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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. Spanish conquerers of Central nand South America
the conquistadores
Mexicans
Whig Party
Europeans in the New World
2. Authored by Thomas Jefferson and focused on the declaration of 'life - liberty - and pursuit of happiness'
Declaration of Independence
free - soil movement
Townsheld Acts of 1767
manifest destiny
3. The idea that Americans are destined to spread across the hemisphere and especially spread the good news of democracy
rancho system
manifest destiny
England and the colonies: differences
California Alien Land Act
4. 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
Europeans in the New World
Pacific Railroad Act of 1862
England and the colonies: differences
black codes
5. French explorer who explored Canada to find the Northwest Passage - river routes that would take explorers through North America
the conquistadores
Jacques Cartier
Revolutionary War
Yorktown
6. French explorer who mapped the coastline from cape Cod to Nova Scotia - explored Great Lakes and founded Montreal
Samuel de Champlain
Owens River
the Oregon Territory
Francisco Pizarro
7. Period in 1930s when a severe drought hit hte midwest and forced 350000 people to leave theier farms and lsot jobsand come to California
Dust Bowl
Rhode Island
Hopewell people
free - soil movement
8. 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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9. Lake that was drained as a result of the Owens River aqueduct and ultimately led Owens Valley to sue the city of Los Angeles
Jacksonian democracy
acorns
Olmec Empire
Mono Lake
10. State established in 1636 by Roger Williams to acknowledge religious freedom and the separation of 'church and state'
Central Valley Project
forty - niners
the Great Compromise
Rhode Island
11. 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
secession
Whig Party
Mexican American War
General Stockton
12. War between Mexico and Spain that led to Mexico's independence and ownership of California in 1810
Kansas - Nebraska Act of 1854
Mexican Independence
Europeans in the New World: France
tourism
13. Made in 1803 by President Thoomas Jefferson and led to the acquisition of the territory west of the existing United States
Thirteenth Amendment
Louisiana Purchase
entertainment
The Maya Empire
14. Extends along the coast from New Jersey to Texas and is generally low land
The Cumberland and Allegheny plateaus
The southeastern Coastal Plain
Immigration Act of 1965
Land Commission
15. Year that California faces largest budget deficit
squatters
Cesar Chavez and Delores Huerta
2002
Balboa
16. 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
Land Commission
issue of representation under the Constitution
Federalist Papers
Lewis and Clark
17. (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
Louisiana Purchase
Chronological order of the colonies
Pomo - Miwok - Maidu - and Yokuts
Townsheld Acts of 1767
18. Raised theflag near Monterey and then retreated from the area - started the Mexican Americna War
The Sierra Nevada and the Cascade Range
John C. Fremont
Declaration of Independence
New Government
19. Spanish explorer who found Monterey Bay
Sebastian Vicaino
Europeans in the New World
pueblos
Sebastian Cermeno
20. System of land distribution in which there were very few wealthy land owners and many landless workers
Maryland Toleration Act of 1649
Constitutional Convention
rancho system
Bear Flag Revolt
21. 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
Constitution
Death Valley
Proclamation of 1763
Jose Figueroa
22. In the U.S. constitution - it enforces laws
Hopewell people
Townsheld Acts of 1767
Georgia
executive branch
23. The first settlers to arrive in Massachusetts. It was a religious group that fled Englandfor religious persecution in 1620
Watts Riots
Hernando Cortes
Pilgrims
Central Pacific Railroad
24. Acknowledged the tension between the economic and political status of minorities
Election of 1876
Ten Percent Plan
Irish
Watts Riots
25. 1607: Virginia Co. - Jamestown (Virginia)
Quechan (Yuma) and Mohave tribes
Sebastian Vicaino
aeorspace industry
Europeans in the New World: Britain
26. In the U.S. constitution - it makes the laws
legislative branch
Maryland
Gold
the Great Compromise
27. Dutch East India Company explorer who found New York and the mouth of the Hudson River
Radical Republicans
Henry Hudson
Railroad Act of 1864
Hopewell people
28. Separation of Powers - Checks and Balances - Federal System - Powers of Congress - The Great Compromise - Bill of Rights - Amendments
Appomattox Court
New Government
southern anad eastern European
water
29. 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
Pilgrims
Death Valley
squatters
Pony Express
30. In the eastern region of the United States
Amendments
New Government
The Cumberland and Allegheny plateaus
Death Valley
31. Amendment that abolished slavery throughout the United States
loose construction
Thirteenth Amendment
Japanese
black codes
32. The crest of the Rocky Mountains - Rivers that begin east of it flow toward the Atlantic Ocean - Western rivers flow toward the Pacific Ocean
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
The Continental Divide
Europeans in the New World: Portugal
Sugar Act
33. The Spanish attempt to colonize California by building Missionsand converting the Spanish
Immigration Act of 1965
sacred expedition
Connecticut Commonwealth
England and the colonies: differences
34. Spanish forts that were built for missionaries and settlers to hide in when Indians revolted
presidios
Jose de Galves
Compromise of 1850
Salton Sea
35. Opened in 1914 and extends international links
The Piedmont
Panama Canal
Olmec Empire
Chinese
36. The first civlization to develop in MesoAmerica and were the first to develop a calendar and agrciultural community in America
Chinese
forty - niners
Olmec Empire
Constitutional Convention
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
The Continental Divide
Quartering Act
Mississippian culture
Tea Act of 1773
38. Union created blockade of Southern ports and Confederate cotton rotted on the docks
The Aztec Empire
how Union defeated Confederates
Mississippian culture
water
39. In the U.S. Constitution - it is a system of checks and balances between the three branches of government
separation of powers
Angel Island
Europeans in the New World
squatters
40. Biggest immigrant group from 1850 to 1900. They successfully developed farms in the Midwest and skilled trades in larger cities.
The Mississippi River
Bill of Rights
Lewis and Clark
Germans
41. The idea that various immigrants cultural differences were minimized and assimilated together
federalism
the Oregon Territory
Second Constitutional Congress
melting pot
42. 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
The Great Basin
First Continental Congress
Father Junipero Serra
forty - niners
43. Strong believers in the human capacity to do the right thing and did not need a strong central government
'strict construction'
anti - federalists
November 1849
The Mississippi River
44. An effort to establish an indepndent California republic
rancho system
anti - federalists
Thirteenth Amendment
Bear Flag Revolt
45. 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
Bear Flag Revolt
Constitution
The Great Basin
Jacques Cartier
46. 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
Rodney Case
Gold
The Inca Empire
Missouri Compromise of 1820
47. Launched the Revolutionary War - British general ordered destruction of citizens growing number of guns and ammunition - colonialists defended their supplies
the Oregon Territory
Battle of Lexington and Concord (Conneticut)
Stamp Tax
The Inca Empire
48. 1492: Columbus - West Indies and Bahamas -1513: Balboa - Panama -1519: Cortes - Mexico -1532: Pizarro - Peru
Germans
Irish
federalism
Europeans in the New World: Spain
49. 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
Sebastian Vicaino
Irish
Japanese
The Continental Divide
50. A new reform movement established in California favored workers rights and the people over big corporations
French and Indian War
Progressives
Europeans in the New World: France
Locke's beliefs that influenced US constitution