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CSET U.S And California History

Subjects : cset, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. State that was a colony established for Catholics so they could escape religious persecution






2. 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






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






4. The two major deserts in California






5. Southern states threatened to secede if this state was admitted as a free state






6. In the eastern region of the United States






7. 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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8. Native American group developed in Southwest and were were skilled builders






9. A new group of immigrants that swelled in the midwestern and eastern cities. They lived in sseperate neighborhoods known as ghettos






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






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






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






13. Area around California that is largest producer of electronics






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






15. 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






16. Etsablished and was nativist - anti - Chinese - and anti - big business

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






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






19. (Mnemonic: Fun farmers always grow vegetables - specifically beets.) - Fort Sumter - First Battle of Bull Run - Antietam - Gettysburg - Vicksburg - Sherman's March to the Sea - Battle of Appomattox Courthouse






20. 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






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






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






23. 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.






24. Native American empire with stepped pyramids - utilized multiple calendars - and possessede extensive astronomical knowledge






25. 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






26. 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






27. Act passed by British to prevent colonial town meetings






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






29. 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






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






31. Broad interpretation of the Constitution






32. Provided more funding and gave the railroads ten square miles of land to the tracks for every mile of track laid






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






34. Spanish conquistador who captured the last Mayan city






35. publicized the gold discovery and bought every shovel - pick axe and pan in the region and made much money






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






37. 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






38. Amendment that abolished slavery throughout the United States






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






40. 1500: Cabral - Brazil






41. 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






42. Major issue that was disputed by population (Virginia Plan) vs. equal representation (the Connecticut Plan)






43. Explorers commissioned by Thomas Jefferson to explore the newly purchased Lousiiana territory






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






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






47. 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






48. West Point graduates and used to handling firearms and driven






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






50. People who took land from the original Californios