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CSET U.S And California History
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1. System of land distribution in which there were very few wealthy land owners and many landless workers
rancho system
Proposition 13
manifest destiny
Gold
2. Spanish forts that were built for missionaries and settlers to hide in when Indians revolted
Bear Flag Revolt
presidios
Union advantage
Delaware
3. A division of power that spells out the roles between the government and the states
federalism
Gentleman's Agreement
Battle of Fort Sumter of 1861
The Sierra Nevada and the Cascade Range
4. Central California native American tribes
Pomo - Miwok - Maidu - and Yokuts
Bill of Rights
Gentleman's Agreement
Quechan (Yuma) and Mohave tribes
5. Final battle of the Revolutionary war. British stronghold falls in 1781 and George Washington captures British general Lord cornwallis
Yorktown
William Penn
Constitutional Convention
Francisco Pizarro
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)
Europeans in the New World: Britain
Father Junipero Serra
The Inca Empire
Bear Flag Revolt
7. Caused from multiple Spanish invasions - economic wars between divided tribes
Townsheld Acts of 1767
Father Fermin Lausen
decline of the Mayan civlization
executive branch
8. 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
Stamp Tax
Bill of Rights
Angel Island
Radical Republicans
9. In the eastern region of the United States - In the Northeast - they meat the ocean - forming a rough - rocky coast
Land Commission
Olmec Empire
Locke's beliefs that influenced US constitution
The Appalachian Mountains
10. Extends along the coast from New Jersey to Texas and is generally low land
The southeastern Coastal Plain
Maryland
Toltecs
Mexican - American War
11. 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
Pony Express
Georgia
Workingmen's Party
Townsheld Acts of 1767
12. State that was a colony established for Catholics so they could escape religious persecution
rights of states
Townsheld Acts of 1767
The Sierra Nevada and the Cascade Range
Maryland
13. Biggest immigrant group from 1850 to 1900. They successfully developed farms in the Midwest and skilled trades in larger cities.
Connecticut Commonwealth
California
Germans
judicial branch
14. The first settlers to arrive in Massachusetts. It was a religious group that fled Englandfor religious persecution in 1620
Olmec Empire
Federalist Papers
Jamestown
Pilgrims
15. Native American group who inhabited the Southwest after the Anasazi people and built extensive adobe cities
Olmec Empire
Mexican Independence
Pueblo Indians
Jose de Galves
16. Lincoln's vice president became president
England and the colonies: differences
Battle of Lexington and Concord (Conneticut)
Andrew Johnson
Chinese
17. 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
Magnuson Act of 1943
the conquistadores
The Aztec Empire
Maryland Toleration Act of 1649
18. In the U.S. constitution - it enforces laws
Whig Party
sacred expedition
executive branch
Henry Hudson
19. publicized the gold discovery and bought every shovel - pick axe and pan in the region and made much money
The Gulf Stream
merchant Sam Brannon
The southeastern Coastal Plain
Chumash - Tongya (Gabrielino) - Salinan - Cahuilla
20. Raised theflag near Monterey and then retreated from the area - started the Mexican Americna War
John C. Fremont
Battle of Fort Sumter of 1861
Federalist Party
The Maya Empire
21. Where the British were defeated and led to expansion of battle from Canada and New York
Jose Figueroa
Mexican Independence
secession
Trenton
22. War between Mexico and Spain that led to Mexico's independence and ownership of California in 1810
Sir Francis Drake
General Stockton
Mexican Independence
Death Valley
23. Lake that was drained as a result of the Owens River aqueduct and ultimately led Owens Valley to sue the city of Los Angeles
Exeter Compact
Mono Lake
Hopewell people
acorns
24. Print money - regulate interstae and international trade - make treaties - declare war and field armed forces - establish post office - make laws necessarsy to execute powers
Connecticut Commonwealth
Rhode Island
rights of the federal government
Magnuson Act of 1943
25. The number one resource that California is quickly running out of with its ever growing population
water
Stamp Tax
Amerindians
Constitution
