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CSET U.S And California History
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1. Called in 1787 to reform the Articles of Confederation
England and the colonies: differences
Constitutional Convention
'strict construction'
Sebastian Cermeno
2. The rise of 'the common man' through the presidency of Andrew Jackson in 1820s
Articles of Confederation
nullification
Hernando Cortes
Jacksonian democracy
3. People who took land from the original Californios
New Government
squatters
Henry Hudson
Emanciptation Proclomation
4. 1860 mailing service that carried mail in ten days from Missouri to California - went out of business in 1861 when the first telegraph was completed
Pony Express
William Penn
Kansas - Nebraska Act of 1854
Watts Riots
5. 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
Hetch Hetchy Dam
The Gulf Stream
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
6. In the U.S. constitution - it enforces laws
executive branch
Sir Francis Drake
Amendments
Europeans in the New World: Portugal
7. Discovered in 1853- mineres would use powerful hoses to shoot water at the hillsides to wash away the soil and findthe gold - damaged environment and killed fish
Rodney Case
squatters
hydraulic mining -
Balboa
8. An Atlantic warm - water current that warms the East Coast in winter and is responsible for excellent fishing
The interior
Central Pacific Railroad
The Gulf Stream
Samuel de Champlain
9. Written by John Jay - Alexander Hamilton and James Madison about the need of a strong federal government
The Cumberland and Allegheny plateaus
Federalist Papers
Mississippian culture
Japanese
10. 1609: Hudson - New Netherlands (New York)
Emanciptation Proclomation
Articles of Confederation
decline of the Mayan civlization
Europeans in the New World: Netherlands
11. Facilities that the Spanish used to turned to the Indians to establish agricultural fields and learned Christianity. natives also were exposed to disease that they don't have immunity to. Also - brought olive trees and orange trees and introduced whe
Europeans in the New World: Spain
missions
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
Democratic Republicans
12. Jan. 1 - 1863- the proclamation frees the slaves
Balboa
Hetch Hetchy Dam
Emanciptation Proclomation
presidios
13. Decision that said that slaves count as three - fifths of the population
Three - Fifths Compromise
sacred expedition
Transcontinental Railroad
Sierra Nevadas
14. Launched the Revolutionary War - British general ordered destruction of citizens growing number of guns and ammunition - colonialists defended their supplies
Chumash - Tongya (Gabrielino) - Salinan - Cahuilla
New Government
judicial branch
Battle of Lexington and Concord (Conneticut)
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
Federalist Party
Revolutionary War
Irish
rights of the federal government
16. 1492: Columbus - West Indies and Bahamas -1513: Balboa - Panama -1519: Cortes - Mexico -1532: Pizarro - Peru
Europeans in the New World: Spain
Emanciptation Proclomation
southern anad eastern European
Bill of Rights
17. 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
Railroad Act of 1864
Hetch Hetchy Dam
England and the colonies: similarities
The Continental Divide
18. Economic opportunity - freedom of religion and expresion - and adventure
reasons of American immigration
water
Cesar Chavez and Delores Huerta
Francisco Pizarro
19. State established in 1636 by Roger Williams to acknowledge religious freedom and the separation of 'church and state'
Irish
apparel industry
Federalist Papers
Rhode Island
20. Immigrant group that crossed California's border. The border remains easily crossed even though there is a frequent loss of life
Jose Figueroa
Jacksonian democracy
Mexicans
Russians
21. Restrucutred local control over property taxes and led to cutbacks in taxes and decrease in the tax base available to fund social services
aeorspace industry
Hetch Hetchy Dam
Proposition 13
California
22. Captured Monterey Bay and claimed thearea for the United States
missions
Progressives
Commodore Sloat
Articles of Confederation
23. Strong believers in the human capacity to do the right thing and did not need a strong central government
Union advantage
The Cumberland and Allegheny plateaus
Prevailing Westerlies
anti - federalists
24. In the U.S. Constitution - it is a system of checks and balances between the three branches of government
separation of powers
The Inca Empire
Francisco Pizarro
Pueblo Indians
25. Another religious group that arrived to Massachusetts Bay in 1629. They had a covenant with God to build 'a city on a hill'
black codes
Puritans
