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






2. 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






3. (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






4. Explorers commissioned by Thomas Jefferson to explore the newly purchased Lousiiana territory






5. Gave southerneers a stronger fugitive slave law and popular sovereignty (territories would have the right to decide for themselves whether or not they wanted to adopt slavery on their borders) over newly conquered Mexico areas in exchange for Califor






6. The founder of the San Diego mission - the first of the 21 original Spanish Catholic missions in California - later established seven missions on the El Camino Real (The Royal Road)






7. MesoAmerican tribe that preceded the Aztecs but followed from the Mayans






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






9. The priimary entry point for the immigrants from Asia






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






11. 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






12. More restrictive legislation towards Japanese and that they were inelgible for citizenship and could not own land






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

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






15. Compact used to colonize New Hampshire






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






17. An effort to establish an indepndent California republic






18. 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






19. Native American group who were skilled farmers who flourished in Ohio and Mississippi






20. 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






21. California industry that counts for 13 percent of gross domestic product and includes the state's theeme parks and urban centers - inlcuidng national wonders






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






23. 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






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






25. 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






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






27. Northern California Indian tribes






28. In the U.S. constitution - it makes the laws






29. The central agricultural area of California






30. 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






31. Spanish explorer who sailed to Pacific coast to find fabled Northwest Passage - wound up in San Francisco Bay and called the territory Alta California






32. The first declaration of self - government in the New World






33. During the Reconstruction - a state could be readmitted if 10 percent of the former Confederates voted in the 1860 election vowed loyalty to the Union






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






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






36. 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






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






38. 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






39. publicized the gold discovery and bought every shovel - pick axe and pan in the region and made much money






40. Act passed by British to prevent colonial town meetings






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






42. 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






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






44. The year and month that California approves its first constitution






45. The highest point in California






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






47. 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






48. The first battle of the Civil War. Seccessionists fire on the remaining Union sronghold in the South.






49. 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






50. A new group of immigrants that swelled in the midwestern and eastern cities. They lived in sseperate neighborhoods known as ghettos