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CSET U.S And California History
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1. Spanish forts that were built for missionaries and settlers to hide in when Indians revolted
separation of powers
Mexican American War
presidios
nullification
2. A tradition of free public education was started in the villages of New England - Religious tolerance supplanted an early religious dogmatism first established by the Puritans in Massachusetts - A conscious choice was made to leave the idea of heredi
railroad
Pueblo Indians
First Continental Congress
England and the colonies: differences
3. Spanish explorer who explored coastal areas of San diego - Santa Barbara and Monterrey
executive branch
Sebastian Vicaino
Europeans in the New World: France
black codes
4. sawmill owner whose employee John Marshall discovered discover gold in the Sierra Nevada foothills
The Gulf Stream
Sir Francis Drake
reasons of American immigration
Johann Sutter
5. Mexican leader who closes the missions down except for the churches
Jose Figueroa
Kansas - Nebraska Act of 1854
Central Valley
Sebastian Vicaino
6. 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
Mexicans
New Government
War of 1812
The Industrial Era of the United States
7. Spanish conquistador who settled in Panama in 1520 - became governor of Peru and conquered the Inca empire based there
The Sierra Nevada and the Cascade Range
Francisco Pizarro
Pomo - Miwok - Maidu - and Yokuts
pueblos
8. In the eastern region of the United States - In the Northeast - they meat the ocean - forming a rough - rocky coast
Second Constitutional Congress
Toltecs
The Appalachian Mountains
Election of 1876
9. Jan. 1 - 1863- the proclamation frees the slaves
squatters
'strict construction'
Union advantage
Emanciptation Proclomation
10. Opened in 1914 and extends international links
Hopewell people
Delaware
Pomo - Miwok - Maidu - and Yokuts
Panama Canal
11. 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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12. From Spain - Portugal - Britain - France and the Netherlands
Prevailing Westerlies
Europeans in the New World
presidios
Trenton
13. Strong believers in the human capacity to do the right thing and did not need a strong central government
Jamestown
Constitutional Convention
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
anti - federalists
14. Native American empire with stepped pyramids - utilized multiple calendars - and possessede extensive astronomical knowledge
Proposition 13
Pacific Railroad Act of 1862
rights of states
The Maya Empire
15. Facilities that the Spanish used to turned to the Indians to establish agricultural fields and learned Christianity. natives also were exposed to disease that they don't have immunity to. Also - brought olive trees and orange trees and introduced whe
Salton Sea
Appomattox Court
missions
Maryland Toleration Act of 1649
16. River 100 miles North of Los Angeles that the city of Los Angeles built an aqueduct on to bring the water to Los Angeles
how Union defeated Confederates
Owens River
hydraulic mining -
Mexican - American War
17. Etsablished and was nativist - anti - Chinese - and anti - big business
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18. Where the British were defeated and led to expansion of battle from Canada and New York
Okies
merchant Sam Brannon
Trenton
Transcontinental Railroad
19. 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
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20. Amendment that abolished slavery throughout the United States
Transcontinental Railroad
Thirteenth Amendment
Trenton
The Mississippi River
21. 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
Pacific Railroad Act of 1862
Jose de Galves
General Stockton
Union advantage
22. Prohibited the immigration of Chinese - not repealed until World War II
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
Francisco Pizarro
Angel Island
Revolutionary War
23. 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
Watts Riots
Election of 1876
melting pot
Railroad Act of 1864
24. California governor election promises to break Southern Pacific's grip on the state - won and passed many progressive goals
the Great Compromise
Hiram Johnson
The Appalachian Mountains
War of 1812
25. Dutch East India Company explorer who found New York and the mouth of the Hudson River
Dust Bowl
Henry Hudson
black codes
The Appalachian Mountains
26. Separation of Powers - Checks and Balances - Federal System - Powers of Congress - The Great Compromise - Bill of Rights - Amendments
Hernando Cortez
New Government
initiative
the Oregon Territory
27. 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
Confederacy advanage
Democratic Republicans
The Declaration of Independence
Johann Sutter
28. An act signed by President Lincoln to create a railroad that would go all the way across the continent - provided loans to the Central Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad so that theycould build the transcontiental railroad
1850
Pacific Railroad Act of 1862
Jacques Cartier
Constitutional Convention
29. Industry started in California during WWII and based in the Los Angeles - including Long Beach
aeorspace industry
Pony Express
The Inca Empire
Europeans in the New World: France
30. Native American group who were skilled farmers who flourished in Ohio and Mississippi
Chumash - Tongya (Gabrielino) - Salinan - Cahuilla
Confederacy advanage
England and the colonies: differences
Hopewell people
31. Lincoln's vice president became president
Rhode Island
Andrew Johnson
legislative branch
loose construction
32. 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
Connecticut Commonwealth
secession
Revolutionary War
squatters
33. Acquired from Great Britain in 1846
the Oregon Territory
Intolerable Acts of 1774
railroad
aeorspace industry
34. Established states of Nebraska and Kansas with popular sovereignty but motivated Northerneres to protest against slavery because it was pandering to the South
Union advantage
Kansas - Nebraska Act of 1854
Election of 1876
The Inca Empire
35. A division of power that spells out the roles between the government and the states
federalism
Magnuson Act of 1943
1850
The Industrial Era of the United States
36. In the U.S. constitution - it makes the laws
Hiram Johnson
Proclamation of 1763
Hetch Hetchy Dam
legislative branch
37. System of land distribution in which there were very few wealthy land owners and many landless workers
Sebastian Vicaino
initiative
Pacific Railroad Act of 1862
rancho system
38. 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
Democratic Republicans
The Chinese Exclusion Act
The Aztec Empire
rancho system
39. Area around California that is largest producer of electronics
Europeans in the New World: France
Sierra Nevadas
Silicon Valley
Pony Express
40. Established processes for amendment that required 3/4 approval of the states and 2/3 of each house of Congress
judicial branch
The interior
Amendments
Father Fermin Lausen
41. Industry based in Southern California areas - focus on casual - warm weather clothing
Mayflower Compact
apparel industry
referendum
Pony Express
42. Further tightened taxation and regulatory noose
Maryland
Townsheld Acts of 1767
nullification
black codes
43. Extends along the coast from New Jersey to Texas and is generally low land
The southeastern Coastal Plain
rancho system
Sugar Act
Confederacy advanage
44. A group of colonists that meti nPhiladelphia to plan steps for resistance to British authority
Jose Figueroa
water
Johann Sutter
First Continental Congress
45. Southern California native american tribes
federalism
Sugar Act
Chinese
Chumash - Tongya (Gabrielino) - Salinan - Cahuilla
46. A group of Republicans that were outraged that former Confederate officials were being elected back to Congress
Radical Republicans
legislative branch
Angel Island
The Inca Empire
47. The priimary entry point for the immigrants from Asia
Stamp Tax
Angel Island
November 1849
Chronological order of the colonies
48. MesoAmerican tribe that preceded the Aztecs but followed from the Mayans
Samuel de Champlain
New Government
Toltecs
The Declaration of Independence
49. Restrucutred local control over property taxes and led to cutbacks in taxes and decrease in the tax base available to fund social services
apparel industry
Jacksonian democracy
Proposition 13
recall
50. Written by John Jay - Alexander Hamilton and James Madison about the need of a strong federal government
rights of the federal government
free - soil movement
Federalist Papers
Constitutional Convention
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