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CSET U.S And California History
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1. Gen. Robert E. Lee surrenders in 1865 and ends the civil war
Mojave Desert and the Colorado desert
Rhode Island
Appomattox Court
Missouri Compromise of 1820
2. Forced colonists to provide housing to British soldiers
merchant Sam Brannon
Panama Canal
Okies
Quartering Act
3. The highest point in California
Mt. Whitney
Anasazi culture
Hiram Johnson
Mono Lake
4. sawmill owner whose employee John Marshall discovered discover gold in the Sierra Nevada foothills
1850
Johann Sutter
Jacques Cartier
Europeans in the New World
5. In the U.S. constitution - it enforces laws
executive branch
water
The Declaration of Independence
Confederacy advanage
6. Authored by Thomas Jefferson and focused on the declaration of 'life - liberty - and pursuit of happiness'
Louisiana Purchase
Declaration of Independence
Samuel de Champlain
Second Constitutional Congress
7. Ended the Mexican American War and brought California - Arizona - New Mesxico - Nevada - Utah - Colorado and Wyoming into the mix
The Declaration of Independence
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Progressives
Chinese
8. Captured Monterey Bay and claimed thearea for the United States
Prevailing Westerlies
Commodore Sloat
England and the colonies: differences
Townsheld Acts of 1767
9. Material that led to California to be populated by 40000 miners from all over the United States
War of 1812
Gold
Mayflower Compact
Radical Republicans
10. Twice the population - strong navy - banking system and factories - Union industries were producing ammunition and goods - driven black soldiers fighting for the freedom of their families
Revolutionary War
Union advantage
The Declaration of Independence
Hopewell people
11. Final battle of the Revolutionary war. British stronghold falls in 1781 and George Washington captures British general Lord cornwallis
decline of the Mayan civlization
Hernando Cortes
Yorktown
Bill of Rights
12. In the U.S. constitution - it interpets the laws
Pueblo Indians
Connecticut Commonwealth
The Industrial Era of the United States
judicial branch
13. Ultiimately defeated General Pico and re - captured Los Angeles in 1847 - ending the Mexican American war
The Maya Empire
tule
November 1849
General Stockton and General Kearney
14. The first English settlement in the New World in 1607
the Oregon Territory
Death Valley
Bill of Rights
Jamestown
15. Year that California faces largest budget deficit
2002
Francisco Montejo
Constitution
Depression of 1870
16. Gave southerneers a stronger fugitive slave law and popular sovereignty (territories would have the right to decide for themselves whether or not they wanted to adopt slavery on their borders) over newly conquered Mexico areas in exchange for Califor
Irish
Olmec Empire
Workingmen's Party
Compromise of 1850
17. Made in 1803 by President Thoomas Jefferson and led to the acquisition of the territory west of the existing United States
Dust Bowl
Louisiana Purchase
internment camps
apparel industry
18. Written by John Jay - Alexander Hamilton and James Madison about the need of a strong federal government
Federalist Papers
Silicon Valley
Mt. Whitney
Declaration of Independence
19. War between Mexico and Spain that led to Mexico's independence and ownership of California in 1810
The Continental Divide
Central Pacific Railroad
Railroad Act of 1864
Mexican Independence
20. Spanish forts that were built for missionaries and settlers to hide in when Indians revolted
presidios
Railroad Act of 1864
Okies
executive branch
21. Immigrant group that had already moved to Hawaii
Progressives
November 1849
Japanese
The Cumberland and Allegheny plateaus
22. The lowest point in California
Death Valley
southern anad eastern European
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
William Penn
23. 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
rights of the federal government
Pueblo Indians
Toltecs
Mexican American War
24. 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
Mono Lake
1850
Democratic Republicans
Second Constitutional Congress
25. One of the first American political parties. It was led by Alexander Hamilton - John Adams and John Jay. They beleived in strong central government and loose construction. They wanted to create a national bank and use government funds to support indu
Federalist Party
Chinese
Pacific Railroad Act of 1862
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
26. 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
executive branch
hydraulic mining -
recall
presidios
27. Occurred right after 'shots heard round the world' happened (Lexington and Concord)
Pueblo Indians
internment camps
The Inca Empire
Second Constitutional Congress
28. 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
squatters
Mayflower Compact
Sebastian Vicaino
29. Developed in 880 AD in the Mississippi and built large religious mound structures
Mississippian culture
Samuel de Champlain
Union advantage
Chronological order of the colonies
30. 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
forty - niners
squatters
Jose Figueroa
Bill of Rights
31. 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
Battle of Fort Sumter of 1861
Sebastian Cermeno
Rodney Case
the conquistadores
32. Repealed the Chinese Exclusion Act
Francisco Montejo
General Stockton
Magnuson Act of 1943
Owens River
33. Industry based in Southern California areas - focus on casual - warm weather clothing
separation of powers
November 1849
apparel industry
missions
34. Acknowledged the tension between the economic and political status of minorities
Gold
Watts Riots
Delaware
The Cumberland and Allegheny plateaus
35. A Quaker who received land to estsablish Pennsylvania as the first Enlightenment - inspired government entity and abolished slavery
The Declaration of Independence
Battle of Fort Sumter of 1861
The Continental Divide
William Penn
36. Southern California native american tribes
recall
Mojave Desert and the Colorado desert
Chumash - Tongya (Gabrielino) - Salinan - Cahuilla
Germans
37. Another religious group that arrived to Massachusetts Bay in 1629. They had a covenant with God to build 'a city on a hill'
Sir Francis Drake
recall
Puritans
Europeans in the New World: France
38. War in which Spain relinquished its North American claims east of the Mississippi River
New Government
French and Indian War
The Great Basin
Central Valley
39. Provided more funding and gave the railroads ten square miles of land to the tracks for every mile of track laid
Sugar Act
internment camps
General Stockton and General Kearney
Railroad Act of 1864
40. Extends along the coast from New Jersey to Texas and is generally low land
The southeastern Coastal Plain
Lewis and Clark
Georgia
Depression of 1870
41. Visor general to New Spain urges kinig that they should settle California before the English or russians took over it - two expeditions went by sea and two expeditions went by land
Irish
Land Commission
internment camps
Jose de Galves
42. 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
43. 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
Declaration of Independence
Hetch Hetchy Dam
Juan Cabrillo
Amerindians
44. Native American empire with stepped pyramids - utilized multiple calendars - and possessede extensive astronomical knowledge
Mexicans
The Maya Empire
Puritans
War of 1812
45. 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
Russians
Mexican Independence
Balboa
Magnuson Act of 1943
46. 1608: de Champlain - Canada (Quebec) -1682: La Salle - Louisiana
Dust Bowl
Europeans in the New World: France
Uncle Tom's Cabin
California Alien Land Act
47. Spanish conquistador who captured the last Mayan city
Yorktown
rights of states
Francisco Montejo
Owens River
48. 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
French and Indian War
Constitution
California Alien Land Act
Depression of 1870
49. In the U.S. constitution - it makes the laws
Yurok - Hupa - Shasta - Modoc - Achumawi
legislative branch
Francisco Montejo
Jacksonian democracy
50. A major food staple of California native American tribes
The Piedmont
Hiram Johnson
acorns
Townsheld Acts of 1767