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CSET U.S And California History
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1. 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
Modoc War
Francisco Montejo
Compromise of 1850
New Government
2. From Spain - Portugal - Britain - France and the Netherlands
Jose Figueroa
Quartering Act
Salton Sea
Europeans in the New World
3. 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
Workingmen's Party
Proclamation of 1763
Okies
Francisco Pizarro
4. Dutch East India Company explorer who found New York and the mouth of the Hudson River
Henry Hudson
General Stockton and General Kearney
referendum
Democratic Republicans
5. War fought between U.S. and Mexico to gain more territory in the Southwest
Irish
Emanciptation Proclomation
Mexican - American War
legislative branch
6. 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
Europeans in the New World: Portugal
Hernando Cortez
Yorktown
Whig Party
7. 10 amendments in the U.S. Constitution that ensured that individuals and states would not suffer from excessive and arbitrary federal power
Owens River
Sir Francis Drake
Bill of Rights
Panama Canal
8. A major food staple of California native American tribes
acorns
Mayflower Compact
squatters
Watts Riots
9. 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.
Europeans in the New World: France
The Declaration of Independence
Declaration of Independence
Georgia
10. 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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11. Spanish explorer who sailed to Pacific coast to find fabled Northwest Passage - wound up in San Francisco Bay and called the territory Alta California
Trenton
Juan Cabrillo
issue of representation under the Constitution
referendum
12. Group of immigrants that first came to live in America. They either came from the northern route from Asia through a land bridge crossing the Bering Strait or through South american shores on boats
separation of powers
initiative
sacred expedition
Amerindians
13. People who took land from the original Californios
squatters
Election of 1876
Irish
hydraulic mining -
14. 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
Connecticut Commonwealth
Amendments
Tea Act of 1773
internment camps
15. The first English settlement in the New World in 1607
Jamestown
recall
Locke's beliefs that influenced US constitution
Exeter Compact
16. Strong believers in the human capacity to do the right thing and did not need a strong central government
reasons of American immigration
Exeter Compact
anti - federalists
southern anad eastern European
17. Central California native American tribes
General Stockton
Pomo - Miwok - Maidu - and Yokuts
Federalist Party
California Alien Land Act
18. California industry that counts for 13 percent of gross domestic product and includes the state's theeme parks and urban centers - inlcuidng national wonders
Transcontinental Railroad
tourism
The Piedmont
The Mississippi River
19. The two major deserts in California
Mojave Desert and the Colorado desert
judicial branch
Europeans in the New World: Britain
Proposition 13
20. Gen. Robert E. Lee surrenders in 1865 and ends the civil war
Bill of Rights
Appomattox Court
Father Fermin Lausen
The Mississippi River
21. Print money - regulate interstae and international trade - make treaties - declare war and field armed forces - establish post office - make laws necessarsy to execute powers
Death Valley
The Cumberland and Allegheny plateaus
rights of the federal government
War of 1812
22. Established processes for amendment that required 3/4 approval of the states and 2/3 of each house of Congress
Lewis and Clark
Hernando Cortes
Amendments
free - soil movement
23. 1st 10 Amendments to the Constitution - Introduced by Madison - A series of limitations on the power of the U.S. federal government; added to protect the rights of individuals and safeguard the sovereignty of the states over their own affairs
The Great Basin
England and the colonies: similarities
Bill of Rights
tourism
24. (Mnemonic: Fat babies love to piss - **** - yell.) Fort Ticonderoga - Bunker Hill - Long Island - Trenton - Princeton - Saratoga - Yorktown
Important Battles of the Revolution
Hernando Cortes
Tea Act of 1773
Yurok - Hupa - Shasta - Modoc - Achumawi
25. Final battle of the Revolutionary war. British stronghold falls in 1781 and George Washington captures British general Lord cornwallis
railroad
Quartering Act
Yorktown
Uncle Tom's Cabin
26. The highest point in California
Appomattox Court
Intolerable Acts of 1774
Mt. Whitney
Federalist Party
27. Amendment that abolished slavery throughout the United States
Germans
railroad
Owens River
Thirteenth Amendment
28. Immigrant group that joined Irish on the Gold Rush and railroad construction - opened businesses and were envied by others
Chinese
Battle of Lexington and Concord (Conneticut)
Europeans in the New World
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
29. Caused from multiple Spanish invasions - economic wars between divided tribes
Russians
Mojave Desert and the Colorado desert
decline of the Mayan civlization
Georgia
30. The year and month that California approves its first constitution
aeorspace industry
General Stockton
November 1849
the Oregon Territory
31. Led to the chinese being blamed for the lack of jobs and they suffered violence and property damaged
Intolerable Acts of 1774
Jose Figueroa
Louisiana Purchase
Depression of 1870
32. The idea that Americans are destined to spread across the hemisphere and especially spread the good news of democracy
manifest destiny
judicial branch
Jamestown
The Aztec Empire
33. A major mountain range in California
Sierra Nevadas
Progressives
Henry Hudson
Democratic Republicans
34. 1500: Cabral - Brazil
Proclamation of 1763
War of 1812
Europeans in the New World: Portugal
Proposition 13
35. Southern states threatened to secede if this state was admitted as a free state
1850
First Continental Congress
California
Mexican Independence
36. Native American group who were skilled farmers who flourished in Ohio and Mississippi
Okies
Progressives
Hopewell people
Great Awakening
37. Material that led to California to be populated by 40000 miners from all over the United States
The Aztec Empire
executive branch
the Great Compromise
Gold
38. Native American group developed in Southwest and were were skilled builders
The Industrial Era of the United States
Anasazi culture
Connecticut Commonwealth
anti - federalists
39. Industry based in Southern California areas - focus on casual - warm weather clothing
apparel industry
Sebastian Cermeno
Kansas - Nebraska Act of 1854
Jose de Galves
40. 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
acorns
rights of states
Compromise of 1850
Federalist Party
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
The Sierra Nevada and the Cascade Range
melting pot
Sugar Act
The Industrial Era of the United States
42. Established a Senate with equal representation and House of Representatives based on population
the Great Compromise
Appomattox Court
Europeans in the New World: Spain
The Mississippi River
43. The foothills at the base of the Appalachian mountains - In the eastern region of the United States
Missouri Compromise of 1820
The Piedmont
Death Valley
Central Valley Project
44. Compact used to colonize New Hampshire
Panama Canal
judicial branch
Exeter Compact
The southeastern Coastal Plain
45. Ended the Mexican American War and brought California - Arizona - New Mesxico - Nevada - Utah - Colorado and Wyoming into the mix
tule
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
federalism
Central Pacific Railroad
46. The idea that southern staets should refuse to obey the laws tha t they did not agree with
California
2002
nullification
Juan Cabrillo
47. An effort to establish an indepndent California republic
rights of the federal government
Tea Act of 1773
Bear Flag Revolt
Hopewell people
48. The immigration group that helped build the railroads later settled in San Francisco. They took low wage jobs and later became small business entrepreneurs
water
Chinese
separation of powers
Important Battles of the Revolution
49. 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
Chinese
Land Commission
Anasazi culture
Compromise of 1850
50. Another religious group that arrived to Massachusetts Bay in 1629. They had a covenant with God to build 'a city on a hill'
Angel Island
Democratic Republicans
Puritans
Pacific Railroad Act of 1862