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CSET U.S And California History
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1. Gen. Robert E. Lee surrenders in 1865 and ends the civil war
forty - niners
The Gulf Stream
Appomattox Court
First Continental Congress
2. 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
Important Battles of the Revolution
Sierra Nevadas
Hernando Cortez
referendum
3. Industry in California employs more thtan 500000 people mostly in Hollywood
Mexican - American War
Europeans in the New World: Portugal
entertainment
decline of the Mayan civlization
4. Spanish explorer who sailed to Pacific coast to find fabled Northwest Passage - wound up in San Francisco Bay and called the territory Alta California
water
Proclamation of 1763
forty - niners
Juan Cabrillo
5. Codes that were created to restrict rights and freedoms of the slaves in the South - the concept of seperate but equal
Owens River
black codes
Europeans in the New World: Spain
Mexican Independence
6. 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
Europeans in the New World: Britain
The Continental Divide
The Chinese Exclusion Act
Tea Act of 1773
7. Etsablished and was nativist - anti - Chinese - and anti - big business
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8. 1607: Virginia Co. - Jamestown (Virginia)
the Great Compromise
Andrew Johnson
Europeans in the New World: Britain
Pilgrims
9. River 100 miles North of Los Angeles that the city of Los Angeles built an aqueduct on to bring the water to Los Angeles
Central Pacific Railroad
Mono Lake
reasons of American immigration
Owens River
10. The first civlization to develop in MesoAmerica and were the first to develop a calendar and agrciultural community in America
Missouri Compromise of 1820
Russians
Olmec Empire
War of 1812
11. 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
Gentleman's Agreement
Amerindians
Watts Riots
Prevailing Westerlies
12. Written by John Jay - Alexander Hamilton and James Madison about the need of a strong federal government
Land Commission
Federalist Papers
Father Fermin Lausen
Death Valley
13. Reeds used by central California native Americans to build homes
sacred expedition
Missouri Compromise of 1820
tule
Depression of 1870
14. 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
The Declaration of Independence
John C. Fremont
Transcontinental Railroad
15. Led to the chinese being blamed for the lack of jobs and they suffered violence and property damaged
manifest destiny
Sugar Act
Depression of 1870
Proposition 13
16. 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
Ten Percent Plan
Hernando Cortes
The Inca Empire
Pilgrims
17. (Mnemonic: Fun farmers always grow vegetables - specifically beets.) - Fort Sumter - First Battle of Bull Run - Antietam - Gettysburg - Vicksburg - Sherman's March to the Sea - Battle of Appomattox Courthouse
Silicon Valley
the Oregon Territory
Major battles of the Civil War
The southeastern Coastal Plain
18. Opened in 1914 and extends international links
acorns
Progressives
Appomattox Court
Panama Canal
19. 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
Articles of Confederation
Bill of Rights
Puritans
Toltecs
20. War that helped California get into a real estate boom fueled by the housing industry and reach 6 million people in population
World War II
Anasazi culture
the Great Compromise
Rodney Case
21. In the U.S. constitution - it enforces laws
executive branch
Federalist Papers
The Inca Empire
internment camps
22. In the U.S. Constitution - it is a system of checks and balances between the three branches of government
Juan Cabrillo
Francisco Pizarro
Europeans in the New World: Spain
separation of powers
23. The two major deserts in California
Jose Figueroa
tourism
Mojave Desert and the Colorado desert
Radical Republicans
24. 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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25. The final document that established United States government. It had to be ratified by at least nine states - process now is 2/3s of Congress and 38 out of 50 states
Mt. Whitney
The Cumberland and Allegheny plateaus
Constitution
Maryland
26. The priimary entry point for the immigrants from Asia
Constitution
The Inca Empire
Angel Island
Articles of Confederation
27. Southern California native american tribes
the conquistadores
Europeans in the New World
Chumash - Tongya (Gabrielino) - Salinan - Cahuilla
Father Junipero Serra
28. 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
Rhode Island
rights of states
Federalist Papers
aeorspace industry
29. Industry based in Southern California areas - focus on casual - warm weather clothing
Second Constitutional Congress
Battle of Lexington and Concord (Conneticut)
apparel industry
acorns
30. The year that California becomes the 31st state in the Union thanks to a compromise over slavery
French and Indian War
Important Battles of the Revolution
1850
Amerindians
31. Provided more funding and gave the railroads ten square miles of land to the tracks for every mile of track laid
Hiram Johnson
Trenton
Railroad Act of 1864
Chumash - Tongya (Gabrielino) - Salinan - Cahuilla
32. From Spain - Portugal - Britain - France and the Netherlands
Europeans in the New World
Federalist Papers
Father Junipero Serra
forty - niners
33. Established states of Nebraska and Kansas with popular sovereignty but motivated Northerneres to protest against slavery because it was pandering to the South
secession
presidios
The interior
Kansas - Nebraska Act of 1854
34. Native American empire with stepped pyramids - utilized multiple calendars - and possessede extensive astronomical knowledge
melting pot
Central Valley Project
Louisiana Purchase
The Maya Empire
35. War in which Spain relinquished its North American claims east of the Mississippi River
French and Indian War
Three - Fifths Compromise
The Mississippi River
Mono Lake
36. Southern states threatened to secede if this state was admitted as a free state
California
Whig Party
Depression of 1870
Panama Canal
37. Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe about a heroic slave - further spurred the need for slaves to be free
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38. Area around California that is largest producer of electronics
Silicon Valley
William Penn
French and Indian War
Salton Sea
39. The immigration group that helped build the railroads later settled in San Francisco. They took low wage jobs and later became small business entrepreneurs
Chinese
John C. Fremont
Quechan (Yuma) and Mohave tribes
General Stockton
40. 10 amendments in the U.S. Constitution that ensured that individuals and states would not suffer from excessive and arbitrary federal power
entertainment
Bill of Rights
Georgia
'strict construction'
41. Established processes for amendment that required 3/4 approval of the states and 2/3 of each house of Congress
Land Commission
Georgia
Thirteenth Amendment
Amendments
42. 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
Silicon Valley
Chinese
Central Valley Project
southern anad eastern European
43. 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
Land Commission
World War II
rights of the federal government
Commodore Sloat
44. In the U.S. constitution - it interpets the laws
Emanciptation Proclomation
Chumash - Tongya (Gabrielino) - Salinan - Cahuilla
judicial branch
Union advantage
45. Decision that said that slaves count as three - fifths of the population
Three - Fifths Compromise
Henry Hudson
Great Awakening
Hiram Johnson
46. Acknowledged the tension between the economic and political status of minorities
The Great Basin
Puritans
Europeans in the New World: Portugal
Watts Riots
47. The idea that Americans are destined to spread across the hemisphere and especially spread the good news of democracy
Europeans in the New World: Netherlands
Chumash - Tongya (Gabrielino) - Salinan - Cahuilla
Yorktown
manifest destiny
48. 1500: Cabral - Brazil
judicial branch
Europeans in the New World: Portugal
Railroad Act of 1864
The Sierra Nevada and the Cascade Range
49. Broad interpretation of the Constitution
Pueblo Indians
Hiram Johnson
loose construction
issue of representation under the Constitution
50. An Atlantic warm - water current that warms the East Coast in winter and is responsible for excellent fishing
The Gulf Stream
Japanese
Railroad Act of 1864
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882