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CSET U.S And California History
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1. The crest of the Rocky Mountains - Rivers that begin east of it flow toward the Atlantic Ocean - Western rivers flow toward the Pacific Ocean
California Alien Land Act
The Continental Divide
Sugar Act
Sir Francis Drake
2. Broad interpretation of the Constitution
loose construction
forty - niners
Locke's beliefs that influenced US constitution
Bill of Rights
3. Drains the interior of the United States
New Government
rights of the federal government
The Mississippi River
Union advantage
4. The major Union battle victory in 1863 that led to The Gettysberg Address - Lincoln's declaration that the Union will not be divided
forty - niners
Battle of Gettysberg
Mayflower Compact
manifest destiny
5. Native American group who inhabited the Southwest after the Anasazi people and built extensive adobe cities
Pueblo Indians
loose construction
Important Battles of the Revolution
The Piedmont
6. A major mountain range in California
Commodore Sloat
Quechan (Yuma) and Mohave tribes
judicial branch
Sierra Nevadas
7. War between Mexico and Spain that led to Mexico's independence and ownership of California in 1810
Mexican Independence
Amendments
General Stockton and General Kearney
recall
8. (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
Jose Figueroa
Hiram Johnson
Chronological order of the colonies
Hernando Cortes
9. Spanish conquistador's search of the Seven Cities of Cibola led to Spanish exploration of the Baja Peninsula
Mexican Independence
Chronological order of the colonies
Hernando Cortez
Amendments
10. Codes that were created to restrict rights and freedoms of the slaves in the South - the concept of seperate but equal
Chumash - Tongya (Gabrielino) - Salinan - Cahuilla
The Appalachian Mountains
black codes
November 1849
11. State established in 1638 by a delegation to establish a Swedish colony
Delaware
Thirteenth Amendment
Japanese
Hiram Johnson
12. 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
rights of states
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
Anasazi culture
Stamp Tax
13. 1607: Virginia Co. - Jamestown (Virginia)
Puritans
Pony Express
William Penn
Europeans in the New World: Britain
14. Area around California that is largest producer of electronics
Locke's beliefs that influenced US constitution
Silicon Valley
Chumash - Tongya (Gabrielino) - Salinan - Cahuilla
initiative
15. Ended the Mexican American War and brought California - Arizona - New Mesxico - Nevada - Utah - Colorado and Wyoming into the mix
recall
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
anti - federalists
Amendments
16. Compact used to colonize New Hampshire
entertainment
anti - federalists
Exeter Compact
Mexican American War
17. Gen. Robert E. Lee surrenders in 1865 and ends the civil war
Radical Republicans
Appomattox Court
Depression of 1870
Hopewell people
18. System of land distribution in which there were very few wealthy land owners and many landless workers
rancho system
Pilgrims
Anasazi culture
California
19. 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
Sebastian Vicaino
Bill of Rights
Land Commission
World War II
20. The highest point in California
secession
The Continental Divide
executive branch
Mt. Whitney
21. Economic opportunity - freedom of religion and expresion - and adventure
Second Constitutional Congress
Kansas - Nebraska Act of 1854
Quechan (Yuma) and Mohave tribes
reasons of American immigration
22. The first civlization to develop in MesoAmerica and were the first to develop a calendar and agrciultural community in America
Juan Cabrillo
Tea Act of 1773
French and Indian War
Olmec Empire
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
how Union defeated Confederates
Connecticut Commonwealth
Mexican American War
Modoc War
24. Major issue that was disputed by population (Virginia Plan) vs. equal representation (the Connecticut Plan)
Radical Republicans
Hiram Johnson
acorns
issue of representation under the Constitution
25. 1609: Hudson - New Netherlands (New York)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Articles of Confederation
nullification
Europeans in the New World: Netherlands
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. The two major deserts in California
Chinese
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Mojave Desert and the Colorado desert
Sir Francis Drake
28. In the eastern region of the United States - In the Northeast - they meat the ocean - forming a rough - rocky coast
how Union defeated Confederates
separation of powers
The Appalachian Mountains
Francisco Montejo
29. 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
southern anad eastern European
Juan Cabrillo
Declaration of Independence
Union advantage
30. Caused from multiple Spanish invasions - economic wars between divided tribes
decline of the Mayan civlization
Thirteenth Amendment
Rhode Island
Irish
31. 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
England and the colonies: differences
aeorspace industry
secession
Juan Cabrillo
32. Union created blockade of Southern ports and Confederate cotton rotted on the docks
Major battles of the Civil War
how Union defeated Confederates
Mississippian culture
The Gulf Stream
33. Year that California faces largest budget deficit
Pacific Railroad Act of 1862
Louisiana Purchase
the Great Compromise
2002
34. Early U.S. poltiical party who supported the Federalists and were pretty wealthy. They later emerged in the 1850s as the republican party with the
Constitutional Convention
railroad
Owens River
Whig Party
35. Spanish forts that were built for missionaries and settlers to hide in when Indians revolted
Yorktown
November 1849
Samuel de Champlain
presidios
36. The priimary entry point for the immigrants from Asia
Silicon Valley
Compromise of 1850
Angel Island
legislative branch
37. An effort to establish an indepndent California republic
Owens River
Father Fermin Lausen
Rodney Case
Bear Flag Revolt
38. Immigrant group that crossed California's border. The border remains easily crossed even though there is a frequent loss of life
Central Pacific Railroad
Intolerable Acts of 1774
Revolutionary War
Mexicans
39. Repealed the Chinese Exclusion Act
Second Constitutional Congress
Ten Percent Plan
Hernando Cortez
Magnuson Act of 1943
40. (Mnemonic: Fat babies love to piss - **** - yell.) Fort Ticonderoga - Bunker Hill - Long Island - Trenton - Princeton - Saratoga - Yorktown
Important Battles of the Revolution
Chumash - Tongya (Gabrielino) - Salinan - Cahuilla
Sugar Act
Mexican American War
41. The number one resource that California is quickly running out of with its ever growing population
Father Junipero Serra
water
Immigration Act of 1965
The Chinese Exclusion Act
42. Immigrant group that joined Irish on the Gold Rush and railroad construction - opened businesses and were envied by others
The Gulf Stream
Chinese
forty - niners
Mono Lake
43. Explorers commissioned by Thomas Jefferson to explore the newly purchased Lousiiana territory
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Lewis and Clark
anti - federalists
Hiram Johnson
44. MesoAmerican empire who once reigned from equator to Chile and between the Andes Mountain. They practiced terracing and irrigating steep mountainsides. Were defeateed by smallpox epidemic
entertainment
Democratic Republicans
The Inca Empire
Sebastian Vicaino
45. Spanish explorer who explored coastal areas of San diego - Santa Barbara and Monterrey
Anasazi culture
water
Sebastian Vicaino
Okies
46. Reeds used by central California native Americans to build homes
tule
Battle of Gettysberg
The southeastern Coastal Plain
Rodney Case
47. Industry in California employs more thtan 500000 people mostly in Hollywood
Prevailing Westerlies
Europeans in the New World: Britain
The Mississippi River
entertainment
48. 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
Hetch Hetchy Dam
manifest destiny
southern anad eastern European
Pomo - Miwok - Maidu - and Yokuts
49. Spanish conquistador who captured the last Mayan city
Francisco Montejo
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
Missouri Compromise of 1820
The Mississippi River
50. 1608: de Champlain - Canada (Quebec) -1682: La Salle - Louisiana
California
Maryland Toleration Act of 1649
Europeans in the New World: France
Pomo - Miwok - Maidu - and Yokuts
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