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CSET U.S And California History

Subjects : cset, history
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The priimary entry point for the immigrants from Asia






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






3. 1500: Cabral - Brazil






4. Powers explicitly mentioned in Constitution were fedreal powers

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5. Monopoly also called 'an octopus'






6. Area around California that is largest producer of electronics






7. 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






8. 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.






9. French explorer who explored Canada to find the Northwest Passage - river routes that would take explorers through North America






10. Industry based in Southern California areas - focus on casual - warm weather clothing






11. Native American group developed in Southwest and were were skilled builders






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






13. A group of colonists that meti nPhiladelphia to plan steps for resistance to British authority






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






15. 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






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






17. Prohibited the immigration of Chinese - not repealed until World War II






18. Extends along the coast from New Jersey to Texas and is generally low land






19. 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






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






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






22. Union created blockade of Southern ports and Confederate cotton rotted on the docks






23. War that helped California get into a real estate boom fueled by the housing industry and reach 6 million people in population






24. In the U.S. Constitution - it is a system of checks and balances between the three branches of government






25. Native American empire with stepped pyramids - utilized multiple calendars - and possessede extensive astronomical knowledge






26. Group who explored south of Alaska for fur trade - establish Fort Ross in San Francisco as a trading post






27. Forced colonists to provide housing to British soldiers






28. Led to the chinese being blamed for the lack of jobs and they suffered violence and property damaged






29. An effort to establish an indepndent California republic






30. Mexican leader who closes the missions down except for the churches






31. California governor election promises to break Southern Pacific's grip on the state - won and passed many progressive goals






32. Treaty with Japan in 1907 that allowed wives to join theier husbands in the U.S. if the Japanese deny exit visas to any men wishing to emigrate to the United States - led to the picture brides who married Japanese men who they had never met

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






34. The idea that southern staets should refuse to obey the laws tha t they did not agree with






35. 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






36. 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






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






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






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






40. Jan. 1 - 1863- the proclamation frees the slaves






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






42. 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






43. 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






44. Ultiimately defeated General Pico and re - captured Los Angeles in 1847 - ending the Mexican American war






45. 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






46. Industry started in California during WWII and based in the Los Angeles - including Long Beach






47. Act passed by British to prevent colonial town meetings






48. Print money - regulate interstae and international trade - make treaties - declare war and field armed forces - establish post office - make laws necessarsy to execute powers






49. Movement established to say that no slaves would be on the new western territories






50. (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