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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. 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






2. 1609: Hudson - New Netherlands (New York)






3. The earliest form of the American Constitution that was adopted in 1781. Weak because government could not raise money from states and have no budget - could not regulate trade or conduct foreign policy without obtaining consent from states on each m






4. Powers explicitly mentioned in Constitution were fedreal powers

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






6. The major Union battle victory in 1863 that led to The Gettysberg Address - Lincoln's declaration that the Union will not be divided






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






8. 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






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






10. Strong believers in the human capacity to do the right thing and did not need a strong central government






11. Material that led to California to be populated by 40000 miners from all over the United States






12. Established a Senate with equal representation and House of Representatives based on population






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






14. The camps that Japanese peopel were rounded to in WWII






15. Act passed by British to prevent colonial town meetings






16. War that helped California get into a real estate boom fueled by the housing industry and reach 6 million people in population






17. U.S. Act that helped reduce instances of religious descrimination






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






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






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. Towns that grew around the missions and presidios as settlers moved up from Mexico






22. Captured Monterey Bay and claimed thearea for the United States






23. Caused from multiple Spanish invasions - economic wars between divided tribes






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






25. Monopoly also called 'an octopus'






26. Provided more funding and gave the railroads ten square miles of land to the tracks for every mile of track laid






27. A mechanism of California's constitutuion to end an elected official's tenure in office before itw as scheduled for completition. It is initiated by a citizen and requires the signatures of a percentage of the number voting in the last gubernatorial






28. 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






29. 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






30. Industry in California employs more thtan 500000 people mostly in Hollywood






31. The two major deserts in California






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






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






34. 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






35. State established in 1636 by Roger Williams to acknowledge religious freedom and the separation of 'church and state'






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






37. Repealed the Chinese Exclusion Act






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






39. Established processes for amendment that required 3/4 approval of the states and 2/3 of each house of Congress






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






41. Major issue that was disputed by population (Virginia Plan) vs. equal representation (the Connecticut Plan)






42. The idea that Americans are destined to spread across the hemisphere and especially spread the good news of democracy






43. The first declaration of self - government in the New World






44. 1608: de Champlain - Canada (Quebec) -1682: La Salle - Louisiana






45. A Quaker who received land to estsablish Pennsylvania as the first Enlightenment - inspired government entity and abolished slavery






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






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






48. Southeatern California native american tribes






49. 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)






50. 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