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

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






3. The lowest point in California






4. Captured Los Angeles until it was rec - captured by Governor Pico and General Castro for Mexico






5. Compact used to colonize New Hampshire






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






7. 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.






8. State established in 1636 by Roger Williams to acknowledge religious freedom and the separation of 'church and state'






9. 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






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






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






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






13. 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






14. (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






15. The crest of the Rocky Mountains - Rivers that begin east of it flow toward the Atlantic Ocean - Western rivers flow toward the Pacific Ocean






16. The year that California becomes the 31st state in the Union thanks to a compromise over slavery






17. Codes that were created to restrict rights and freedoms of the slaves in the South - the concept of seperate but equal






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






19. Immigrant group that had already moved to Hawaii






20. Material that led to California to be populated by 40000 miners from all over the United States






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






22. Powers explicitly mentioned in Constitution were fedreal powers

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23. Acquired from Great Britain in 1846






24. The first civlization to develop in MesoAmerica and were the first to develop a calendar and agrciultural community in America






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






26. Strong believers in the human capacity to do the right thing and did not need a strong central government






27. Prohibited the immigration of Chinese - not repealed until World War II






28. 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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29. Addition of new territories would decide if they were going to be slave or non - slave owning states






30. Republican Rutherford Hayes and Democrat Samuel Tilden run for President. Hayes promises to end the Reconstruction and allows Southern staets to establish the black codes. Caused the end of the Reconstruction in 1877






31. Occurred right after 'shots heard round the world' happened (Lexington and Concord)






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






33. Completes the rest of the Spanish missions following Junipero Serra's death






34. Authored by Thomas Jefferson and focused on the declaration of 'life - liberty - and pursuit of happiness'






35. War foguht between Britain and American colonialists which led to America's independence. Americans enlist friendship of France to revolutionary cause - Spain and Netherlands soon follow






36. Spanish explorer who found Monterey Bay






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






38. 1607: Virginia Co. - Jamestown (Virginia)






39. A tradition of free public education was started in the villages of New England - Religious tolerance supplanted an early religious dogmatism first established by the Puritans in Massachusetts - A conscious choice was made to leave the idea of heredi






40. Opened in 1914 and extends international links






41. 1609: Hudson - New Netherlands (New York)






42. French explorer who mapped the coastline from cape Cod to Nova Scotia - explored Great Lakes and founded Montreal






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






44. Spanish conquerers of Central nand South America






45. 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






46. Separation of Powers - Checks and Balances - Federal System - Powers of Congress - The Great Compromise - Bill of Rights - Amendments






47. Immigrant group started migrating in the 1840s due to famine in their community. potato blight had decimated the potato harvest. They moved westward to the California Gold Rush of 1849






48. Acknowledged the tension between the economic and political status of minorities






49. Lake that was drained as a result of the Owens River aqueduct and ultimately led Owens Valley to sue the city of Los Angeles






50. 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