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CSET U.S And California History
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1. West Point graduates and used to handling firearms and driven
French and Indian War
War of 1812
Confederacy advanage
issue of representation under the Constitution
2. U.S. Act that helped reduce instances of religious descrimination
Progressives
Exeter Compact
Hernando Cortes
Maryland Toleration Act of 1649
3. 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
Transcontinental Railroad
Russians
Constitution
Death Valley
4. The first conquistador and defeated the Aztec Empire in 1521 after they saw his arrival as a divine arrival of a god and let him into their empire
Great Awakening
William Penn
Hernando Cortes
Andrew Johnson
5. The camps that Japanese peopel were rounded to in WWII
The Gulf Stream
Stamp Tax
internment camps
Hiram Johnson
6. Most of it is generally flat land: - The eastern half is called the interior lowlands - The western half is called the Great Plains
The Aztec Empire
The interior
Great Awakening
Mojave Desert and the Colorado desert
7. 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
Sierra Nevadas
aeorspace industry
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
The Aztec Empire
8. Established states of Nebraska and Kansas with popular sovereignty but motivated Northerneres to protest against slavery because it was pandering to the South
Puritans
internment camps
Samuel de Champlain
Kansas - Nebraska Act of 1854
9. Immigrant group that crossed California's border. The border remains easily crossed even though there is a frequent loss of life
recall
Mexicans
merchant Sam Brannon
Immigration Act of 1965
10. Captured Los Angeles until it was rec - captured by Governor Pico and General Castro for Mexico
California Alien Land Act
Death Valley
the Great Compromise
General Stockton
11. Launched the Revolutionary War - British general ordered destruction of citizens growing number of guns and ammunition - colonialists defended their supplies
Father Junipero Serra
Battle of Lexington and Concord (Conneticut)
Stamp Tax
Silicon Valley
12. Spanish conquistador who captured the last Mayan city
'strict construction'
Francisco Montejo
World War II
black codes
13. Broad interpretation of the Constitution
Election of 1876
Kansas - Nebraska Act of 1854
Prevailing Westerlies
loose construction
14. State that was a colony established for Catholics so they could escape religious persecution
Battle of Lexington and Concord (Conneticut)
Maryland
The Mississippi River
tourism
15. The idea that Americans are destined to spread across the hemisphere and especially spread the good news of democracy
Whig Party
Europeans in the New World: France
manifest destiny
Bear Flag Revolt
16. Visor general to New Spain urges kinig that they should settle California before the English or russians took over it - two expeditions went by sea and two expeditions went by land
Jose de Galves
Appomattox Court
Gold
Prevailing Westerlies
17. 1609: Hudson - New Netherlands (New York)
Pueblo Indians
Europeans in the New World: Netherlands
Hetch Hetchy Dam
Pacific Railroad Act of 1862
18. 1607: Virginia Co. - Jamestown (Virginia)
Europeans in the New World: Britain
free - soil movement
Bill of Rights
loose construction
19. people from the eastern United States who came to California to saerch for gold. Were not so lucky about finding gold because the route to California was difficult and dangerous whether by land or by sea
Bear Flag Revolt
the Oregon Territory
Sebastian Vicaino
forty - niners
20. Extends along the coast from New Jersey to Texas and is generally low land
The southeastern Coastal Plain
Mexicans
The Declaration of Independence
Dust Bowl
21. Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe about a heroic slave - further spurred the need for slaves to be free
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22. Industry started in California during WWII and based in the Los Angeles - including Long Beach
aeorspace industry
Pony Express
separation of powers
Death Valley
23. A division of power that spells out the roles between the government and the states
Cesar Chavez and Delores Huerta
Stamp Tax
federalism
Georgia
24. The crest of the Rocky Mountains - Rivers that begin east of it flow toward the Atlantic Ocean - Western rivers flow toward the Pacific Ocean
Missouri Compromise of 1820
Stamp Tax
The Sierra Nevada and the Cascade Range
The Continental Divide
25. Where the British were defeated and led to expansion of battle from Canada and New York
referendum
Trenton
Chinese
federalism
26. In the eastern region of the United States
The Cumberland and Allegheny plateaus
Jacques Cartier
Jacksonian democracy
Watts Riots
27. The idea that southern staets should refuse to obey the laws tha t they did not agree with
Europeans in the New World: Spain
Prevailing Westerlies
Whig Party
nullification
28. Several preachers started to speak of Christian salvation as something under control of individual - challenged traditional perceptions of Christianity to focus of individual salvation
decline of the Mayan civlization
Salton Sea
Great Awakening
nullification
29. Biggest immigrant group from 1850 to 1900. They successfully developed farms in the Midwest and skilled trades in larger cities.
