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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. Act passed by British to prevent colonial town meetings






2. The number one resource that California is quickly running out of with its ever growing population






3. Discovered in 1853- mineres would use powerful hoses to shoot water at the hillsides to wash away the soil and findthe gold - damaged environment and killed fish






4. Another religious group that arrived to Massachusetts Bay in 1629. They had a covenant with God to build 'a city on a hill'






5. 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






6. The founder of the San Diego mission - the first of the 21 original Spanish Catholic missions in California - later established seven missions on the El Camino Real (The Royal Road)






7. In the U.S. constitution - it enforces laws






8. Native American empire with stepped pyramids - utilized multiple calendars - and possessede extensive astronomical knowledge






9. Further tightened taxation and regulatory noose






10. Spanish conquistador who settled in Panama in 1520 - became governor of Peru and conquered the Inca empire based there






11. 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






12. Lake that was drained as a result of the Owens River aqueduct and ultimately led Owens Valley to sue the city of Los Angeles






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






14. In the eastern region of the United States






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






16. More restrictive legislation towards Japanese and that they were inelgible for citizenship and could not own land






17. Compact used to colonize New Hampshire






18. 1860 mailing service that carried mail in ten days from Missouri to California - went out of business in 1861 when the first telegraph was completed






19. Authored by Thomas Jefferson and focused on the declaration of 'life - liberty - and pursuit of happiness'






20. A man - made lake caused by the flooding of a 70- mile long canal from the Colorado river to the Colorado desert






21. The immigration group that helped build the railroads later settled in San Francisco. They took low wage jobs and later became small business entrepreneurs






22. The foothills at the base of the Appalachian mountains - In the eastern region of the United States






23. Mexican leader who closes the missions down except for the churches






24. War fought between U.S. and Mexico to gain more territory in the Southwest






25. Southern California native american tribes






26. Explorers commissioned by Thomas Jefferson to explore the newly purchased Lousiiana territory






27. Written by John Jay - Alexander Hamilton and James Madison about the need of a strong federal government






28. The first civlization to develop in MesoAmerica and were the first to develop a calendar and agrciultural community in America






29. The wind west of the Appalachians - An importance influence on climate: In the winter - cold air from the northwest produces freezing temperatures - In the summer - warm - moist southwesterly winds cause hot - humid weather






30. A tax placed on legal documents including newspapers - led to the establishment of the Stamp Act Congress - first assembly of colonialists against British regulation






31. 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






32. The two major deserts in California






33. Monopoly also called 'an octopus'






34. 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






35. 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.






36. Spanish explorer who sailed to Pacific coast to find fabled Northwest Passage - wound up in San Francisco Bay and called the territory Alta California






37. Gen. Robert E. Lee surrenders in 1865 and ends the civil war






38. Captured Los Angeles until it was rec - captured by Governor Pico and General Castro for Mexico






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






40. Form the western mountain ranges - The western slope of the Sierra Nevada borders the Central Valley of California - The Coast Ranges form the western wall of the Central Valley






41. The first settlers to arrive in Massachusetts. It was a religious group that fled Englandfor religious persecution in 1620






42. English explorer who sailed up the California coast to the pacific Northwest






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






44. Spanish conquistador's search of the Seven Cities of Cibola led to Spanish exploration of the Baja Peninsula






45. Gave southerneers a stronger fugitive slave law and popular sovereignty (territories would have the right to decide for themselves whether or not they wanted to adopt slavery on their borders) over newly conquered Mexico areas in exchange for Califor






46. Year that California faces largest budget deficit






47. Addition of new territories would decide if they were going to be slave or non - slave owning states






48. Native American group who inhabited the Southwest after the Anasazi people and built extensive adobe cities






49. West Point graduates and used to handling firearms and driven






50. The year that California becomes the 31st state in the Union thanks to a compromise over slavery