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CSET U.S And California History

Subjects : cset, history
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Raised theflag near Monterey and then retreated from the area - started the Mexican Americna War






2. 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






3. 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






4. 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


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






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






7. Northern California Indian tribes






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






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






10. 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






11. Established a Senate with equal representation and House of Representatives based on population






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






13. 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






14. (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






15. 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






16. In the eastern region of the United States






17. 10 amendments in the U.S. Constitution that ensured that individuals and states would not suffer from excessive and arbitrary federal power






18. A major mountain range in California






19. Feature of California's constitutuion that alllows a statute or amendment that has passed the stae legislature which has then placed the proposed law on the ballot for approval by the electorate






20. Where the British were defeated and led to expansion of battle from Canada and New York






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






22. The idea that various immigrants cultural differences were minimized and assimilated together






23. 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.






24. Powers explicitly mentioned in Constitution were fedreal powers


25. Further tightened taxation and regulatory noose






26. Area around California that is largest producer of electronics






27. Restrucutred local control over property taxes and led to cutbacks in taxes and decrease in the tax base available to fund social services






28. More restrictive legislation towards Japanese and that they were inelgible for citizenship and could not own land






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






30. Repealed the Chinese Exclusion Act






31. The year and month that California approves its first constitution






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






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






34. 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






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






36. Drains the interior of the United States






37. 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






38. (Mnemonic: Very many nice men came running down North Street - not needing police guards.) 1. Virginia 2. Massachusetts 3. New Hampshire 4. Maryland 5. Connecticut 6. Rhode Island 7. Delaware 8. North Carolina 9. South Carolina 10. New Jersey 11. New






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






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






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






42. Acknowledged the tension between the economic and political status of minorities






43. The central agricultural area of California






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






45. Called in 1787 to reform the Articles of Confederation






46. Monopoly also called 'an octopus'






47. War between Mexico and Spain that led to Mexico's independence and ownership of California in 1810






48. State established in 1636 by Roger Williams to acknowledge religious freedom and the separation of 'church and state'






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






50. 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