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CSET U.S And California History

Subjects : cset, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Established a Senate with equal representation and House of Representatives based on population






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






3. Period in 1930s when a severe drought hit hte midwest and forced 350000 people to leave theier farms and lsot jobsand come to California






4. A group of colonists that meti nPhiladelphia to plan steps for resistance to British authority






5. 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






6. 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.






7. Separation of Powers - Checks and Balances - Federal System - Powers of Congress - The Great Compromise - Bill of Rights - Amendments






8. Migrants who came to California during the Dust Bowl and followed crops from farm to farm






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






10. Powers explicitly mentioned in Constitution were fedreal powers

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11. French explorer who explored Canada to find the Northwest Passage - river routes that would take explorers through North America






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






13. The first battle of the Civil War. Seccessionists fire on the remaining Union sronghold in the South.






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






15. 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






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






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






18. 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






19. MesoAmerican tribe that preceded the Aztecs but followed from the Mayans






20. The crest of the Rocky Mountains - Rivers that begin east of it flow toward the Atlantic Ocean - Western rivers flow toward the Pacific Ocean






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 Prohibited the immigration of Chinese - not repealed until World War II






22. The land between the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada






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






25. In the eastern region of the United States - In the Northeast - they meat the ocean - forming a rough - rocky coast






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

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27. Act passed by British to prevent colonial town meetings






28. 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






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






30. Farm worker advocates who founded the United Farm Workers Union in 1962






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






32. 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






33. 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






34. Drains the interior of the United States






35. War in which Spain relinquished its North American claims east of the Mississippi River






36. Compact used to colonize New Hampshire






37. Repealed the Chinese Exclusion Act






38. Spanish explorer who found Monterey Bay






39. Established in 1764 - this asct combined new taxes on imports like sugar






40. An Atlantic warm - water current that warms the East Coast in winter and is responsible for excellent fishing






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






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






43. 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






44. 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






45. Conduct elections - ratify amendments to constitution - issue licenses - regulate intrastate (within state) to business - establish local governments - take measures for public health and safety - any other powers that the Constitution does not reser






46. Where the British were defeated and led to expansion of battle from Canada and New York






47. In the U.S. Constitution - it is a system of checks and balances between the three branches of government






48. Called in 1787 to reform the Articles of Confederation






49. California governor election promises to break Southern Pacific's grip on the state - won and passed many progressive goals






50. The first constitution to realizeno authrotiy than its own and governed the common wealth