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CSET U.S And California History
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1. Ultiimately defeated General Pico and re - captured Los Angeles in 1847 - ending the Mexican American war
Quechan (Yuma) and Mohave tribes
Okies
Sir Francis Drake
General Stockton and General Kearney
2. French explorer who explored Canada to find the Northwest Passage - river routes that would take explorers through North America
Mojave Desert and the Colorado desert
Radical Republicans
referendum
Jacques Cartier
3. The first English settlement in the New World in 1607
Sir Francis Drake
Hopewell people
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Jamestown
4. The idea that southern staets should refuse to obey the laws tha t they did not agree with
Father Junipero Serra
nullification
Mexican American War
Confederacy advanage
5. 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
Central Valley Project
The interior
internment camps
Bear Flag Revolt
6. A new group of immigrants that swelled in the midwestern and eastern cities. They lived in sseperate neighborhoods known as ghettos
Radical Republicans
southern anad eastern European
French and Indian War
Father Junipero Serra
7. Captured Los Angeles until it was rec - captured by Governor Pico and General Castro for Mexico
Railroad Act of 1864
Stamp Tax
Quechan (Yuma) and Mohave tribes
General Stockton
8. State established in 1636 by Roger Williams to acknowledge religious freedom and the separation of 'church and state'
Rhode Island
The Gulf Stream
melting pot
separation of powers
9. The idea that Americans are destined to spread across the hemisphere and especially spread the good news of democracy
manifest destiny
Federalist Papers
Mono Lake
judicial branch
10. The central agricultural area of California
Pony Express
Sebastian Vicaino
Railroad Act of 1864
Central Valley
11. Acquired from Great Britain in 1846
judicial branch
Irish
the Oregon Territory
Hernando Cortez
12. Spanish conquistador's search of the Seven Cities of Cibola led to Spanish exploration of the Baja Peninsula
water
decline of the Mayan civlization
Hernando Cortez
Kansas - Nebraska Act of 1854
13. A Quaker who received land to estsablish Pennsylvania as the first Enlightenment - inspired government entity and abolished slavery
Whig Party
separation of powers
William Penn
Yurok - Hupa - Shasta - Modoc - Achumawi
14. Decision that said that slaves count as three - fifths of the population
Lewis and Clark
Watts Riots
Three - Fifths Compromise
decline of the Mayan civlization
15. California industry that counts for 13 percent of gross domestic product and includes the state's theeme parks and urban centers - inlcuidng national wonders
Olmec Empire
tourism
Chinese
Mexican - American War
16. 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
Sir Francis Drake
Maryland
Federalist Party
Revolutionary War
17. 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
Chinese
manifest destiny
Hernando Cortes
Constitutional Convention
18. The first civlization to develop in MesoAmerica and were the first to develop a calendar and agrciultural community in America
Amendments
Olmec Empire
Cesar Chavez and Delores Huerta
Revolutionary War
19. 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
Articles of Confederation
Great Awakening
Election of 1876
Bill of Rights
20. (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
separation of powers
Amendments
Chronological order of the colonies
Europeans in the New World: Portugal
21. A tax placed on legal documents including newspapers - led to the establishment of the Stamp Act Congress - first assembly of colonialists against British regulation
Stamp Tax
Henry Hudson
Russians
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
22. (Mnemonic: Fat babies love to piss - **** - yell.) Fort Ticonderoga - Bunker Hill - Long Island - Trenton - Princeton - Saratoga - Yorktown
Important Battles of the Revolution
Samuel de Champlain
Stamp Tax
Workingmen's Party
23. Authored by Thomas Jefferson and focused on the declaration of 'life - liberty - and pursuit of happiness'
the Great Compromise
Declaration of Independence
recall
Quartering Act
24. 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
The Sierra Nevada and the Cascade Range
Quartering Act
Andrew Johnson
Bill of Rights
25. The number one resource that California is quickly running out of with its ever growing population
