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CSET U.S And California History
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1. Established states of Nebraska and Kansas with popular sovereignty but motivated Northerneres to protest against slavery because it was pandering to the South
Democratic Republicans
Sebastian Cermeno
The Gulf Stream
Kansas - Nebraska Act of 1854
2. 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
The Continental Divide
Election of 1876
Battle of Gettysberg
Second Constitutional Congress
3. The first constitution to realizeno authrotiy than its own and governed the common wealth
Chumash - Tongya (Gabrielino) - Salinan - Cahuilla
Connecticut Commonwealth
Commodore Sloat
The Declaration of Independence
4. 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
rights of states
the Great Compromise
Mayflower Compact
England and the colonies: similarities
5. Reeds used by central California native Americans to build homes
Death Valley
Anasazi culture
Pony Express
tule
6. Addition of new territories would decide if they were going to be slave or non - slave owning states
Missouri Compromise of 1820
Hernando Cortez
Delaware
Father Fermin Lausen
7. Economic opportunity - freedom of religion and expresion - and adventure
Constitution
reasons of American immigration
Jacques Cartier
William Penn
8. 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
southern anad eastern European
Hernando Cortes
Panama Canal
Jacksonian democracy
9. The first battle of the Civil War. Seccessionists fire on the remaining Union sronghold in the South.
Battle of Fort Sumter of 1861
Germans
Bill of Rights
Silicon Valley
10. Most of it is generally flat land: - The eastern half is called the interior lowlands - The western half is called the Great Plains
The interior
Radical Republicans
Magnuson Act of 1943
Federalist Party
11. French explorer who mapped the coastline from cape Cod to Nova Scotia - explored Great Lakes and founded Montreal
Mojave Desert and the Colorado desert
nullification
Chumash - Tongya (Gabrielino) - Salinan - Cahuilla
Samuel de Champlain
12. Renamed the Southern Pacific Company and controlled all the railroads in California - president was Leland Stanford was a California governor and U.S. Senator
Lewis and Clark
Panama Canal
Henry Hudson
Central Pacific Railroad
13. In the U.S. Constitution - it is a system of checks and balances between the three branches of government
southern anad eastern European
Mono Lake
separation of powers
Delaware
14. Prohibited the immigration of Chinese - not repealed until World War II
Rodney Case
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
Europeans in the New World: France
Democratic Republicans
15. Southeatern California native american tribes
Russians
melting pot
Quechan (Yuma) and Mohave tribes
Proposition 13
16. Established in 1764 - this asct combined new taxes on imports like sugar
Democratic Republicans
War of 1812
Sugar Act
The Great Basin
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
Rhode Island
Central Valley
The Inca Empire
Depression of 1870
18. Year that California faces largest budget deficit
William Penn
referendum
2002
melting pot
19. Extends along the coast from New Jersey to Texas and is generally low land
aeorspace industry
The southeastern Coastal Plain
the Great Compromise
railroad
20. 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
Whig Party
Father Junipero Serra
Appomattox Court
General Stockton
21. 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
Townsheld Acts of 1767
The Industrial Era of the United States
Sugar Act
Intolerable Acts of 1774
22. Separation of Powers - Checks and Balances - Federal System - Powers of Congress - The Great Compromise - Bill of Rights - Amendments
Angel Island
forty - niners
Francisco Montejo
New Government
23. 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
Central Valley
acorns
Constitution
California
24. The two major deserts in California
Major battles of the Civil War
reasons of American immigration
Mojave Desert and the Colorado desert
Europeans in the New World
25. Mexican leader who closes the missions down except for the churches
Land Commission
Jose Figueroa
Mexican - American War
The southeastern Coastal Plain
26. 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
Jose de Galves
Death Valley
Pilgrims
The Aztec Empire
27. 1609: Hudson - New Netherlands (New York)
The Cumberland and Allegheny plateaus
Mexican - American War
Europeans in the New World: Netherlands
Father Junipero Serra
28. 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
Major battles of the Civil War
The Piedmont
Mt. Whitney
Amerindians
29. Where the British were defeated and led to expansion of battle from Canada and New York
Trenton
Angel Island
acorns
Olmec Empire
30. War fought between America and Britain and it was caused by violations of U.S. neutrality and impressment of U.S. sailors. Victory led to national pride - self - sufficiency - and foreign credibility
The Piedmont
2002
War of 1812
Progressives
31. War that helped California get into a real estate boom fueled by the housing industry and reach 6 million people in population
Major battles of the Civil War
Sugar Act
Mexican American War
World War II
32. 10 amendments in the U.S. Constitution that ensured that individuals and states would not suffer from excessive and arbitrary federal power
the conquistadores
Dust Bowl
California
Bill of Rights
33. Ended the Mexican American War and brought California - Arizona - New Mesxico - Nevada - Utah - Colorado and Wyoming into the mix
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Jose Figueroa
Radical Republicans
Mono Lake
34. A group of colonists that meti nPhiladelphia to plan steps for resistance to British authority
World War II
French and Indian War
Death Valley
First Continental Congress
35. 1607: Virginia Co. - Jamestown (Virginia)
Europeans in the New World: Britain
Maryland Toleration Act of 1649
initiative
Mississippian culture
36. The year that California becomes the 31st state in the Union thanks to a compromise over slavery
Silicon Valley
1850
War of 1812
rancho system
37. A major food staple of California native American tribes
The Continental Divide
acorns
Rodney Case
Central Pacific Railroad
38. State established in 1638 by a delegation to establish a Swedish colony
Panama Canal
The Gulf Stream
Tea Act of 1773
Delaware
39. 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
Central Valley
The Cumberland and Allegheny plateaus
Amendments
Proclamation of 1763
40. Towns that grew around the missions and presidios as settlers moved up from Mexico
Commodore Sloat
Henry Hudson
pueblos
Revolutionary War
41. (Mnemonic: Fun farmers always grow vegetables - specifically beets.) - Fort Sumter - First Battle of Bull Run - Antietam - Gettysburg - Vicksburg - Sherman's March to the Sea - Battle of Appomattox Courthouse
The Appalachian Mountains
Major battles of the Civil War
Europeans in the New World: Britain
Gentleman's Agreement
42. California governor election promises to break Southern Pacific's grip on the state - won and passed many progressive goals
Chinese
Sierra Nevadas
Articles of Confederation
Hiram Johnson
43. The first declaration of self - government in the New World
Mayflower Compact
Emanciptation Proclomation
entertainment
The interior
44. The highest point in California
Germans
Mt. Whitney
Europeans in the New World: Spain
Mojave Desert and the Colorado desert
45. 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
Samuel de Champlain
Anasazi culture
Father Junipero Serra
Tea Act of 1773
46. Area around California that is largest producer of electronics
Germans
Silicon Valley
Whig Party
Thirteenth Amendment
47. Further tightened taxation and regulatory noose
Andrew Johnson
William Penn
Townsheld Acts of 1767
Pacific Railroad Act of 1862
48. War fought between U.S. and Mexico to gain more territory in the Southwest
rights of the federal government
Francisco Montejo
legislative branch
Mexican - American War
49. The Modoc tribe of Northern California tried to take their land by force - the tribe lost and was forced to a reservation in Oregon and their leader was hanged
Modoc War
Toltecs
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Pueblo Indians
50. Native American group developed in Southwest and were were skilled builders
The Gulf Stream
Anasazi culture
Salton Sea
Appomattox Court