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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. Native American group who were skilled farmers who flourished in Ohio and Mississippi
Kansas - Nebraska Act of 1854
Hopewell people
Bill of Rights
Ten Percent Plan
2. 1607: Virginia Co. - Jamestown (Virginia)
England and the colonies: similarities
Europeans in the New World: Britain
nullification
Germans
3. Most of it is generally flat land: - The eastern half is called the interior lowlands - The western half is called the Great Plains
Democratic Republicans
The interior
Chinese
Major battles of the Civil War
4. Opened in 1914 and extends international links
2002
Second Constitutional Congress
Rhode Island
Panama Canal
5. The priimary entry point for the immigrants from Asia
Angel Island
Democratic Republicans
'strict construction'
John C. Fremont
6. 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
Delaware
initiative
Maryland Toleration Act of 1649
Irish
7. Republican Rutherford Hayes and Democrat Samuel Tilden run for President. Hayes promises to end the Reconstruction and allows Southern staets to establish the black codes. Caused the end of the Reconstruction in 1877
Townsheld Acts of 1767
Samuel de Champlain
Election of 1876
Jose Figueroa
8. In the U.S. Constitution - it is a system of checks and balances between the three branches of government
Andrew Johnson
separation of powers
Railroad Act of 1864
John C. Fremont
9. Established states of Nebraska and Kansas with popular sovereignty but motivated Northerneres to protest against slavery because it was pandering to the South
black codes
England and the colonies: similarities
Kansas - Nebraska Act of 1854
The Appalachian Mountains
10. Drains the interior of the United States
The Mississippi River
Dust Bowl
California
Chumash - Tongya (Gabrielino) - Salinan - Cahuilla
11. Captured Monterey Bay and claimed thearea for the United States
judicial branch
Magnuson Act of 1943
Ten Percent Plan
Commodore Sloat
12. 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
Articles of Confederation
Francisco Montejo
Missouri Compromise of 1820
Hetch Hetchy Dam
13. Etsablished and was nativist - anti - Chinese - and anti - big business
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14. 1500: Cabral - Brazil
Europeans in the New World: Portugal
The Appalachian Mountains
Townsheld Acts of 1767
presidios
15. Period in 1930s when a severe drought hit hte midwest and forced 350000 people to leave theier farms and lsot jobsand come to California
Jose de Galves
General Stockton
Dust Bowl
black codes
16. 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
initiative
Federalist Papers
Great Awakening
Sugar Act
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. River 100 miles North of Los Angeles that the city of Los Angeles built an aqueduct on to bring the water to Los Angeles
tourism
The Piedmont
World War II
Owens River
19. 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
Amerindians
Pacific Railroad Act of 1862
melting pot
Rodney Case
20. Another religious group that arrived to Massachusetts Bay in 1629. They had a covenant with God to build 'a city on a hill'
Georgia
Puritans
entertainment
Chumash - Tongya (Gabrielino) - Salinan - Cahuilla
21. In the U.S. constitution - it interpets the laws
Mexicans
Panama Canal
the Great Compromise
judicial branch
22. 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
Georgia
Depression of 1870
Land Commission
Mexican - American War
23. Feature of California's constitutuion that alllows a statute or amendment that has passed the stae legislature which has then placed the proposed law on the ballot for approval by the electorate
manifest destiny
referendum
Bear Flag Revolt
melting pot
24. 1492: Columbus - West Indies and Bahamas -1513: Balboa - Panama -1519: Cortes - Mexico -1532: Pizarro - Peru
Radical Republicans
Amerindians
Europeans in the New World: Spain
John C. Fremont
25. The lowest point in California
Important Battles of the Revolution
tourism
Death Valley
French and Indian War
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
Ten Percent Plan
Hopewell people
sacred expedition
Emanciptation Proclomation
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
Puritans
Rodney Case
presidios
Revolutionary War
28. Industry started in California during WWII and based in the Los Angeles - including Long Beach
aeorspace industry
Bill of Rights
Central Valley
The Piedmont
29. Mexican leader who closes the missions down except for the churches
Yorktown
Mexican American War
Jose Figueroa
Okies
30. State that was a colony established for Catholics so they could escape religious persecution
Delaware
Dust Bowl
Maryland
Europeans in the New World: Spain
31. Industry in California employs more thtan 500000 people mostly in Hollywood
Articles of Confederation
entertainment
Chinese
Gentleman's Agreement
32. The crest of the Rocky Mountains - Rivers that begin east of it flow toward the Atlantic Ocean - Western rivers flow toward the Pacific Ocean
missions
Constitutional Convention
The Continental Divide
Gold
33. Material that led to California to be populated by 40000 miners from all over the United States
hydraulic mining -
Whig Party
Owens River
Gold
34. 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
rights of states
Great Awakening
Rodney Case
merchant Sam Brannon
35. Major issue that was disputed by population (Virginia Plan) vs. equal representation (the Connecticut Plan)
Chronological order of the colonies
General Stockton
Sir Francis Drake
issue of representation under the Constitution
36. The Spanish attempt to colonize California by building Missionsand converting the Spanish
Mexican American War
Great Awakening
water
sacred expedition
37. Completes the rest of the Spanish missions following Junipero Serra's death
Russians
Father Fermin Lausen
Ten Percent Plan
Yorktown
38. Area around California that is largest producer of electronics
Radical Republicans
Chinese
Silicon Valley
Important Battles of the Revolution
39. An effort to establish an indepndent California republic
Sugar Act
Quechan (Yuma) and Mohave tribes
black codes
Bear Flag Revolt
40. Ended the Mexican American War and brought California - Arizona - New Mesxico - Nevada - Utah - Colorado and Wyoming into the mix
The Appalachian Mountains
Amerindians
Sebastian Vicaino
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
41. Established a Senate with equal representation and House of Representatives based on population
the Great Compromise
Japanese
Bear Flag Revolt
reasons of American immigration
42. From Spain - Portugal - Britain - France and the Netherlands
Proclamation of 1763
pueblos
French and Indian War
Europeans in the New World
43. Construction began in 1863 and completed in 1869- done by mostly Chinese and Irish immigrants - met at Promontoary Point in utah
Transcontinental Railroad
Panama Canal
Father Fermin Lausen
the conquistadores
44. Industry based in Southern California areas - focus on casual - warm weather clothing
apparel industry
Panama Canal
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Mississippian culture
45. The first settlers to arrive in Massachusetts. It was a religious group that fled Englandfor religious persecution in 1620
Pilgrims
Hetch Hetchy Dam
rancho system
Mississippian culture
46. Compact used to colonize New Hampshire
loose construction
Hiram Johnson
Missouri Compromise of 1820
Exeter Compact
47. Native American empire with stepped pyramids - utilized multiple calendars - and possessede extensive astronomical knowledge
forty - niners
Central Valley
The Maya Empire
Bear Flag Revolt
48. Farm worker advocates who founded the United Farm Workers Union in 1962
Townsheld Acts of 1767
Transcontinental Railroad
Cesar Chavez and Delores Huerta
black codes
49. The idea that southern staets should refuse to obey the laws tha t they did not agree with
Hernando Cortez
Dust Bowl
nullification
secession
50. The highest point in California
Mt. Whitney
Silicon Valley
melting pot
apparel industry