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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. Established in 1764 - this asct combined new taxes on imports like sugar
Three - Fifths Compromise
Sugar Act
Appomattox Court
Sebastian Cermeno
2. A tax placed on legal documents including newspapers - led to the establishment of the Stamp Act Congress - first assembly of colonialists against British regulation
railroad
Stamp Tax
Trenton
Hopewell people
3. Southern California native american tribes
rights of the federal government
Jacques Cartier
Chumash - Tongya (Gabrielino) - Salinan - Cahuilla
secession
4. 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
War of 1812
presidios
Chinese
Modoc War
5. The priimary entry point for the immigrants from Asia
Radical Republicans
Angel Island
Europeans in the New World: France
Chinese
6. People have certain natural rights including life - liberty - and the pursuit of happiness - Government is set by the consent of the governed - It is the right of the people to overthrow unjust governments
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7. River 100 miles North of Los Angeles that the city of Los Angeles built an aqueduct on to bring the water to Los Angeles
rights of the federal government
Rhode Island
Chinese
Owens River
8. 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
Puritans
Tea Act of 1773
Rhode Island
Europeans in the New World
9. Southeatern California native american tribes
Connecticut Commonwealth
Quechan (Yuma) and Mohave tribes
Germans
squatters
10. War that helped California get into a real estate boom fueled by the housing industry and reach 6 million people in population
rights of states
Europeans in the New World: Spain
World War II
Mexicans
11. In the eastern region of the United States
Yorktown
England and the colonies: similarities
aeorspace industry
The Cumberland and Allegheny plateaus
12. Spanish explorer who found Monterey Bay
Europeans in the New World
Appomattox Court
Sebastian Cermeno
Land Commission
13. 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
Three - Fifths Compromise
General Stockton
forty - niners
Mexicans
14. Decision that said that slaves count as three - fifths of the population
Japanese
Mexican Independence
Three - Fifths Compromise
executive branch
15. Industry in California employs more thtan 500000 people mostly in Hollywood
The Piedmont
entertainment
anti - federalists
Land Commission
16. Visor general to New Spain urges kinig that they should settle California before the English or russians took over it - two expeditions went by sea and two expeditions went by land
pueblos
Jose de Galves
November 1849
Radical Republicans
17. Facilities that the Spanish used to turned to the Indians to establish agricultural fields and learned Christianity. natives also were exposed to disease that they don't have immunity to. Also - brought olive trees and orange trees and introduced whe
missions
presidios
Whig Party
Mt. Whitney
18. Issued by King of england to forbid colonists to move west of the Appalachian Mountains - led the british to raise taxes so they could support hundreds of troops to be stationed in the colonies - along with a raise of taxes
entertainment
November 1849
Proclamation of 1763
Europeans in the New World: Netherlands
19. 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
The Aztec Empire
Mexican - American War
Constitutional Convention
forty - niners
20. Ultiimately defeated General Pico and re - captured Los Angeles in 1847 - ending the Mexican American war
The Appalachian Mountains
Central Pacific Railroad
Johann Sutter
General Stockton and General Kearney
21. Immigrant group that had already moved to Hawaii
Central Valley
Sierra Nevadas
Pueblo Indians
Japanese
22. The idea that Americans are destined to spread across the hemisphere and especially spread the good news of democracy
Amerindians
manifest destiny
Declaration of Independence
Stamp Tax
23. State established in 1636 by Roger Williams to acknowledge religious freedom and the separation of 'church and state'
The Industrial Era of the United States
Puritans
Rhode Island
Pueblo Indians
24. The first declaration of self - government in the New World
Henry Hudson
Mayflower Compact
the Oregon Territory
recall
25. In the U.S. constitution - it makes the laws
Europeans in the New World
legislative branch
free - soil movement
Lewis and Clark
26. Native American group developed in Southwest and were were skilled builders
Anasazi culture
Commodore Sloat
November 1849
Transcontinental Railroad
27. Several preachers started to speak of Christian salvation as something under control of individual - challenged traditional perceptions of Christianity to focus of individual salvation
The Appalachian Mountains
The Sierra Nevada and the Cascade Range
Rhode Island
Great Awakening
28. Native American empire with stepped pyramids - utilized multiple calendars - and possessede extensive astronomical knowledge
California Alien Land Act
The Maya Empire
William Penn
Declaration of Independence
29. 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
how Union defeated Confederates
free - soil movement
Election of 1876
Union advantage
30. Etsablished and was nativist - anti - Chinese - and anti - big business
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31. Occurred right after 'shots heard round the world' happened (Lexington and Concord)
aeorspace industry
Second Constitutional Congress
loose construction
Intolerable Acts of 1774
32. 1500: Cabral - Brazil
squatters
Europeans in the New World: Portugal
Transcontinental Railroad
referendum
33. 1st 10 Amendments to the Constitution - Introduced by Madison - A series of limitations on the power of the U.S. federal government; added to protect the rights of individuals and safeguard the sovereignty of the states over their own affairs
Bill of Rights
entertainment
Great Awakening
'strict construction'
34. 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)
Immigration Act of 1965
Gold
French and Indian War
Father Junipero Serra
35. In the eastern region of the United States - In the Northeast - they meat the ocean - forming a rough - rocky coast
The Appalachian Mountains
Europeans in the New World: Britain
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Amerindians
36. California industry that counts for 13 percent of gross domestic product and includes the state's theeme parks and urban centers - inlcuidng national wonders
tourism
Amendments
The Sierra Nevada and the Cascade Range
California Alien Land Act
37. 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
The Declaration of Independence
England and the colonies: differences
Bear Flag Revolt
Locke's beliefs that influenced US constitution
38. Established a Senate with equal representation and House of Representatives based on population
Okies
the Great Compromise
Georgia
Intolerable Acts of 1774
39. 1608: de Champlain - Canada (Quebec) -1682: La Salle - Louisiana
Central Pacific Railroad
Chinese
Europeans in the New World: France
Father Fermin Lausen
40. War between the French and British that ended with the defeat of French and Indian allies. It ordered French to be completely removed from North America and Spain relinquished parts of Florida in exchange for New Orleans and lands west of Mississippi
tourism
Amendments
French and Indian War
Johann Sutter
41. A major food staple of California native American tribes
the Great Compromise
The interior
acorns
Jose Figueroa
42. 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
rights of the federal government
Immigration Act of 1965
Emanciptation Proclomation
Missouri Compromise of 1820
43. A new reform movement established in California favored workers rights and the people over big corporations
Progressives
Jacksonian democracy
presidios
The Appalachian Mountains
44. Addition of new territories would decide if they were going to be slave or non - slave owning states
Missouri Compromise of 1820
Francisco Pizarro
William Penn
the Oregon Territory
45. 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
Balboa
legislative branch
The Mississippi River
Declaration of Independence
46. Repealed the Chinese Exclusion Act
Amerindians
legislative branch
Europeans in the New World: Spain
Magnuson Act of 1943
47. 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
Father Fermin Lausen
Jose de Galves
Rodney Case
Pacific Railroad Act of 1862
48. Restrucutred local control over property taxes and led to cutbacks in taxes and decrease in the tax base available to fund social services
Proposition 13
Francisco Montejo
Hiram Johnson
Intolerable Acts of 1774
49. State that was a colony established for Catholics so they could escape religious persecution
executive branch
federalism
Maryland
Mayflower Compact
50. 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
Proclamation of 1763
Rhode Island
Quechan (Yuma) and Mohave tribes
rights of states