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CSET U.S And California History

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. War in which Spain relinquished its North American claims east of the Mississippi River






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






3. Compact used to colonize New Hampshire






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






5. Established a Senate with equal representation and House of Representatives based on population






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






7. 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






8. 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






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






10. Called in 1787 to reform the Articles of Confederation






11. Southeatern California native american tribes






12. State founded in 1733 as a buffer against Spain to Florida. It was the last of the 13 colonies established






13. Spanish explorer who explored coastal areas of San diego - Santa Barbara and Monterrey






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






15. Dutch East India Company explorer who found New York and the mouth of the Hudson River






16. During Great Depression - the Shasta Dam was built to bring water from the north to meet the farming needs of the South - the CVP was never completed - drained marshalnds and enviromnmental activists were successful at preventing the damming of the A






17. Several preachers started to speak of Christian salvation as something under control of individual - challenged traditional perceptions of Christianity to focus of individual salvation






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






19. 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






20. 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






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






22. Established states of Nebraska and Kansas with popular sovereignty but motivated Northerneres to protest against slavery because it was pandering to the South






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

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24. (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






25. Most of it is generally flat land: - The eastern half is called the interior lowlands - The western half is called the Great Plains






26. 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)






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






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






29. People who took land from the original Californios






30. 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.






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






32. Etsablished and was nativist - anti - Chinese - and anti - big business

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33. Spanish conquerers of Central nand South America






34. Established so that Californios could get their land back - rancheros who had the time and money to prusue their claims got to keep their land






35. Captured Monterey Bay and claimed thearea for the United States






36. Captured Los Angeles until it was rec - captured by Governor Pico and General Castro for Mexico






37. Led by Southern Carolina and the election of abolitionist ally Abraham Lincoln in 1880 - the slave states decided that they had the right to leave the Union if they wanted to in 1880






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






39. Forced colonists to provide housing to British soldiers






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






41. The central agricultural area of California






42. 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






43. Material that led to California to be populated by 40000 miners from all over the United States






44. Developed in 880 AD in the Mississippi and built large religious mound structures






45. 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






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






47. The major Union battle victory in 1863 that led to The Gettysberg Address - Lincoln's declaration that the Union will not be divided






48. Year that California faces largest budget deficit






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






50. Strong believers in the human capacity to do the right thing and did not need a strong central government