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CSET U.S And California History
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1. Occurred right after 'shots heard round the world' happened (Lexington and Concord)
Battle of Fort Sumter of 1861
Japanese
Second Constitutional Congress
free - soil movement
2. Lake that was drained as a result of the Owens River aqueduct and ultimately led Owens Valley to sue the city of Los Angeles
Johann Sutter
French and Indian War
Pacific Railroad Act of 1862
Mono Lake
3. MesoAmerican tribe that preceded the Aztecs but followed from the Mayans
Toltecs
Constitutional Convention
Articles of Confederation
Quartering Act
4. The year that California becomes the 31st state in the Union thanks to a compromise over slavery
Election of 1876
Yurok - Hupa - Shasta - Modoc - Achumawi
Chronological order of the colonies
1850
5. Acknowledged the tension between the economic and political status of minorities
Quechan (Yuma) and Mohave tribes
New Government
World War II
Watts Riots
6. 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
Mexican Independence
Gold
Central Valley Project
William Penn
7. 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
Magnuson Act of 1943
initiative
The Sierra Nevada and the Cascade Range
Mt. Whitney
8. 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
judicial branch
Election of 1876
Europeans in the New World: France
forty - niners
9. The first settlers to arrive in Massachusetts. It was a religious group that fled Englandfor religious persecution in 1620
Three - Fifths Compromise
secession
Olmec Empire
Pilgrims
10. Biggest immigrant group from 1850 to 1900. They successfully developed farms in the Midwest and skilled trades in larger cities.
Irish
Angel Island
Germans
rancho system
11. Battle between United States and Mexico which followed the annexation of Texas. Led to the United States owning California in the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Stamp Tax
Mexican American War
Articles of Confederation
entertainment
12. Southern states threatened to secede if this state was admitted as a free state
missions
General Stockton
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
California
13. A major food staple of California native American tribes
presidios
acorns
Amendments
Europeans in the New World: France
14. One of the first American political parties. It was led by Alexander Hamilton - John Adams and John Jay. They beleived in strong central government and loose construction. They wanted to create a national bank and use government funds to support indu
Federalist Party
Central Valley
Europeans in the New World: Netherlands
railroad
15. Spanish conquistador who captured the last Mayan city
Francisco Montejo
Missouri Compromise of 1820
The Gulf Stream
Hernando Cortez
16. 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
Ten Percent Plan
Second Constitutional Congress
Amerindians
Salton Sea
17. Established a Senate with equal representation and House of Representatives based on population
the Great Compromise
Panama Canal
Mt. Whitney
decline of the Mayan civlization
18. Spanish explorer who explored coastal areas of San diego - Santa Barbara and Monterrey
Workingmen's Party
issue of representation under the Constitution
Sebastian Vicaino
Sugar Act
19. 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
Russians
Whig Party
how Union defeated Confederates
20. A new reform movement established in California favored workers rights and the people over big corporations
Lewis and Clark
tule
free - soil movement
Progressives
21. Immigrant group started migrating in the 1840s due to famine in their community. potato blight had decimated the potato harvest. They moved westward to the California Gold Rush of 1849
federalism
Hernando Cortes
Prevailing Westerlies
Irish
22. Group who explored south of Alaska for fur trade - establish Fort Ross in San Francisco as a trading post
Death Valley
Russians
Europeans in the New World: Portugal
The Aztec Empire
23. An act in 1882 that barred immigration of Chiense laborers and gave immigration officals the ability to define what a laborer is - Chinese wives also forbidden to rejoin their husbands and Chiense were ineligible for citizenship
Pony Express
The Appalachian Mountains
The Chinese Exclusion Act
Death Valley
24. War that helped California get into a real estate boom fueled by the housing industry and reach 6 million people in population
how Union defeated Confederates
Jacksonian democracy
World War II
executive branch
25. Broad interpretation of the Constitution
Georgia
loose construction
Japanese
Ten Percent Plan
