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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. Established in 1764 - this asct combined new taxes on imports like sugar






2. Several preachers started to speak of Christian salvation as something under control of individual - challenged traditional perceptions of Christianity to focus of individual salvation






3. Established processes for amendment that required 3/4 approval of the states and 2/3 of each house of Congress






4. Spanish explorer who settled on a Carribbean island but found hismself in debt and wound up relocating on the east coast of what is now Panama - he spied the Pacific Ocean in 1513






5. State established in 1638 by a delegation to establish a Swedish colony






6. A mechanism of California's constitutuion to end an elected official's tenure in office before itw as scheduled for completition. It is initiated by a citizen and requires the signatures of a percentage of the number voting in the last gubernatorial






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






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






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






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






11. The first declaration of self - government in the New World






12. 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






13. Spanish explorer who sailed to Pacific coast to find fabled Northwest Passage - wound up in San Francisco Bay and called the territory Alta California






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






15. A tax placed on legal documents including newspapers - led to the establishment of the Stamp Act Congress - first assembly of colonialists against British regulation






16. Captured Monterey Bay and claimed thearea for the United States






17. 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






18. The foothills at the base of the Appalachian mountains - In the eastern region of the United States






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






20. 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






21. The central agricultural area of California






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






23. 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






24. 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






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

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26. The camps that Japanese peopel were rounded to in WWII






27. The rise of 'the common man' through the presidency of Andrew Jackson in 1820s






28. Spanish forts that were built for missionaries and settlers to hide in when Indians revolted






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






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






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






33. publicized the gold discovery and bought every shovel - pick axe and pan in the region and made much money






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






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






36. In the U.S. constitution - it interpets the laws






37. Spanish explorer who explored coastal areas of San diego - Santa Barbara and Monterrey






38. Raised theflag near Monterey and then retreated from the area - started the Mexican Americna War






39. Year that California faces largest budget deficit






40. sawmill owner whose employee John Marshall discovered discover gold in the Sierra Nevada foothills






41. Spanish conquerers of Central nand South America






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






43. 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






44. 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






45. West Point graduates and used to handling firearms and driven






46. In the U.S. Constitution - it is a system of checks and balances between the three branches of government






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






48. 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






49. 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






50. Immigrant group that had already moved to Hawaii