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






2. Occurred right after 'shots heard round the world' happened (Lexington and Concord)






3. 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






4. Repealed the Chinese Exclusion Act






5. Spanish explorer who found Monterey Bay






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






7. 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.






8. Prohibited the immigration of Chinese - not repealed until World War II






9. Native American group developed in Southwest and were were skilled builders






10. During Great Depression - the Shasta Dam was built to bring water from the north to meet the farming needs of the South - the CVP was never completed - drained marshalnds and enviromnmental activists were successful at preventing the damming of the A






11. Economic opportunity - freedom of religion and expresion - and adventure






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






13. Area around California that is largest producer of electronics






14. The land between the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada






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. Led to the chinese being blamed for the lack of jobs and they suffered violence and property damaged






17. Spanish conquerers of Central nand South America






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






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






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






21. Established immigration quotas by eastern and western hemispheres rather than by county. Immigrants were brought in based on skills - need for family reunification - or status as poltical or economic refugees. Led to floods of immigrants came from As






22. The first civlization to develop in MesoAmerica and were the first to develop a calendar and agrciultural community in America






23. Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe about a heroic slave - further spurred the need for slaves to be free


24. Major issue that was disputed by population (Virginia Plan) vs. equal representation (the Connecticut Plan)






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






26. A major mountain range in California






27. The first English settlement in the New World in 1607






28. The highest point in California






29. 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






30. Powers explicitly mentioned in Constitution were fedreal powers


31. From Spain - Portugal - Britain - France and the Netherlands






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






33. The Spanish attempt to colonize California by building Missionsand converting the Spanish






34. Southern states threatened to secede if this state was admitted as a free state






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






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






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






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






39. 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






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






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






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






43. 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






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






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






46. A group of colonists that meti nPhiladelphia to plan steps for resistance to British authority






47. 1500: Cabral - Brazil






48. 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






49. Ended the Mexican American War and brought California - Arizona - New Mesxico - Nevada - Utah - Colorado and Wyoming into the mix






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