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CSET U.S And California History
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1. Northern California Indian tribes
Bear Flag Revolt
tule
Pony Express
Yurok - Hupa - Shasta - Modoc - Achumawi
2. A man - made lake caused by the flooding of a 70- mile long canal from the Colorado river to the Colorado desert
Amerindians
Salton Sea
Gentleman's Agreement
Union advantage
3. West Point graduates and used to handling firearms and driven
The Great Basin
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Confederacy advanage
Maryland Toleration Act of 1649
4. Lake that was drained as a result of the Owens River aqueduct and ultimately led Owens Valley to sue the city of Los Angeles
Compromise of 1850
Mono Lake
Father Fermin Lausen
Delaware
5. 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
secession
Democratic Republicans
Second Constitutional Congress
Kansas - Nebraska Act of 1854
6. 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
the conquistadores
Hetch Hetchy Dam
the Great Compromise
Jamestown
7. The first civlization to develop in MesoAmerica and were the first to develop a calendar and agrciultural community in America
Confederacy advanage
Bear Flag Revolt
rights of the federal government
Olmec Empire
8. 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
secession
Bill of Rights
Federalist Party
executive branch
9. Industry in California employs more thtan 500000 people mostly in Hollywood
Proposition 13
entertainment
Germans
The Maya Empire
10. Where the British were defeated and led to expansion of battle from Canada and New York
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Battle of Fort Sumter of 1861
Trenton
Connecticut Commonwealth
11. California industry that counts for 13 percent of gross domestic product and includes the state's theeme parks and urban centers - inlcuidng national wonders
Mexicans
federalism
tourism
Magnuson Act of 1943
12. In the U.S. Constitution - it is a system of checks and balances between the three branches of government
reasons of American immigration
black codes
separation of powers
Democratic Republicans
13. During the Reconstruction - a state could be readmitted if 10 percent of the former Confederates voted in the 1860 election vowed loyalty to the Union
Bill of Rights
Ten Percent Plan
Hopewell people
recall
14. Caused from multiple Spanish invasions - economic wars between divided tribes
decline of the Mayan civlization
Stamp Tax
Owens River
Modoc War
15. 1500: Cabral - Brazil
Europeans in the New World: Portugal
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Gold
Mexican Independence
16. Spanish explorer who explored coastal areas of San diego - Santa Barbara and Monterrey
nullification
Proclamation of 1763
Sir Francis Drake
Sebastian Vicaino
17. Industry based in Southern California areas - focus on casual - warm weather clothing
apparel industry
Henry Hudson
pueblos
judicial branch
18. From Spain - Portugal - Britain - France and the Netherlands
Europeans in the New World
Sebastian Cermeno
Mexican American War
Sir Francis Drake
19. Written by John Jay - Alexander Hamilton and James Madison about the need of a strong federal government
Henry Hudson
The Mississippi River
Federalist Papers
Gentleman's Agreement
20. 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
Pacific Railroad Act of 1862
Modoc War
'strict construction'
The Aztec Empire
21. The foothills at the base of the Appalachian mountains - In the eastern region of the United States
Revolutionary War
Tea Act of 1773
The Piedmont
Europeans in the New World: Britain
22. 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
Okies
water
Articles of Confederation
referendum
23. Raised theflag near Monterey and then retreated from the area - started the Mexican Americna War
Tea Act of 1773
Europeans in the New World: Netherlands
John C. Fremont
Francisco Montejo
24. In the U.S. constitution - it makes the laws
the Oregon Territory
Russians
rights of the federal government
legislative branch
25. publicized the gold discovery and bought every shovel - pick axe and pan in the region and made much money
Mono Lake
merchant Sam Brannon
Mexican American War
Gold
26. The idea that various immigrants cultural differences were minimized and assimilated together
initiative
Radical Republicans
melting pot
separation of powers
27. Southeatern California native american tribes
French and Indian War
Declaration of Independence
Mexicans
Quechan (Yuma) and Mohave tribes
28. 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
Election of 1876
Tea Act of 1773
John C. Fremont
Europeans in the New World: France
29. Restrucutred local control over property taxes and led to cutbacks in taxes and decrease in the tax base available to fund social services
sacred expedition
Major battles of the Civil War
rights of the federal government
Proposition 13
30. The year and month that California approves its first constitution
November 1849
squatters
Salton Sea
Lewis and Clark
31. Ultiimately defeated General Pico and re - captured Los Angeles in 1847 - ending the Mexican American war
hydraulic mining -
Mojave Desert and the Colorado desert
water
General Stockton and General Kearney
32. In the U.S. constitution - it enforces laws
Gold
First Continental Congress
executive branch
Locke's beliefs that influenced US constitution
33. Powers explicitly mentioned in Constitution were fedreal powers
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34. The first battle of the Civil War. Seccessionists fire on the remaining Union sronghold in the South.
melting pot
War of 1812
Hernando Cortez
Battle of Fort Sumter of 1861
35. Decision that said that slaves count as three - fifths of the population
Connecticut Commonwealth
Three - Fifths Compromise
Father Junipero Serra
Townsheld Acts of 1767
36. Several preachers started to speak of Christian salvation as something under control of individual - challenged traditional perceptions of Christianity to focus of individual salvation
Yorktown
Great Awakening
Revolutionary War
Stamp Tax
37. Explorers commissioned by Thomas Jefferson to explore the newly purchased Lousiiana territory
Locke's beliefs that influenced US constitution
Bill of Rights
Lewis and Clark
internment camps
38. Prohibited the immigration of Chinese - not repealed until World War II
Russians
Commodore Sloat
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
Father Fermin Lausen
39. 10 amendments in the U.S. Constitution that ensured that individuals and states would not suffer from excessive and arbitrary federal power
Bill of Rights
Europeans in the New World: Britain
Georgia
Rodney Case
40. Drains the interior of the United States
Townsheld Acts of 1767
The Mississippi River
apparel industry
Jacksonian democracy
41. 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
Workingmen's Party
Olmec Empire
Proclamation of 1763
initiative
42. Established states of Nebraska and Kansas with popular sovereignty but motivated Northerneres to protest against slavery because it was pandering to the South
Kansas - Nebraska Act of 1854
William Penn
Quartering Act
Henry Hudson
43. Amendment that abolished slavery throughout the United States
Yurok - Hupa - Shasta - Modoc - Achumawi
French and Indian War
Revolutionary War
Thirteenth Amendment
44. Group who explored south of Alaska for fur trade - establish Fort Ross in San Francisco as a trading post
Stamp Tax
rights of states
Pomo - Miwok - Maidu - and Yokuts
Russians
45. Repealed the Chinese Exclusion Act
Union advantage
Magnuson Act of 1943
southern anad eastern European
1850
46. Native American empire with stepped pyramids - utilized multiple calendars - and possessede extensive astronomical knowledge
Ten Percent Plan
The Maya Empire
The Inca Empire
The Continental Divide
47. People who took land from the original Californios
Dust Bowl
Radical Republicans
Pony Express
squatters
48. Period in 1930s when a severe drought hit hte midwest and forced 350000 people to leave theier farms and lsot jobsand come to California
Pueblo Indians
Europeans in the New World: Spain
Dust Bowl
Francisco Pizarro
49. French explorer who mapped the coastline from cape Cod to Nova Scotia - explored Great Lakes and founded Montreal
Samuel de Champlain
Russians
Mississippian culture
Revolutionary War
50. Immigrant group that crossed California's border. The border remains easily crossed even though there is a frequent loss of life
Jacques Cartier
Chronological order of the colonies
Mexicans
Battle of Gettysberg