26. The rise of 'the common man' through the presidency of Andrew Jackson in 1820s
Jacksonian democracy
Angel Island
Appomattox Court
the Great Compromise
27. War in which Spain relinquished its North American claims east of the Mississippi River
Democratic Republicans
Jose Figueroa
French and Indian War
Ten Percent Plan
28. Mexican leader who closes the missions down except for the churches
Jose Figueroa
Hernando Cortes
Pacific Railroad Act of 1862
hydraulic mining -
29. The idea that Americans are destined to spread across the hemisphere and especially spread the good news of democracy
Battle of Lexington and Concord (Conneticut)
manifest destiny
Owens River
judicial branch
30. Industry based in Southern California areas - focus on casual - warm weather clothing
World War II
apparel industry
Maryland
issue of representation under the Constitution
31. Period in 1930s when a severe drought hit hte midwest and forced 350000 people to leave theier farms and lsot jobsand come to California
forty - niners
apparel industry
Dust Bowl
Chinese
32. 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
Magnuson Act of 1943
French and Indian War
Battle of Fort Sumter of 1861
Workingmen's Party
33. Spanish explorer who found Monterey Bay
Sebastian Cermeno
manifest destiny
Election of 1876
Central Valley
34. Form the western mountain ranges - The western slope of the Sierra Nevada borders the Central Valley of California - The Coast Ranges form the western wall of the Central Valley
The Sierra Nevada and the Cascade Range
Thirteenth Amendment
Balboa
Yorktown
35. 1492: Columbus - West Indies and Bahamas -1513: Balboa - Panama -1519: Cortes - Mexico -1532: Pizarro - Peru
Radical Republicans
Europeans in the New World: Spain
Battle of Lexington and Concord (Conneticut)
Connecticut Commonwealth
36. French explorer who mapped the coastline from cape Cod to Nova Scotia - explored Great Lakes and founded Montreal
manifest destiny
The Aztec Empire
Samuel de Champlain
England and the colonies: similarities
37. Spanish forts that were built for missionaries and settlers to hide in when Indians revolted
England and the colonies: similarities
California Alien Land Act
presidios
Lewis and Clark
38. Year that California faces largest budget deficit
2002
The Sierra Nevada and the Cascade Range
Election of 1876
Death Valley
39. More restrictive legislation towards Japanese and that they were inelgible for citizenship and could not own land
Pony Express
California Alien Land Act
rancho system
rights of the federal government
40. Where the British were defeated and led to expansion of battle from Canada and New York
Trenton
pueblos
initiative
Workingmen's Party
41. Migrants who came to California during the Dust Bowl and followed crops from farm to farm
Olmec Empire
Okies
rights of states
decline of the Mayan civlization
42. A Quaker who received land to estsablish Pennsylvania as the first Enlightenment - inspired government entity and abolished slavery
William Penn
Great Awakening
Depression of 1870
nullification
43. War foguht between Britain and American colonialists which led to America's independence. Americans enlist friendship of France to revolutionary cause - Spain and Netherlands soon follow
Francisco Pizarro
Revolutionary War
Chumash - Tongya (Gabrielino) - Salinan - Cahuilla
Hiram Johnson
44. 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
secession
The Aztec Empire
Sugar Act
John C. Fremont
45. Separation of Powers - Checks and Balances - Federal System - Powers of Congress - The Great Compromise - Bill of Rights - Amendments
Jacksonian democracy
how Union defeated Confederates
New Government
The Maya Empire
46. Major issue that was disputed by population (Virginia Plan) vs. equal representation (the Connecticut Plan)
Anasazi culture
issue of representation under the Constitution
Silicon Valley
Hetch Hetchy Dam
47. Construction began in 1863 and completed in 1869- done by mostly Chinese and Irish immigrants - met at Promontoary Point in utah
Samuel de Champlain
Europeans in the New World: Spain
John C. Fremont
Transcontinental Railroad
48. Established states of Nebraska and Kansas with popular sovereignty but motivated Northerneres to protest against slavery because it was pandering to the South
Jacksonian democracy
The southeastern Coastal Plain
Kansas - Nebraska Act of 1854
Yorktown
49. Economic opportunity - freedom of religion and expresion - and adventure
reasons of American immigration
Angel Island
Delaware
Hopewell people
50. The camps that Japanese peopel were rounded to in WWII
Uncle Tom's Cabin
internment camps
Radical Republicans
Chumash - Tongya (Gabrielino) - Salinan - Cahuilla