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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. The lowest point in California






2. Union created blockade of Southern ports and Confederate cotton rotted on the docks






3. The central agricultural area of California






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






5. Native American group who inhabited the Southwest after the Anasazi people and built extensive adobe cities






6. The land between the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada






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






8. MesoAmerican tribe that preceded the Aztecs but followed from the Mayans






9. Immigrant group that joined Irish on the Gold Rush and railroad construction - opened businesses and were envied by others






10. Renamed the Southern Pacific Company and controlled all the railroads in California - president was Leland Stanford was a California governor and U.S. Senator






11. War fought between U.S. and Mexico to gain more territory in the Southwest






12. Extends along the coast from New Jersey to Texas and is generally low land






13. Called in 1787 to reform the Articles of Confederation






14. The idea that southern staets should refuse to obey the laws tha t they did not agree with






15. 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






16. 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






17. An era fueled by availabliity of a cheap labor pool in the form of recent immigrants. Newly built factories attracted even more immigrants to the states






18. 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






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






20. 1492: Columbus - West Indies and Bahamas -1513: Balboa - Panama -1519: Cortes - Mexico -1532: Pizarro - Peru






21. America's new settlers transplanted long - standing traditions of England's government - with the first important steps taken by the earliest colonies of Plymouth (Massachusetts) and Virginia. - All of England's colonies based their goverming systems






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






23. State founded in 1733 as a buffer against Spain to Florida. It was the last of the 13 colonies established






24. 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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25. Broad interpretation of the Constitution






26. In the eastern region of the United States - In the Northeast - they meat the ocean - forming a rough - rocky coast






27. French explorer who explored Canada to find the Northwest Passage - river routes that would take explorers through North America






28. Industry started in California during WWII and based in the Los Angeles - including Long Beach






29. A new reform movement established in California favored workers rights and the people over big corporations






30. Material that led to California to be populated by 40000 miners from all over the United States






31. Established states of Nebraska and Kansas with popular sovereignty but motivated Northerneres to protest against slavery because it was pandering to the South






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






33. The two major deserts in California






34. 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






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






36. Separation of Powers - Checks and Balances - Federal System - Powers of Congress - The Great Compromise - Bill of Rights - Amendments






37. Forced colonists to provide housing to British soldiers






38. Spanish conquistador's search of the Seven Cities of Cibola led to Spanish exploration of the Baja Peninsula






39. 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






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






41. Towns that grew around the missions and presidios as settlers moved up from Mexico






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






43. Provided more funding and gave the railroads ten square miles of land to the tracks for every mile of track laid






44. Made in 1803 by President Thoomas Jefferson and led to the acquisition of the territory west of the existing United States






45. Opened in 1914 and extends international links






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






47. The highest point in California






48. Most of it is generally flat land: - The eastern half is called the interior lowlands - The western half is called the Great Plains






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






50. 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