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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. Acquired from Great Britain in 1846






2. System of land distribution in which there were very few wealthy land owners and many landless workers






3. 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






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






5. Addition of new territories would decide if they were going to be slave or non - slave owning states






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






7. (Mnemonic: Fun farmers always grow vegetables - specifically beets.) - Fort Sumter - First Battle of Bull Run - Antietam - Gettysburg - Vicksburg - Sherman's March to the Sea - Battle of Appomattox Courthouse






8. 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






9. 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






10. 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)






11. Amendment that abolished slavery throughout the United States






12. Lincoln's vice president became president






13. 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.






14. State that was a colony established for Catholics so they could escape religious persecution






15. 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






16. War between the French and British that ended with the defeat of French and Indian allies. It ordered French to be completely removed from North America and Spain relinquished parts of Florida in exchange for New Orleans and lands west of Mississippi






17. Spanish forts that were built for missionaries and settlers to hide in when Indians revolted






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






19. 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






20. 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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21. Renamed the Southern Pacific Company and controlled all the railroads in California - president was Leland Stanford was a California governor and U.S. Senator






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






23. An act in 1882 that barred immigration of Chiense laborers and gave immigration officals the ability to define what a laborer is - Chinese wives also forbidden to rejoin their husbands and Chiense were ineligible for citizenship






24. 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






25. Southern California native american tribes






26. 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






27. War between Mexico and Spain that led to Mexico's independence and ownership of California in 1810






28. 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






29. Restrucutred local control over property taxes and led to cutbacks in taxes and decrease in the tax base available to fund social services






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






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






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






33. The idea that Americans are destined to spread across the hemisphere and especially spread the good news of democracy






34. A man - made lake caused by the flooding of a 70- mile long canal from the Colorado river to the Colorado desert






35. Codes that were created to restrict rights and freedoms of the slaves in the South - the concept of seperate but equal






36. 1609: Hudson - New Netherlands (New York)






37. Area around California that is largest producer of electronics






38. The first English settlement in the New World in 1607






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






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






41. 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






42. The Spanish attempt to colonize California by building Missionsand converting the Spanish






43. Acknowledged the tension between the economic and political status of minorities






44. Broad interpretation of the Constitution






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






46. 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






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






48. State established in 1636 by Roger Williams to acknowledge religious freedom and the separation of 'church and state'






49. Immigrant group that crossed California's border. The border remains easily crossed even though there is a frequent loss of life






50. The immigration group that helped build the railroads later settled in San Francisco. They took low wage jobs and later became small business entrepreneurs