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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. Southern states threatened to secede if this state was admitted as a free state






2. Forced colonists to provide housing to British soldiers






3. Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe about a heroic slave - further spurred the need for slaves to be free

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4. Gen. Robert E. Lee surrenders in 1865 and ends the civil war






5. The lowest point in California






6. (Mnemonic: Fat babies love to piss - **** - yell.) Fort Ticonderoga - Bunker Hill - Long Island - Trenton - Princeton - Saratoga - Yorktown






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






8. Spanish conquistador's search of the Seven Cities of Cibola led to Spanish exploration of the Baja Peninsula






9. Industry in California employs more thtan 500000 people mostly in Hollywood






10. River 100 miles North of Los Angeles that the city of Los Angeles built an aqueduct on to bring the water to Los Angeles






11. Southeatern California native american tribes






12. 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






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






14. 10 amendments in the U.S. Constitution that ensured that individuals and states would not suffer from excessive and arbitrary federal power






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






16. 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






17. An effort to establish an indepndent California republic






18. sawmill owner whose employee John Marshall discovered discover gold in the Sierra Nevada foothills






19. The number one resource that California is quickly running out of with its ever growing population






20. Central California native American tribes






21. State established in 1638 by a delegation to establish a Swedish colony






22. An Atlantic warm - water current that warms the East Coast in winter and is responsible for excellent fishing






23. 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






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






25. The idea that Americans are destined to spread across the hemisphere and especially spread the good news of democracy






26. The first conquistador and defeated the Aztec Empire in 1521 after they saw his arrival as a divine arrival of a god and let him into their empire






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






28. The earliest form of the American Constitution that was adopted in 1781. Weak because government could not raise money from states and have no budget - could not regulate trade or conduct foreign policy without obtaining consent from states on each m






29. Construction began in 1863 and completed in 1869- done by mostly Chinese and Irish immigrants - met at Promontoary Point in utah






30. Repealed the Chinese Exclusion Act






31. Ended the Mexican American War and brought California - Arizona - New Mesxico - Nevada - Utah - Colorado and Wyoming into the mix






32. 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






33. Launched the Revolutionary War - British general ordered destruction of citizens growing number of guns and ammunition - colonialists defended their supplies






34. People who took land from the original Californios






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






36. Drains the interior of the United States






37. 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






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






39. 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






40. Powers explicitly mentioned in Constitution were fedreal powers

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41. Spanish explorer who explored coastal areas of San diego - Santa Barbara and Monterrey






42. Written by John Jay - Alexander Hamilton and James Madison about the need of a strong federal government






43. 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






44. Reeds used by central California native Americans to build homes






45. 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






46. The first constitution to realizeno authrotiy than its own and governed the common wealth






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






48. 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.






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






50. Caused from multiple Spanish invasions - economic wars between divided tribes