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CSET U.S And California History

Subjects : cset, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Final battle of the Revolutionary war. British stronghold falls in 1781 and George Washington captures British general Lord cornwallis






2. Southeatern California native american tribes






3. 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






4. Jan. 1 - 1863- the proclamation frees the slaves






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






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






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. A division of power that spells out the roles between the government and the states






9. Group of immigrants that first came to live in America. They either came from the northern route from Asia through a land bridge crossing the Bering Strait or through South american shores on boats






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






11. 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






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






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






14. Called in 1787 to reform the Articles of Confederation






15. 1607: Virginia Co. - Jamestown (Virginia)






16. Led by Southern Carolina and the election of abolitionist ally Abraham Lincoln in 1880 - the slave states decided that they had the right to leave the Union if they wanted to in 1880






17. The priimary entry point for the immigrants from Asia






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






19. 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






20. 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






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






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






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






24. sawmill owner whose employee John Marshall discovered discover gold in the Sierra Nevada foothills






25. Spanish explorer who found Monterey Bay






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






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






28. Acquittal of police officers in this man's case in 1992 led to a major riot that called for economic and political opportunity for minorities. federal guilty verdict reduces the racial tension






29. The land between the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada






30. Amendment that abolished slavery throughout the United States






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






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






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






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






35. State established in 1638 by a delegation to establish a Swedish colony






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






37. 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






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






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






41. 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






42. Acquired from Great Britain in 1846






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






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






45. Native American empire that ruled from capital of Tenochtitlan in central Mexico. They had mulltiple calendars - system of writing and economy dependent on tribute. Also focused on worship of a sun god and human sacrifice






46. Native American group who were skilled farmers who flourished in Ohio and Mississippi






47. Compact used to colonize New Hampshire






48. Dutch East India Company explorer who found New York and the mouth of the Hudson River






49. Completes the rest of the Spanish missions following Junipero Serra's death






50. In the U.S. Constitution - it is a system of checks and balances between the three branches of government