatern California native american tribes






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






49. Visor general to New Spain urges kinig that they should settle California before the English or russians took over it - two expeditions went by sea and two expeditions went by land






50. War in which Spain relinquished its North American claims east of the Mississippi River