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CSET U.S And California History

Subjects : cset, history
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Area around California that is largest producer of electronics






2. Several preachers started to speak of Christian salvation as something under control of individual - challenged traditional perceptions of Christianity to focus of individual salvation






3. During Great Depression - the Shasta Dam was built to bring water from the north to meet the farming needs of the South - the CVP was never completed - drained marshalnds and enviromnmental activists were successful at preventing the damming of the A






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






5. 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






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






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






9. State that was a colony established for Catholics so they could escape religious persecution






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






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






12. In the U.S. constitution - it interpets the laws






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






14. Extends along the coast from New Jersey to Texas and is generally low land






15. Print money - regulate interstae and international trade - make treaties - declare war and field armed forces - establish post office - make laws necessarsy to execute powers






16. Southern states threatened to secede if this state was admitted as a free state






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






18. Launched the Revolutionary War - British general ordered destruction of citizens growing number of guns and ammunition - colonialists defended their supplies






19. The year and month that California approves its first constitution






20. Established states of Nebraska and Kansas with popular sovereignty but motivated Northerneres to protest against slavery because it was pandering to the South






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






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






23. Acknowledged the tension between the economic and political status of minorities






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






25. A major mountain range in California






26. From Spain - Portugal - Britain - France and the Netherlands






27. Feature of California's constitution that gives individual citizens - citizen groups the power to placea proposed law on the ballot. Supporers must collect signatures equal to a small percengage of the electorate that votes in the most recent guberna






28. 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)






29. Tax that is placed on tea and led to the Boston Tea Party - colonialists dressed up as Indians and dumped tea from aboard British ships into Boston harbor






30. Spanish conquistador who captured the last Mayan city






31. The priimary entry point for the immigrants from Asia






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






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






34. Amendment that abolished slavery throughout the United States






35. Central California native American tribes






36. War between the French and British that ended with the defeat of French and Indian allies. It ordered French to be completely removed from North America and Spain relinquished parts of Florida in exchange for New Orleans and lands west of Mississippi






37. Occurred right after 'shots heard round the world' happened (Lexington and Concord)






38. State founded in 1733 as a buffer against Spain to Florida. It was the last of the 13 colonies established






39. The land between the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada






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






41. 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






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






43. 10 amendments in the U.S. Constitution that ensured that individuals and states would not suffer from excessive and arbitrary federal power






44. 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






45. French explorer who mapped the coastline from cape Cod to Nova Scotia - explored Great Lakes and founded Montreal






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






47. Repealed the Chinese Exclusion Act






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






49. 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






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