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CSET U.S And California History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Immigrant group that joined Irish on the Gold Rush and railroad construction - opened businesses and were envied by others
Major battles of the Civil War
2002
Mexican American War
Chinese
2. 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
issue of representation under the Constitution
hydraulic mining -
Central Pacific Railroad
Kansas - Nebraska Act of 1854
3. An Atlantic warm - water current that warms the East Coast in winter and is responsible for excellent fishing
Amerindians
Federalist Party
Central Valley
The Gulf Stream
4. A group of Republicans that were outraged that former Confederate officials were being elected back to Congress
Jacques Cartier
black codes
Europeans in the New World: France
Radical Republicans
5. French explorer who explored Canada to find the Northwest Passage - river routes that would take explorers through North America
Jacques Cartier
Central Valley
Immigration Act of 1965
Pony Express
6. Called in 1787 to reform the Articles of Confederation
Sierra Nevadas
Jacksonian democracy
Constitutional Convention
Important Battles of the Revolution
7. 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
Mississippian culture
The Industrial Era of the United States
Europeans in the New World: Netherlands
Chronological order of the colonies
8. In the U.S. constitution - it makes the laws
legislative branch
Modoc War
Transcontinental Railroad
Mojave Desert and the Colorado desert
9. 1860 mailing service that carried mail in ten days from Missouri to California - went out of business in 1861 when the first telegraph was completed
Pony Express
Thirteenth Amendment
Pacific Railroad Act of 1862
Death Valley
10. State founded in 1733 as a buffer against Spain to Florida. It was the last of the 13 colonies established
Mississippian culture
The Cumberland and Allegheny plateaus
internment camps
Georgia
11. War that helped California get into a real estate boom fueled by the housing industry and reach 6 million people in population
Okies
Salton Sea
World War II
Federalist Papers
12. Print money - regulate interstae and international trade - make treaties - declare war and field armed forces - establish post office - make laws necessarsy to execute powers
Mexican American War
rights of the federal government
water
Henry Hudson
13. Period in 1930s when a severe drought hit hte midwest and forced 350000 people to leave theier farms and lsot jobsand come to California
Revolutionary War
Henry Hudson
black codes
Dust Bowl
14. Written by John Jay - Alexander Hamilton and James Madison about the need of a strong federal government
Yorktown
Federalist Papers
Father Fermin Lausen
Constitutional Convention
15. Central California native American tribes
Central Valley Project
Appomattox Court
Jose de Galves
Pomo - Miwok - Maidu - and Yokuts
16. Established in 1764 - this asct combined new taxes on imports like sugar
Pueblo Indians
'strict construction'
Bill of Rights
Sugar Act
17. Northern California Indian tribes
Yurok - Hupa - Shasta - Modoc - Achumawi
Revolutionary War
The Chinese Exclusion Act
The Declaration of Independence
18. West Point graduates and used to handling firearms and driven
Democratic Republicans
Mexican American War
the conquistadores
Confederacy advanage
19. The land between the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada
Mayflower Compact
The Great Basin
Father Fermin Lausen
Bear Flag Revolt
20. 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
Hernando Cortez
Japanese
Okies
Immigration Act of 1965
21. The first civlization to develop in MesoAmerica and were the first to develop a calendar and agrciultural community in America
Sugar Act
The Piedmont
Olmec Empire
'strict construction'
22. 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
separation of powers
Chumash - Tongya (Gabrielino) - Salinan - Cahuilla
Second Constitutional Congress
23. Native American empire with stepped pyramids - utilized multiple calendars - and possessede extensive astronomical knowledge
The Maya Empire
Europeans in the New World: Portugal
The Great Basin
Gold
24. In the U.S. constitution - it enforces laws
1850
California
The Maya Empire
executive branch
25. 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
England and the colonies: differences
acorns
water
forty - niners
26. Another religious group that arrived to Massachusetts Bay in 1629. They had a covenant with God to build 'a city on a hill'
Puritans
black codes
Immigration Act of 1965
Louisiana Purchase
27. State established in 1638 by a delegation to establish a Swedish colony
Compromise of 1850
Commodore Sloat
Delaware
Rodney Case
28. Authored by Thomas Jefferson and focused on the declaration of 'life - liberty - and pursuit of happiness'
Declaration of Independence
judicial branch
Pilgrims
John C. Fremont
29. The highest point in California
Jose Figueroa
the Oregon Territory
Mt. Whitney
Federalist Party
30. Native American group who inhabited the Southwest after the Anasazi people and built extensive adobe cities
Pueblo Indians
Andrew Johnson
loose construction
Ten Percent Plan
31. 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
New Government
Land Commission
Europeans in the New World
Louisiana Purchase
32. Completes the rest of the Spanish missions following Junipero Serra's death
Louisiana Purchase
Father Fermin Lausen
Confederacy advanage
Germans
33. War between Mexico and Spain that led to Mexico's independence and ownership of California in 1810
federalism
Hernando Cortez
how Union defeated Confederates
Mexican Independence
34. Made in 1803 by President Thoomas Jefferson and led to the acquisition of the territory west of the existing United States
Sir Francis Drake
manifest destiny
Jacksonian democracy
Louisiana Purchase
35. Acquittal of police officers in this man's case in 1992 led to a major riot that called for economic and political opportunity for minorities. federal guilty verdict reduces the racial tension
Rodney Case
Irish
Tea Act of 1773
forty - niners
36. (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
Europeans in the New World: Britain
Depression of 1870
Battle of Fort Sumter of 1861
Chronological order of the colonies
37. 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
Anasazi culture
secession
Hernando Cortez
Jacques Cartier
38. Further tightened taxation and regulatory noose
California Alien Land Act
The Gulf Stream
Townsheld Acts of 1767
executive branch
39. 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
tourism
Mexican Independence
The Declaration of Independence
40. A division of power that spells out the roles between the government and the states
forty - niners
federalism
The Piedmont
Pomo - Miwok - Maidu - and Yokuts
41. The major Union battle victory in 1863 that led to The Gettysberg Address - Lincoln's declaration that the Union will not be divided
Railroad Act of 1864
black codes
Battle of Gettysberg
rancho system
42. Acquired from Great Britain in 1846
anti - federalists
Jacques Cartier
First Continental Congress
the Oregon Territory
43. 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
judicial branch
Mayflower Compact
Mono Lake
Pacific Railroad Act of 1862
44. Lake that was drained as a result of the Owens River aqueduct and ultimately led Owens Valley to sue the city of Los Angeles
French and Indian War
Mono Lake
Europeans in the New World: Spain
Stamp Tax
45. 1609: Hudson - New Netherlands (New York)
Mexicans
pueblos
The Aztec Empire
Europeans in the New World: Netherlands
46. 10 amendments in the U.S. Constitution that ensured that individuals and states would not suffer from excessive and arbitrary federal power
Mt. Whitney
Bill of Rights
Radical Republicans
Union advantage
47. Act passed by British to prevent colonial town meetings
Central Valley Project
Intolerable Acts of 1774
the conquistadores
aeorspace industry
48. War fought between America and Britain and it was caused by violations of U.S. neutrality and impressment of U.S. sailors. Victory led to national pride - self - sufficiency - and foreign credibility
internment camps
Tea Act of 1773
Proposition 13
War of 1812
49. Major issue that was disputed by population (Virginia Plan) vs. equal representation (the Connecticut Plan)
issue of representation under the Constitution
Panama Canal
Georgia
Sebastian Cermeno
50. Caused from multiple Spanish invasions - economic wars between divided tribes
'strict construction'
World War II
decline of the Mayan civlization
hydraulic mining -