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CSET U.S And California History
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1. Spanish conquerers of Central nand South America
Jose Figueroa
The Gulf Stream
Toltecs
the conquistadores
2. Group of immigrants that first came to live in America. They either came from the northern route from Asia through a land bridge crossing the Bering Strait or through South american shores on boats
War of 1812
Chumash - Tongya (Gabrielino) - Salinan - Cahuilla
Amerindians
The Cumberland and Allegheny plateaus
3. Ended the Mexican American War and brought California - Arizona - New Mesxico - Nevada - Utah - Colorado and Wyoming into the mix
the conquistadores
Trenton
rights of the federal government
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
4. Area around California that is largest producer of electronics
Silicon Valley
Francisco Montejo
entertainment
Chinese
5. Most of it is generally flat land: - The eastern half is called the interior lowlands - The western half is called the Great Plains
The interior
rights of the federal government
Gentleman's Agreement
Mojave Desert and the Colorado desert
6. The idea that various immigrants cultural differences were minimized and assimilated together
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
melting pot
Emanciptation Proclomation
Europeans in the New World: Britain
7. The year that California becomes the 31st state in the Union thanks to a compromise over slavery
1850
hydraulic mining -
Great Awakening
Samuel de Champlain
8. Compact used to colonize New Hampshire
Exeter Compact
Andrew Johnson
Three - Fifths Compromise
Sebastian Vicaino
9. The camps that Japanese peopel were rounded to in WWII
2002
Land Commission
The Mississippi River
internment camps
10. More restrictive legislation towards Japanese and that they were inelgible for citizenship and could not own land
the conquistadores
California Alien Land Act
Mono Lake
Silicon Valley
11. Central California native American tribes
black codes
Transcontinental Railroad
Pomo - Miwok - Maidu - and Yokuts
Europeans in the New World
12. Spanish explorer who sailed to Pacific coast to find fabled Northwest Passage - wound up in San Francisco Bay and called the territory Alta California
aeorspace industry
Johann Sutter
Juan Cabrillo
Democratic Republicans
13. Ultiimately defeated General Pico and re - captured Los Angeles in 1847 - ending the Mexican American war
Declaration of Independence
internment camps
General Stockton and General Kearney
Amendments
14. 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
Constitution
The Aztec Empire
Whig Party
Olmec Empire
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
Delaware
rancho system
Ten Percent Plan
anti - federalists
16. A group of colonists that meti nPhiladelphia to plan steps for resistance to British authority
The Cumberland and Allegheny plateaus
Europeans in the New World: Spain
First Continental Congress
The Inca Empire
17. 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
Workingmen's Party
1850
Modoc War
Uncle Tom's Cabin
18. Mexican leader who closes the missions down except for the churches
Jose Figueroa
Central Valley
Land Commission
Sugar Act
19. Separation of Powers - Checks and Balances - Federal System - Powers of Congress - The Great Compromise - Bill of Rights - Amendments
New Government
The Cumberland and Allegheny plateaus
Pacific Railroad Act of 1862
Ten Percent Plan
20. Addition of new territories would decide if they were going to be slave or non - slave owning states
Missouri Compromise of 1820
Delaware
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
Francisco Pizarro
21. Acquired from Great Britain in 1846
Emanciptation Proclomation
Locke's beliefs that influenced US constitution
the Oregon Territory
how Union defeated Confederates
22. Captured Monterey Bay and claimed thearea for the United States
Germans
Commodore Sloat
Bill of Rights
referendum
23. Union created blockade of Southern ports and Confederate cotton rotted on the docks
Jamestown
Europeans in the New World: Netherlands
how Union defeated Confederates
apparel industry
24. Where the British were defeated and led to expansion of battle from Canada and New York
issue of representation under the Constitution
Trenton
recall
Central Valley
25. Explorers commissioned by Thomas Jefferson to explore the newly purchased Lousiiana territory
pueblos
Maryland Toleration Act of 1649
Europeans in the New World: Netherlands
Lewis and Clark
26. Immigrant group that crossed California's border. The border remains easily crossed even though there is a frequent loss of life
Hopewell people
water
Gentleman's Agreement
Mexicans
27. 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
Angel Island
Francisco Pizarro
John C. Fremont
Revolutionary War
28. The immigration group that helped build the railroads later settled in San Francisco. They took low wage jobs and later became small business entrepreneurs
Battle of Lexington and Concord (Conneticut)
the Oregon Territory
Trenton
Chinese
29. Further tightened taxation and regulatory noose
Townsheld Acts of 1767
Europeans in the New World: Netherlands
Chumash - Tongya (Gabrielino) - Salinan - Cahuilla
missions
30. Extends along the coast from New Jersey to Texas and is generally low land
The southeastern Coastal Plain
aeorspace industry
Balboa
Kansas - Nebraska Act of 1854
31. Acknowledged the tension between the economic and political status of minorities
The Industrial Era of the United States
Watts Riots
The Chinese Exclusion Act
free - soil movement
32. Native American empire with stepped pyramids - utilized multiple calendars - and possessede extensive astronomical knowledge
sacred expedition
The Maya Empire
executive branch
The interior
33. The first declaration of self - government in the New World
sacred expedition
Gold
Prevailing Westerlies
Mayflower Compact
34. 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
Second Constitutional Congress
Major battles of the Civil War
Pony Express
'strict construction'
35. 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
how Union defeated Confederates
water
Mexican American War
Battle of Gettysberg
36. 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
judicial branch
Chinese
Major battles of the Civil War
The Industrial Era of the United States
37. Prohibited the immigration of Chinese - not repealed until World War II
Second Constitutional Congress
Central Valley
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
Proclamation of 1763
38. 1608: de Champlain - Canada (Quebec) -1682: La Salle - Louisiana
judicial branch
Bear Flag Revolt
Chronological order of the colonies
Europeans in the New World: France
39. Restrucutred local control over property taxes and led to cutbacks in taxes and decrease in the tax base available to fund social services
decline of the Mayan civlization
Germans
Commodore Sloat
Proposition 13
40. A group of Republicans that were outraged that former Confederate officials were being elected back to Congress
Radical Republicans
Tea Act of 1773
Francisco Pizarro
The southeastern Coastal Plain
41. A major food staple of California native American tribes
missions
Yurok - Hupa - Shasta - Modoc - Achumawi
England and the colonies: similarities
acorns
42. Economic opportunity - freedom of religion and expresion - and adventure
Mexican Independence
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
'strict construction'
reasons of American immigration
43. Major issue that was disputed by population (Virginia Plan) vs. equal representation (the Connecticut Plan)
issue of representation under the Constitution
Father Junipero Serra
Tea Act of 1773
Gentleman's Agreement
44. 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
Prevailing Westerlies
Second Constitutional Congress
separation of powers
2002
45. Spanish conquistador who captured the last Mayan city
England and the colonies: differences
Francisco Montejo
1850
Union advantage
46. Immigrant group that had already moved to Hawaii
reasons of American immigration
Land Commission
secession
Japanese
47. Provided more funding and gave the railroads ten square miles of land to the tracks for every mile of track laid
Cesar Chavez and Delores Huerta
Railroad Act of 1864
issue of representation under the Constitution
sacred expedition
48. War that helped California get into a real estate boom fueled by the housing industry and reach 6 million people in population
French and Indian War
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
Quartering Act
World War II
49. 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
separation of powers
rights of states
Henry Hudson
Sebastian Cermeno
50. The priimary entry point for the immigrants from Asia
Angel Island
judicial branch
The Cumberland and Allegheny plateaus
Union advantage