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CSET U.S And California History
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1. Renamed the Southern Pacific Company and controlled all the railroads in California - president was Leland Stanford was a California governor and U.S. Senator
Central Pacific Railroad
Stamp Tax
Georgia
Transcontinental Railroad
2. In the U.S. constitution - it makes the laws
Europeans in the New World
The Chinese Exclusion Act
Quartering Act
legislative branch
3. One of the first U.S. political parties. It was led by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. They stood up for more for individual rights and 'strict construction.' They opposed industrialization and didn't think bank was a good idea. They later evolve
southern anad eastern European
Puritans
Democratic Republicans
Mono Lake
4. Established a Senate with equal representation and House of Representatives based on population
Hiram Johnson
Jose Figueroa
Workingmen's Party
the Great Compromise
5. State founded in 1733 as a buffer against Spain to Florida. It was the last of the 13 colonies established
referendum
French and Indian War
Georgia
Bill of Rights
6. Material that led to California to be populated by 40000 miners from all over the United States
Gold
entertainment
railroad
initiative
7. 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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8. Industry started in California during WWII and based in the Los Angeles - including Long Beach
aeorspace industry
Russians
loose construction
Anasazi culture
9. 1607: Virginia Co. - Jamestown (Virginia)
Europeans in the New World: Britain
Japanese
Connecticut Commonwealth
water
10. 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
black codes
Mexican - American War
Balboa
Jose de Galves
11. A major food staple of California native American tribes
Sugar Act
Magnuson Act of 1943
the conquistadores
acorns
12. 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
entertainment
railroad
Thirteenth Amendment
Central Valley Project
13. Captured Los Angeles until it was rec - captured by Governor Pico and General Castro for Mexico
Ten Percent Plan
General Stockton
Hernando Cortes
recall
14. Industry based in Southern California areas - focus on casual - warm weather clothing
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
Salton Sea
apparel industry
Federalist Party
15. 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
The Chinese Exclusion Act
The Industrial Era of the United States
Europeans in the New World: Netherlands
Chumash - Tongya (Gabrielino) - Salinan - Cahuilla
16. Completes the rest of the Spanish missions following Junipero Serra's death
Andrew Johnson
Father Fermin Lausen
initiative
Sierra Nevadas
17. In the eastern region of the United States
The Cumberland and Allegheny plateaus
Articles of Confederation
Georgia
Delaware
18. The Spanish attempt to colonize California by building Missionsand converting the Spanish
sacred expedition
Hetch Hetchy Dam
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Pueblo Indians
19. 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
rights of the federal government
hydraulic mining -
Progressives
The Industrial Era of the United States
20. Spanish explorer who found Monterey Bay
Sebastian Cermeno
Toltecs
reasons of American immigration
Pueblo Indians
21. Another religious group that arrived to Massachusetts Bay in 1629. They had a covenant with God to build 'a city on a hill'
forty - niners
Puritans
executive branch
Amendments
22. Period in 1930s when a severe drought hit hte midwest and forced 350000 people to leave theier farms and lsot jobsand come to California
Battle of Lexington and Concord (Conneticut)
Dust Bowl
Angel Island
Mt. Whitney
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.
rights of the federal government
The Declaration of Independence
Emanciptation Proclomation
secession
24. Twice the population - strong navy - banking system and factories - Union industries were producing ammunition and goods - driven black soldiers fighting for the freedom of their families
Union advantage
Europeans in the New World: Britain
Federalist Papers
The Inca Empire
25. 10 amendments in the U.S. Constitution that ensured that individuals and states would not suffer from excessive and arbitrary federal power
Bill of Rights
November 1849
Samuel de Champlain
the Great Compromise
26. Battle between United States and Mexico which followed the annexation of Texas. Led to the United States owning California in the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Andrew Johnson
southern anad eastern European
Mexican American War
executive branch
27. 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
merchant Sam Brannon
Balboa
initiative
Hetch Hetchy Dam
28. Southern California native american tribes
issue of representation under the Constitution
Chumash - Tongya (Gabrielino) - Salinan - Cahuilla
railroad
The Cumberland and Allegheny plateaus
29. Discovered in 1853- mineres would use powerful hoses to shoot water at the hillsides to wash away the soil and findthe gold - damaged environment and killed fish
The Cumberland and Allegheny plateaus
First Continental Congress
hydraulic mining -
squatters
30. 1608: de Champlain - Canada (Quebec) -1682: La Salle - Louisiana
1850
Whig Party
Europeans in the New World: France
Francisco Pizarro
31. California industry that counts for 13 percent of gross domestic product and includes the state's theeme parks and urban centers - inlcuidng national wonders
Cesar Chavez and Delores Huerta
tourism
pueblos
Emanciptation Proclomation
32. Towns that grew around the missions and presidios as settlers moved up from Mexico
Modoc War
Workingmen's Party
pueblos
Mono Lake
33. Authored by Thomas Jefferson and focused on the declaration of 'life - liberty - and pursuit of happiness'
War of 1812
Delaware
Declaration of Independence
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
34. 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
Land Commission
Toltecs
Federalist Party
Sebastian Cermeno
35. A division of power that spells out the roles between the government and the states
Quartering Act
Death Valley
Prevailing Westerlies
federalism
36. The lowest point in California
Death Valley
Mexicans
Europeans in the New World: Netherlands
Intolerable Acts of 1774
37. The year that California becomes the 31st state in the Union thanks to a compromise over slavery
Tea Act of 1773
Revolutionary War
The southeastern Coastal Plain
1850
38. State established in 1636 by Roger Williams to acknowledge religious freedom and the separation of 'church and state'
Rhode Island
Hopewell people
England and the colonies: similarities
internment camps
39. (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
internment camps
'strict construction'
Delaware
Major battles of the Civil War
40. Lake that was drained as a result of the Owens River aqueduct and ultimately led Owens Valley to sue the city of Los Angeles
southern anad eastern European
Mono Lake
Locke's beliefs that influenced US constitution
Pomo - Miwok - Maidu - and Yokuts
41. Most of it is generally flat land: - The eastern half is called the interior lowlands - The western half is called the Great Plains
Europeans in the New World
The interior
Battle of Fort Sumter of 1861
Federalist Party
42. The immigration group that helped build the railroads later settled in San Francisco. They took low wage jobs and later became small business entrepreneurs
Major battles of the Civil War
apparel industry
Chinese
2002
43. (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
Chronological order of the colonies
Locke's beliefs that influenced US constitution
Europeans in the New World: Spain
tule
44. The final document that established United States government. It had to be ratified by at least nine states - process now is 2/3s of Congress and 38 out of 50 states
Immigration Act of 1965
Constitution
Hernando Cortez
French and Indian War
45. The idea that various immigrants cultural differences were minimized and assimilated together
The Industrial Era of the United States
Mexicans
Battle of Gettysberg
melting pot
46. 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
Kansas - Nebraska Act of 1854
Cesar Chavez and Delores Huerta
acorns
Modoc War
47. Ultiimately defeated General Pico and re - captured Los Angeles in 1847 - ending the Mexican American war
General Stockton and General Kearney
Jose de Galves
Pomo - Miwok - Maidu - and Yokuts
New Government
48. Forced colonists to provide housing to British soldiers
Mayflower Compact
Quartering Act
Quechan (Yuma) and Mohave tribes
Francisco Pizarro
49. Drains the interior of the United States
Second Constitutional Congress
The Mississippi River
water
Japanese
50. Final battle of the Revolutionary war. British stronghold falls in 1781 and George Washington captures British general Lord cornwallis
pueblos
missions
Great Awakening
Yorktown