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CSET U.S And California History
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1. West Point graduates and used to handling firearms and driven
Balboa
Confederacy advanage
Chinese
Magnuson Act of 1943
2. 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)
Central Pacific Railroad
Central Valley Project
Gentleman's Agreement
Father Junipero Serra
3. Industry based in Southern California areas - focus on casual - warm weather clothing
judicial branch
referendum
apparel industry
Sugar Act
4. The major Union battle victory in 1863 that led to The Gettysberg Address - Lincoln's declaration that the Union will not be divided
Johann Sutter
Battle of Gettysberg
legislative branch
Juan Cabrillo
5. War between Mexico and Spain that led to Mexico's independence and ownership of California in 1810
The Aztec Empire
Rhode Island
Mexican Independence
Maryland
6. Migrants who came to California during the Dust Bowl and followed crops from farm to farm
reasons of American immigration
Okies
Emanciptation Proclomation
Amerindians
7. Immigrant group that had already moved to Hawaii
Europeans in the New World: Spain
Japanese
Lewis and Clark
Magnuson Act of 1943
8. The rise of 'the common man' through the presidency of Andrew Jackson in 1820s
Pony Express
Jacksonian democracy
Kansas - Nebraska Act of 1854
First Continental Congress
9. 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
The Declaration of Independence
Death Valley
The Industrial Era of the United States
The Maya Empire
10. The lowest point in California
Thirteenth Amendment
Death Valley
Central Pacific Railroad
Chinese
11. 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
Olmec Empire
black codes
Union advantage
Three - Fifths Compromise
12. 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
recall
Articles of Confederation
Election of 1876
Sebastian Cermeno
13. The year and month that California approves its first constitution
nullification
November 1849
Townsheld Acts of 1767
the conquistadores
14. Raised theflag near Monterey and then retreated from the area - started the Mexican Americna War
Townsheld Acts of 1767
Connecticut Commonwealth
John C. Fremont
Lewis and Clark
15. 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
The Sierra Nevada and the Cascade Range
Chronological order of the colonies
Land Commission
Articles of Confederation
16. Spanish conquerers of Central nand South America
the conquistadores
The Aztec Empire
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
the Great Compromise
17. From Spain - Portugal - Britain - France and the Netherlands
Irish
Europeans in the New World
Mt. Whitney
French and Indian War
18. 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
pueblos
Revolutionary War
Watts Riots
Europeans in the New World: Portugal
19. 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
free - soil movement
Central Valley Project
Mexican American War
secession
20. Codes that were created to restrict rights and freedoms of the slaves in the South - the concept of seperate but equal
Jose de Galves
black codes
Railroad Act of 1864
referendum
21. In the eastern region of the United States - In the Northeast - they meat the ocean - forming a rough - rocky coast
free - soil movement
Mt. Whitney
The Appalachian Mountains
Thirteenth Amendment
22. French explorer who explored Canada to find the Northwest Passage - river routes that would take explorers through North America
The Maya Empire
Jacques Cartier
Mexicans
General Stockton
23. Biggest immigrant group from 1850 to 1900. They successfully developed farms in the Midwest and skilled trades in larger cities.
hydraulic mining -
Constitutional Convention
Germans
Compromise of 1850
24. An effort to establish an indepndent California republic
The Appalachian Mountains
Kansas - Nebraska Act of 1854
Bear Flag Revolt
Appomattox Court
25. MesoAmerican tribe that preceded the Aztecs but followed from the Mayans
Toltecs
Andrew Johnson
Death Valley
Maryland Toleration Act of 1649
26. Opened in 1914 and extends international links
Panama Canal
Constitution
tourism
Locke's beliefs that influenced US constitution
27. Southern states threatened to secede if this state was admitted as a free state
Russians
Mexican - American War
California
Pomo - Miwok - Maidu - and Yokuts
28. Lake that was drained as a result of the Owens River aqueduct and ultimately led Owens Valley to sue the city of Los Angeles
Mono Lake
1850
Mexicans
Appomattox Court
29. 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
First Continental Congress
Constitution
entertainment
nullification
30. System of land distribution in which there were very few wealthy land owners and many landless workers
the Great Compromise
The Aztec Empire
rancho system
reasons of American immigration
31. Captured Los Angeles until it was rec - captured by Governor Pico and General Castro for Mexico
Chinese
aeorspace industry
General Stockton
Yurok - Hupa - Shasta - Modoc - Achumawi
32. A dam across the Tuolumne River that would flood Yosemite - protested by naturalist John Muir. Instead - an aqueduct was constructed to carry water from the reservoir to the city
Owens River
Hetch Hetchy Dam
Olmec Empire
Revolutionary War
33. In the U.S. constitution - it makes the laws
Mexican - American War
legislative branch
The Cumberland and Allegheny plateaus
tourism
34. State that was a colony established for Catholics so they could escape religious persecution
acorns
tourism
secession
Maryland
35. Southeatern California native american tribes
Uncle Tom's Cabin
pueblos
Chinese
Quechan (Yuma) and Mohave tribes
36. State founded in 1733 as a buffer against Spain to Florida. It was the last of the 13 colonies established
Maryland Toleration Act of 1649
Georgia
'strict construction'
aeorspace industry
37. 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
Revolutionary War
Modoc War
Mt. Whitney
Mexican Independence
38. Year that California faces largest budget deficit
Rhode Island
The Mississippi River
Delaware
2002
39. State established in 1638 by a delegation to establish a Swedish colony
Battle of Lexington and Concord (Conneticut)
War of 1812
Delaware
The Maya Empire
40. State established in 1636 by Roger Williams to acknowledge religious freedom and the separation of 'church and state'
Election of 1876
Puritans
Rhode Island
Emanciptation Proclomation
41. Written by John Jay - Alexander Hamilton and James Madison about the need of a strong federal government
Federalist Papers
forty - niners
loose construction
Immigration Act of 1965
42. Made in 1803 by President Thoomas Jefferson and led to the acquisition of the territory west of the existing United States
Watts Riots
Russians
Louisiana Purchase
The Appalachian Mountains
43. The land between the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada
Juan Cabrillo
Jacques Cartier
The Great Basin
Bill of Rights
44. 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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45. 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
Bill of Rights
melting pot
forty - niners
'strict construction'
46. Acquired from Great Britain in 1846
The Declaration of Independence
The Maya Empire
Revolutionary War
the Oregon Territory
47. Provided more funding and gave the railroads ten square miles of land to the tracks for every mile of track laid
Railroad Act of 1864
water
The Great Basin
Workingmen's Party
48. Native American empire with stepped pyramids - utilized multiple calendars - and possessede extensive astronomical knowledge
anti - federalists
Sebastian Vicaino
The Maya Empire
Connecticut Commonwealth
49. sawmill owner whose employee John Marshall discovered discover gold in the Sierra Nevada foothills
The southeastern Coastal Plain
Johann Sutter
Angel Island
Pony Express
50. The crest of the Rocky Mountains - Rivers that begin east of it flow toward the Atlantic Ocean - Western rivers flow toward the Pacific Ocean
Whig Party
Father Junipero Serra
Appomattox Court
The Continental Divide