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CSET U.S And California History

Subjects : cset, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Native American group who were skilled farmers who flourished in Ohio and Mississippi






2. Dutch East India Company explorer who found New York and the mouth of the Hudson River






3. Gave southerneers a stronger fugitive slave law and popular sovereignty (territories would have the right to decide for themselves whether or not they wanted to adopt slavery on their borders) over newly conquered Mexico areas in exchange for Califor






4. Migrants who came to California during the Dust Bowl and followed crops from farm to farm






5. English explorer who sailed up the California coast to the pacific Northwest






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






7. The immigration group that helped build the railroads later settled in San Francisco. They took low wage jobs and later became small business entrepreneurs






8. Launched the Revolutionary War - British general ordered destruction of citizens growing number of guns and ammunition - colonialists defended their supplies






9. The year that California becomes the 31st state in the Union thanks to a compromise over slavery






10. Print money - regulate interstae and international trade - make treaties - declare war and field armed forces - establish post office - make laws necessarsy to execute powers






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






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






13. Explorers commissioned by Thomas Jefferson to explore the newly purchased Lousiiana territory






14. Lake that was drained as a result of the Owens River aqueduct and ultimately led Owens Valley to sue the city of Los Angeles






15. 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






16. Forced colonists to provide housing to British soldiers






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






18. 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






19. 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






20. Caused from multiple Spanish invasions - economic wars between divided tribes






21. An act signed by President Lincoln to create a railroad that would go all the way across the continent - provided loans to the Central Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad so that theycould build the transcontiental railroad






22. The number one resource that California is quickly running out of with its ever growing population






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






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






25. Monopoly also called 'an octopus'






26. Addition of new territories would decide if they were going to be slave or non - slave owning states






27. 1492: Columbus - West Indies and Bahamas -1513: Balboa - Panama -1519: Cortes - Mexico -1532: Pizarro - Peru






28. Established so that Californios could get their land back - rancheros who had the time and money to prusue their claims got to keep their land






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






30. Compact used to colonize New Hampshire






31. The first battle of the Civil War. Seccessionists fire on the remaining Union sronghold in the South.






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






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






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






35. Developed in 880 AD in the Mississippi and built large religious mound structures






36. California governor election promises to break Southern Pacific's grip on the state - won and passed many progressive goals






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






38. Central California native American tribes






39. The land between the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada






40. Extends along the coast from New Jersey to Texas and is generally low land






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






42. In the U.S. constitution - it makes the laws






43. The highest point in California






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






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






46. A Quaker who received land to estsablish Pennsylvania as the first Enlightenment - inspired government entity and abolished slavery






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






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






49. Twice the population - strong navy - banking system and factories - Union industries were producing ammunition and goods - driven black soldiers fighting for the freedom of their families






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