26. MesoAmerican tribe that preceded the Aztecs but followed from the Mayans
Owens River
Compromise of 1850
Pilgrims
Toltecs
27. Industry started in California during WWII and based in the Los Angeles - including Long Beach
issue of representation under the Constitution
aeorspace industry
separation of powers
Battle of Gettysberg
28. War fought between America and Britain and it was caused by violations of U.S. neutrality and impressment of U.S. sailors. Victory led to national pride - self - sufficiency - and foreign credibility
War of 1812
The Piedmont
Toltecs
how Union defeated Confederates
29. Major issue that was disputed by population (Virginia Plan) vs. equal representation (the Connecticut Plan)
issue of representation under the Constitution
Jose Figueroa
California Alien Land Act
Europeans in the New World
30. The crest of the Rocky Mountains - Rivers that begin east of it flow toward the Atlantic Ocean - Western rivers flow toward the Pacific Ocean
the conquistadores
The Sierra Nevada and the Cascade Range
Olmec Empire
The Continental Divide
31. The first declaration of self - government in the New World
Mayflower Compact
Intolerable Acts of 1774
acorns
pueblos
32. The year and month that California approves its first constitution
Tea Act of 1773
Federalist Party
Major battles of the Civil War
November 1849
33. Authored by Thomas Jefferson and focused on the declaration of 'life - liberty - and pursuit of happiness'
Declaration of Independence
rancho system
Delaware
Jose Figueroa
34. America's new settlers transplanted long - standing traditions of England's government - with the first important steps taken by the earliest colonies of Plymouth (Massachusetts) and Virginia. - All of England's colonies based their goverming systems
Europeans in the New World
England and the colonies: similarities
Land Commission
Rhode Island
35. 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
Proclamation of 1763
Death Valley
Chronological order of the colonies
Proposition 13
36. Most of it is generally flat land: - The eastern half is called the interior lowlands - The western half is called the Great Plains
Anasazi culture
The interior
Lewis and Clark
Gold
37. Addition of new territories would decide if they were going to be slave or non - slave owning states
sacred expedition
Delaware
Missouri Compromise of 1820
Hiram Johnson
38. Separation of Powers - Checks and Balances - Federal System - Powers of Congress - The Great Compromise - Bill of Rights - Amendments
Russians
how Union defeated Confederates
New Government
Francisco Pizarro
39. Further tightened taxation and regulatory noose
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
initiative
Hernando Cortez
Townsheld Acts of 1767
40. 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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41. Southeatern California native american tribes
Quechan (Yuma) and Mohave tribes
the Great Compromise
Europeans in the New World: Spain
Georgia
42. Established states of Nebraska and Kansas with popular sovereignty but motivated Northerneres to protest against slavery because it was pandering to the South
California
Europeans in the New World: Netherlands
manifest destiny
Kansas - Nebraska Act of 1854
43. Year that California faces largest budget deficit
England and the colonies: similarities
Francisco Pizarro
railroad
2002
44. 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
Irish
First Continental Congress
Sugar Act
Henry Hudson
45. Dutch East India Company explorer who found New York and the mouth of the Hudson River
Radical Republicans
Amendments
melting pot
Henry Hudson
46. Period in 1930s when a severe drought hit hte midwest and forced 350000 people to leave theier farms and lsot jobsand come to California
Mono Lake
Pueblo Indians
Dust Bowl
Maryland
47. Towns that grew around the missions and presidios as settlers moved up from Mexico
pueblos
hydraulic mining -
Father Junipero Serra
rights of states
48. 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
England and the colonies: differences
Mt. Whitney
Compromise of 1850
The Inca Empire
49. An effort to establish an indepndent California republic
Pueblo Indians
Mt. Whitney
Mojave Desert and the Colorado desert
Bear Flag Revolt
50. 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
Hernando Cortez
Amerindians
Rodney Case
Mt. Whitney