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CSET U.S And California History

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. people from the eastern United States who came to California to saerch for gold. Were not so lucky about finding gold because the route to California was difficult and dangerous whether by land or by sea






2. Spanish conquistador who captured the last Mayan city






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






4. 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






5. Monopoly also called 'an octopus'






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






7. Established a Senate with equal representation and House of Representatives based on population






8. A group of colonists that meti nPhiladelphia to plan steps for resistance to British authority






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

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10. Farm worker advocates who founded the United Farm Workers Union in 1962






11. Native American group developed in Southwest and were were skilled builders






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






13. Act passed by British to prevent colonial town meetings






14. Economic opportunity - freedom of religion and expresion - and adventure






15. Group who explored south of Alaska for fur trade - establish Fort Ross in San Francisco as a trading post






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






18. Northern California Indian tribes






19. War that helped California get into a real estate boom fueled by the housing industry and reach 6 million people in population






20. Powers explicitly mentioned in Constitution were fedreal powers

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21. 1609: Hudson - New Netherlands (New York)






22. 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






23. Drains the interior of the United States






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






25. 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






26. Native American empire that ruled from capital of Tenochtitlan in central Mexico. They had mulltiple calendars - system of writing and economy dependent on tribute. Also focused on worship of a sun god and human sacrifice






27. Immigrant group that had already moved to Hawaii






28. Led to the chinese being blamed for the lack of jobs and they suffered violence and property damaged






29. 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






30. Industry based in Southern California areas - focus on casual - warm weather clothing






31. An act signed by President Lincoln to create a railroad that would go all the way across the continent - provided loans to the Central Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad so that theycould build the transcontiental railroad






32. The rise of 'the common man' through the presidency of Andrew Jackson in 1820s






33. A group of Republicans that were outraged that former Confederate officials were being elected back to Congress






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






35. 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






36. 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






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






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






39. Established processes for amendment that required 3/4 approval of the states and 2/3 of each house of Congress






40. (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






41. Established in 1764 - this asct combined new taxes on imports like sugar






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






43. Spanish explorer who found Monterey Bay






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






45. Dutch East India Company explorer who found New York and the mouth of the Hudson River






46. 1607: Virginia Co. - Jamestown (Virginia)






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






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






49. Established immigration quotas by eastern and western hemispheres rather than by county. Immigrants were brought in based on skills - need for family reunification - or status as poltical or economic refugees. Led to floods of immigrants came from As






50. 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