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CSET U.S And California History

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Print money - regulate interstae and international trade - make treaties - declare war and field armed forces - establish post office - make laws necessarsy to execute powers






2. Opened in 1914 and extends international links






3. Ultiimately defeated General Pico and re - captured Los Angeles in 1847 - ending the Mexican American war






4. War in which Spain relinquished its North American claims east of the Mississippi River






5. Central California native American tribes






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






7. Acquired from Great Britain in 1846






8. A group of Republicans that were outraged that former Confederate officials were being elected back to Congress






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






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






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






12. An effort to establish an indepndent California republic






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






14. 10 amendments in the U.S. Constitution that ensured that individuals and states would not suffer from excessive and arbitrary federal power






15. Spanish conquistador who settled in Panama in 1520 - became governor of Peru and conquered the Inca empire based there






16. The Spanish attempt to colonize California by building Missionsand converting the Spanish






17. 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






18. Gen. Robert E. Lee surrenders in 1865 and ends the civil war






19. A major mountain range in California






20. Facilities that the Spanish used to turned to the Indians to establish agricultural fields and learned Christianity. natives also were exposed to disease that they don't have immunity to. Also - brought olive trees and orange trees and introduced whe






21. Native American group developed in Southwest and were were skilled builders






22. Migrants who came to California during the Dust Bowl and followed crops from farm to farm






23. Spanish conquistador who captured the last Mayan city






24. Discovered in 1853- mineres would use powerful hoses to shoot water at the hillsides to wash away the soil and findthe gold - damaged environment and killed fish






25. River 100 miles North of Los Angeles that the city of Los Angeles built an aqueduct on to bring the water to Los Angeles






26. Immigrant group that crossed California's border. The border remains easily crossed even though there is a frequent loss of life






27. Economic opportunity - freedom of religion and expresion - and adventure






28. A tradition of free public education was started in the villages of New England - Religious tolerance supplanted an early religious dogmatism first established by the Puritans in Massachusetts - A conscious choice was made to leave the idea of heredi






29. War that helped California get into a real estate boom fueled by the housing industry and reach 6 million people in population






30. Spanish explorer who found Monterey Bay






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






32. 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






33. One of the first U.S. political parties. It was led by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. They stood up for more for individual rights and 'strict construction.' They opposed industrialization and didn't think bank was a good idea. They later evolve






34. 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






35. The highest point in California






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






37. Strong believers in the human capacity to do the right thing and did not need a strong central government






38. Etsablished and was nativist - anti - Chinese - and anti - big business


39. 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






40. 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






41. Period in 1930s when a severe drought hit hte midwest and forced 350000 people to leave theier farms and lsot jobsand come to California






42. 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






43. 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






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






45. English explorer who sailed up the California coast to the pacific Northwest






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






47. 1776 Written by Thomas Jefferson - Based on the ideas of English Enlightenment philosopher John Locke - In Locke's 'Second Treatise of Civil Government' (1690) - he set forth basic ideas embodied in the Declaration of Independence.






48. A new group of immigrants that swelled in the midwestern and eastern cities. They lived in sseperate neighborhoods known as ghettos






49. Early U.S. poltiical party who supported the Federalists and were pretty wealthy. They later emerged in the 1850s as the republican party with the






50. Reeds used by central California native Americans to build homes