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CSET U.S And California History

Subjects : cset, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. People have certain natural rights including life - liberty - and the pursuit of happiness - Government is set by the consent of the governed - It is the right of the people to overthrow unjust governments

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3. The first constitution to realizeno authrotiy than its own and governed the common wealth






4. The two major deserts in California






5. 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






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






7. Authored by Thomas Jefferson and focused on the declaration of 'life - liberty - and pursuit of happiness'






8. 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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9. Economic opportunity - freedom of religion and expresion - and adventure






10. 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






11. 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






12. Spanish conquerers of Central nand South America






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






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






15. 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






16. An effort to establish an indepndent California republic






17. Feature of California's constitutuion that alllows a statute or amendment that has passed the stae legislature which has then placed the proposed law on the ballot for approval by the electorate






18. 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






19. Final battle of the Revolutionary war. British stronghold falls in 1781 and George Washington captures British general Lord cornwallis






20. Decision that said that slaves count as three - fifths of the population






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 Prohibited the immigration of Chinese - not repealed until World War II






22. Spanish conquistador who captured the last Mayan city






23. Immigrant group that had already moved to Hawaii






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






25. Spanish conquistador's search of the Seven Cities of Cibola led to Spanish exploration of the Baja Peninsula






26. Drains the interior of the United States






27. In the U.S. constitution - it enforces laws






28. Spanish explorer who explored coastal areas of San diego - Santa Barbara and Monterrey






29. The earliest form of the American Constitution that was adopted in 1781. Weak because government could not raise money from states and have no budget - could not regulate trade or conduct foreign policy without obtaining consent from states on each m






30. Central California native American tribes






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






32. The priimary entry point for the immigrants from Asia






33. Forced colonists to provide housing to British soldiers






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






35. Renamed the Southern Pacific Company and controlled all the railroads in California - president was Leland Stanford was a California governor and U.S. Senator






36. A man - made lake caused by the flooding of a 70- mile long canal from the Colorado river to the Colorado desert






37. 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






38. The first English settlement in the New World in 1607






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






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






41. A tax placed on legal documents including newspapers - led to the establishment of the Stamp Act Congress - first assembly of colonialists against British regulation






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






43. 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.






44. Another religious group that arrived to Massachusetts Bay in 1629. They had a covenant with God to build 'a city on a hill'






45. 10 amendments in the U.S. Constitution that ensured that individuals and states would not suffer from excessive and arbitrary federal power






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






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






48. The first battle of the Civil War. Seccessionists fire on the remaining Union sronghold in the South.






49. From Spain - Portugal - Britain - France and the Netherlands






50. Occurred right after 'shots heard round the world' happened (Lexington and Concord)