Europeans in the New World: Spain
the Great Compromise
26. Occurred right after 'shots heard round the world' happened (Lexington and Concord)
manifest destiny
Balboa
Olmec Empire
Second Constitutional Congress
27. Spanish conquistador who settled in Panama in 1520 - became governor of Peru and conquered the Inca empire based there
Louisiana Purchase
Uncle Tom's Cabin
entertainment
Francisco Pizarro
28. One of the first U.S. political parties. It was led by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. They stood up for more for individual rights and 'strict construction.' They opposed industrialization and didn't think bank was a good idea. They later evolve
Democratic Republicans
the Great Compromise
separation of powers
Union advantage
29. The idea that various immigrants cultural differences were minimized and assimilated together
Cesar Chavez and Delores Huerta
Kansas - Nebraska Act of 1854
Pony Express
melting pot
30. Towns that grew around the missions and presidios as settlers moved up from Mexico
anti - federalists
Europeans in the New World: France
pueblos
squatters
31. Extends along the coast from New Jersey to Texas and is generally low land
Whig Party
Anasazi culture
General Stockton
The southeastern Coastal Plain
32. Reeds used by central California native Americans to build homes
anti - federalists
Hernando Cortes
tule
The Great Basin
33. The first declaration of self - government in the New World
Whig Party
Mayflower Compact
Watts Riots
Bill of Rights
34. Conduct elections - ratify amendments to constitution - issue licenses - regulate intrastate (within state) to business - establish local governments - take measures for public health and safety - any other powers that the Constitution does not reser
Major battles of the Civil War
Henry Hudson
Georgia
rights of states
35. Spanish explorer who explored coastal areas of San diego - Santa Barbara and Monterrey
tourism
tule
Juan Cabrillo
Sebastian Vicaino
36. 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
loose construction
Jose Figueroa
entertainment
Bill of Rights
37. Spanish conquistador who captured the last Mayan city
Father Fermin Lausen
Francisco Montejo
tule
Revolutionary War
38. A tradition of free public education was started in the villages of New England - Religious tolerance supplanted an early religious dogmatism first established by the Puritans in Massachusetts - A conscious choice was made to leave the idea of heredi
The Great Basin
Jose de Galves
England and the colonies: differences
Louisiana Purchase
39. War between Mexico and Spain that led to Mexico's independence and ownership of California in 1810
Pony Express
Kansas - Nebraska Act of 1854
Mexican Independence
Mayflower Compact
40. Further tightened taxation and regulatory noose
Mexicans
Proclamation of 1763
General Stockton and General Kearney
Townsheld Acts of 1767
41. Native American empire with stepped pyramids - utilized multiple calendars - and possessede extensive astronomical knowledge
Ten Percent Plan
The Maya Empire
Whig Party
Andrew Johnson
42. 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
Balboa
Proclamation of 1763
Sebastian Vicaino
Panama Canal
43. The first civlization to develop in MesoAmerica and were the first to develop a calendar and agrciultural community in America
Amerindians
Olmec Empire
The Industrial Era of the United States
Chumash - Tongya (Gabrielino) - Salinan - Cahuilla
44. Raised theflag near Monterey and then retreated from the area - started the Mexican Americna War
Bill of Rights
Three - Fifths Compromise
Democratic Republicans
John C. Fremont
45. 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
Mexican American War
The Industrial Era of the United States
Maryland Toleration Act of 1649
Three - Fifths Compromise
46. 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
Battle of Gettysberg
Hetch Hetchy Dam
internment camps
melting pot
47. The immigration group that helped build the railroads later settled in San Francisco. They took low wage jobs and later became small business entrepreneurs
issue of representation under the Constitution
Transcontinental Railroad
Chinese
Compromise of 1850
48. Established a Senate with equal representation and House of Representatives based on population
the Great Compromise
Mississippian culture
Mayflower Compact
Radical Republicans
49. 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
Federalist Party
Hiram Johnson
Pomo - Miwok - Maidu - and Yokuts
Pacific Railroad Act of 1862
50. Provided more funding and gave the railroads ten square miles of land to the tracks for every mile of track laid
apparel industry
Railroad Act of 1864
Locke's beliefs that influenced US constitution
The Aztec Empire