Mexican - American War
free - soil movement
water
The Appalachian Mountains
26. Major issue that was disputed by population (Virginia Plan) vs. equal representation (the Connecticut Plan)
Appomattox Court
The interior
issue of representation under the Constitution
Sugar Act
27. publicized the gold discovery and bought every shovel - pick axe and pan in the region and made much money
Europeans in the New World
Rhode Island
merchant Sam Brannon
tule
28. In the U.S. constitution - it makes the laws
legislative branch
Bill of Rights
the Oregon Territory
federalism
29. America's new settlers transplanted long - standing traditions of England's government - with the first important steps taken by the earliest colonies of Plymouth (Massachusetts) and Virginia. - All of England's colonies based their goverming systems
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
England and the colonies: similarities
Jose de Galves
Delaware
30. French explorer who mapped the coastline from cape Cod to Nova Scotia - explored Great Lakes and founded Montreal
Samuel de Champlain
Hetch Hetchy Dam
Missouri Compromise of 1820
Chumash - Tongya (Gabrielino) - Salinan - Cahuilla
31. The year that California becomes the 31st state in the Union thanks to a compromise over slavery
Stamp Tax
The Declaration of Independence
acorns
1850
32. Native American empire with stepped pyramids - utilized multiple calendars - and possessede extensive astronomical knowledge
The Maya Empire
Transcontinental Railroad
Bear Flag Revolt
how Union defeated Confederates
33. 1609: Hudson - New Netherlands (New York)
Bill of Rights
Europeans in the New World: Netherlands
The Continental Divide
Japanese
34. People who took land from the original Californios
Europeans in the New World: Spain
squatters
Workingmen's Party
Whig Party
35. From Spain - Portugal - Britain - France and the Netherlands
The Appalachian Mountains
Europeans in the New World
Europeans in the New World: Spain
sacred expedition
36. 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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37. Lincoln's vice president became president
Andrew Johnson
pueblos
rights of the federal government
Pilgrims
38. State established in 1638 by a delegation to establish a Swedish colony
the Oregon Territory
Maryland Toleration Act of 1649
Jose Figueroa
Delaware
39. Monopoly also called 'an octopus'
Europeans in the New World: France
The Great Basin
railroad
Europeans in the New World: Netherlands
40. The major Union battle victory in 1863 that led to The Gettysberg Address - Lincoln's declaration that the Union will not be divided
Battle of Gettysberg
Confederacy advanage
free - soil movement
Workingmen's Party
41. The land between the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada
The Great Basin
Trenton
aeorspace industry
The Chinese Exclusion Act
42. Industry based in Southern California areas - focus on casual - warm weather clothing
Prevailing Westerlies
Bill of Rights
apparel industry
Amerindians
43. 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
rights of states
War of 1812
Stamp Tax
railroad
44. Established in 1764 - this asct combined new taxes on imports like sugar
Battle of Lexington and Concord (Conneticut)
Puritans
pueblos
Sugar Act
45. Southeatern California native american tribes
Commodore Sloat
Irish
Central Pacific Railroad
Quechan (Yuma) and Mohave tribes
46. 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
referendum
Death Valley
Emanciptation Proclomation
Jacques Cartier
47. Tax that is placed on tea and led to the Boston Tea Party - colonialists dressed up as Indians and dumped tea from aboard British ships into Boston harbor
The Inca Empire
Tea Act of 1773
Union advantage
California Alien Land Act
48. The crest of the Rocky Mountains - Rivers that begin east of it flow toward the Atlantic Ocean - Western rivers flow toward the Pacific Ocean
The Continental Divide
Sebastian Vicaino
Missouri Compromise of 1820
War of 1812
49. Immigrant group that joined Irish on the Gold Rush and railroad construction - opened businesses and were envied by others
Constitutional Convention
Chinese
Central Valley
Europeans in the New World: Spain
50. War in which Spain relinquished its North American claims east of the Mississippi River
French and Indian War
The Sierra Nevada and the Cascade Range
Uncle Tom's Cabin
southern anad eastern European