Johann Sutter
Gold
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Germans
30. The central agricultural area of California
Europeans in the New World: Spain
Central Valley
Andrew Johnson
referendum
31. The year and month that California approves its first constitution
Bear Flag Revolt
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
November 1849
Maryland
32. War between Mexico and Spain that led to Mexico's independence and ownership of California in 1810
manifest destiny
Gold
Mexican Independence
French and Indian War
33. State established in 1638 by a delegation to establish a Swedish colony
Intolerable Acts of 1774
Gold
forty - niners
Delaware
34. The first declaration of self - government in the New World
Central Pacific Railroad
Mayflower Compact
missions
initiative
35. Further tightened taxation and regulatory noose
Election of 1876
tourism
Townsheld Acts of 1767
Germans
36. Captured Monterey Bay and claimed thearea for the United States
Mayflower Compact
Balboa
Commodore Sloat
Europeans in the New World: Spain
37. Issued by King of england to forbid colonists to move west of the Appalachian Mountains - led the british to raise taxes so they could support hundreds of troops to be stationed in the colonies - along with a raise of taxes
Proclamation of 1763
Silicon Valley
Union advantage
Pony Express
38. Native American group developed in Southwest and were were skilled builders
Sierra Nevadas
Anasazi culture
Exeter Compact
Balboa
39. More restrictive legislation towards Japanese and that they were inelgible for citizenship and could not own land
California Alien Land Act
separation of powers
Georgia
Rhode Island
40. Led to the chinese being blamed for the lack of jobs and they suffered violence and property damaged
Revolutionary War
Depression of 1870
England and the colonies: differences
Bear Flag Revolt
41. California governor election promises to break Southern Pacific's grip on the state - won and passed many progressive goals
Angel Island
Okies
Hiram Johnson
Three - Fifths Compromise
42. Authored by Thomas Jefferson and focused on the declaration of 'life - liberty - and pursuit of happiness'
Hetch Hetchy Dam
Declaration of Independence
Tea Act of 1773
reasons of American immigration
43. Drains the interior of the United States
Locke's beliefs that influenced US constitution
Francisco Pizarro
The Sierra Nevada and the Cascade Range
The Mississippi River
44. Major issue that was disputed by population (Virginia Plan) vs. equal representation (the Connecticut Plan)
issue of representation under the Constitution
legislative branch
Hernando Cortez
free - soil movement
45. Group who explored south of Alaska for fur trade - establish Fort Ross in San Francisco as a trading post
Jacksonian democracy
Connecticut Commonwealth
Commodore Sloat
Russians
46. 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
World War II
Bill of Rights
presidios
the Great Compromise
47. The number one resource that California is quickly running out of with its ever growing population
Hiram Johnson
Sugar Act
water
Ten Percent Plan
48. The rise of 'the common man' through the presidency of Andrew Jackson in 1820s
executive branch
Central Valley
Bill of Rights
Jacksonian democracy
49. A major food staple of California native American tribes
railroad
Tea Act of 1773
Germans
acorns
50. A group of colonists that meti nPhiladelphia to plan steps for resistance to British authority
Panama Canal
The Great Basin
First Continental Congress
Europeans in the New World: Netherlands
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