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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. A tax placed on legal documents including newspapers - led to the establishment of the Stamp Act Congress - first assembly of colonialists against British regulation






2. Reeds used by central California native Americans to build homes






3. Act passed by British to prevent colonial town meetings






4. 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






5. Powers explicitly mentioned in Constitution were fedreal powers

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6. One of the first U.S. political parties. It was led by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. They stood up for more for individual rights and 'strict construction.' They opposed industrialization and didn't think bank was a good idea. They later evolve






7. A mechanism of California's constitutuion to end an elected official's tenure in office before itw as scheduled for completition. It is initiated by a citizen and requires the signatures of a percentage of the number voting in the last gubernatorial






8. Early U.S. poltiical party who supported the Federalists and were pretty wealthy. They later emerged in the 1850s as the republican party with the






9. In the U.S. constitution - it makes the laws






10. The first constitution to realizeno authrotiy than its own and governed the common wealth






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






12. Another religious group that arrived to Massachusetts Bay in 1629. They had a covenant with God to build 'a city on a hill'






13. The first conquistador and defeated the Aztec Empire in 1521 after they saw his arrival as a divine arrival of a god and let him into their empire






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






15. Construction began in 1863 and completed in 1869- done by mostly Chinese and Irish immigrants - met at Promontoary Point in utah






16. From Spain - Portugal - Britain - France and the Netherlands






17. Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe about a heroic slave - further spurred the need for slaves to be free

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18. Form the western mountain ranges - The western slope of the Sierra Nevada borders the Central Valley of California - The Coast Ranges form the western wall of the Central Valley






19. 1492: Columbus - West Indies and Bahamas -1513: Balboa - Panama -1519: Cortes - Mexico -1532: Pizarro - Peru






20. River 100 miles North of Los Angeles that the city of Los Angeles built an aqueduct on to bring the water to Los Angeles






21. 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






22. War in which Spain relinquished its North American claims east of the Mississippi River






23. 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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24. 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






25. The rise of 'the common man' through the presidency of Andrew Jackson in 1820s






26. Spanish conquistador's search of the Seven Cities of Cibola led to Spanish exploration of the Baja Peninsula






27. The first settlers to arrive in Massachusetts. It was a religious group that fled Englandfor religious persecution in 1620






28. The first civlization to develop in MesoAmerica and were the first to develop a calendar and agrciultural community in America






29. 1607: Virginia Co. - Jamestown (Virginia)






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






31. Biggest immigrant group from 1850 to 1900. They successfully developed farms in the Midwest and skilled trades in larger cities.






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






33. Completes the rest of the Spanish missions following Junipero Serra's death






34. Economic opportunity - freedom of religion and expresion - and adventure






35. Forced colonists to provide housing to British soldiers






36. The wind west of the Appalachians - An importance influence on climate: In the winter - cold air from the northwest produces freezing temperatures - In the summer - warm - moist southwesterly winds cause hot - humid weather






37. Feature of California's constitution that gives individual citizens - citizen groups the power to placea proposed law on the ballot. Supporers must collect signatures equal to a small percengage of the electorate that votes in the most recent guberna






38. 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






39. More restrictive legislation towards Japanese and that they were inelgible for citizenship and could not own land






40. Established processes for amendment that required 3/4 approval of the states and 2/3 of each house of Congress






41. 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






42. U.S. Act that helped reduce instances of religious descrimination






43. publicized the gold discovery and bought every shovel - pick axe and pan in the region and made much money






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






45. California industry that counts for 13 percent of gross domestic product and includes the state's theeme parks and urban centers - inlcuidng national wonders






46. English explorer who sailed up the California coast to the pacific Northwest






47. 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






48. 10 amendments in the U.S. Constitution that ensured that individuals and states would not suffer from excessive and arbitrary federal power






49. The priimary entry point for the immigrants from Asia






50. Called in 1787 to reform the Articles of Confederation