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CSET U.S And California History
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1. West Point graduates and used to handling firearms and driven
Confederacy advanage
Proclamation of 1763
internment camps
Francisco Pizarro
2. Ended the Mexican American War and brought California - Arizona - New Mesxico - Nevada - Utah - Colorado and Wyoming into the mix
Hiram Johnson
Rodney Case
Europeans in the New World: Portugal
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
3. A tax placed on legal documents including newspapers - led to the establishment of the Stamp Act Congress - first assembly of colonialists against British regulation
California
The Industrial Era of the United States
French and Indian War
Stamp Tax
4. Immigrant group that joined Irish on the Gold Rush and railroad construction - opened businesses and were envied by others
Constitutional Convention
Sir Francis Drake
Chinese
Puritans
5. The Spanish attempt to colonize California by building Missionsand converting the Spanish
Sebastian Vicaino
Missouri Compromise of 1820
Father Fermin Lausen
sacred expedition
6. Amendment that abolished slavery throughout the United States
Democratic Republicans
Maryland Toleration Act of 1649
Thirteenth Amendment
Confederacy advanage
7. The idea that various immigrants cultural differences were minimized and assimilated together
melting pot
Europeans in the New World: Portugal
free - soil movement
The Declaration of Independence
8. Further tightened taxation and regulatory noose
Silicon Valley
presidios
Townsheld Acts of 1767
French and Indian War
9. In the eastern region of the United States - In the Northeast - they meat the ocean - forming a rough - rocky coast
legislative branch
sacred expedition
Emanciptation Proclomation
The Appalachian Mountains
10. Spanish conquistador who captured the last Mayan city
Francisco Montejo
General Stockton and General Kearney
Sebastian Vicaino
rights of states
11. Spanish explorer who sailed to Pacific coast to find fabled Northwest Passage - wound up in San Francisco Bay and called the territory Alta California
Hernando Cortez
Jacksonian democracy
William Penn
Juan Cabrillo
12. System of land distribution in which there were very few wealthy land owners and many landless workers
John C. Fremont
Johann Sutter
Quechan (Yuma) and Mohave tribes
rancho system
13. The crest of the Rocky Mountains - Rivers that begin east of it flow toward the Atlantic Ocean - Western rivers flow toward the Pacific Ocean
Hetch Hetchy Dam
Constitutional Convention
The Continental Divide
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
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
Maryland
2002
Mono Lake
Hetch Hetchy Dam
15. War fought between U.S. and Mexico to gain more territory in the Southwest
The interior
Puritans
November 1849
Mexican - American War
16. 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
melting pot
Hetch Hetchy Dam
Pomo - Miwok - Maidu - and Yokuts
forty - niners
17. Southeatern California native american tribes
Bill of Rights
Quechan (Yuma) and Mohave tribes
Amendments
hydraulic mining -
18. English explorer who sailed up the California coast to the pacific Northwest
England and the colonies: differences
executive branch
Connecticut Commonwealth
Sir Francis Drake
19. 1609: Hudson - New Netherlands (New York)
tourism
Louisiana Purchase
Europeans in the New World: Netherlands
Mt. Whitney
20. 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
Bill of Rights
Sebastian Vicaino
Panama Canal
secession
21. A division of power that spells out the roles between the government and the states
Louisiana Purchase
federalism
Transcontinental Railroad
loose construction
22. The central agricultural area of California
Central Valley
New Government
Jose de Galves
Sugar Act
23. Codes that were created to restrict rights and freedoms of the slaves in the South - the concept of seperate but equal
Amendments
Andrew Johnson
The southeastern Coastal Plain
black codes
24. Occurred right after 'shots heard round the world' happened (Lexington and Concord)
Townsheld Acts of 1767
Anasazi culture
Europeans in the New World: Portugal
Second Constitutional Congress
25. Economic opportunity - freedom of religion and expresion - and adventure
Salton Sea
Bill of Rights
aeorspace industry
reasons of American immigration
26. Established in 1764 - this asct combined new taxes on imports like sugar
pueblos
Democratic Republicans
William Penn
Sugar Act
27. The priimary entry point for the immigrants from Asia
Whig Party
Federalist Papers
Commodore Sloat
Angel Island
28. 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
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29. Completes the rest of the Spanish missions following Junipero Serra's death
Dust Bowl
Hernando Cortez
The Chinese Exclusion Act
Father Fermin Lausen
30. In the U.S. constitution - it makes the laws
Ten Percent Plan
Yurok - Hupa - Shasta - Modoc - Achumawi
California Alien Land Act
legislative branch
31. Extends along the coast from New Jersey to Texas and is generally low land
The southeastern Coastal Plain
The Appalachian Mountains
Whig Party
Louisiana Purchase
32. Raised theflag near Monterey and then retreated from the area - started the Mexican Americna War
Chinese
anti - federalists
John C. Fremont
William Penn
33. 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
Chronological order of the colonies
Democratic Republicans
Compromise of 1850
Europeans in the New World: Spain
34. 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
Tea Act of 1773
tourism
New Government
Johann Sutter
35. The first declaration of self - government in the New World
Mayflower Compact
initiative
Sir Francis Drake
Germans
36. Immigrant group that had already moved to Hawaii
Japanese
Salton Sea
Chinese
Chumash - Tongya (Gabrielino) - Salinan - Cahuilla
37. The major Union battle victory in 1863 that led to The Gettysberg Address - Lincoln's declaration that the Union will not be divided
Battle of Gettysberg
pueblos
railroad
California Alien Land Act
38. Area around California that is largest producer of electronics
railroad
Mexicans
Sierra Nevadas
Silicon Valley
39. A new reform movement established in California favored workers rights and the people over big corporations
free - soil movement
The Sierra Nevada and the Cascade Range
Mexican American War
Progressives
40. Authored by Thomas Jefferson and focused on the declaration of 'life - liberty - and pursuit of happiness'
Constitutional Convention
Emanciptation Proclomation
Declaration of Independence
War of 1812
41. Form the western mountain ranges - The western slope of the Sierra Nevada borders the Central Valley of California - The Coast Ranges form the western wall of the Central Valley
initiative
The southeastern Coastal Plain
The Sierra Nevada and the Cascade Range
Rhode Island
42. Captured Monterey Bay and claimed thearea for the United States
First Continental Congress
reasons of American immigration
issue of representation under the Constitution
Commodore Sloat
43. 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
Samuel de Champlain
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
French and Indian War
recall
44. Written by John Jay - Alexander Hamilton and James Madison about the need of a strong federal government
Federalist Papers
Appomattox Court
pueblos
The Aztec Empire
45. 1608: de Champlain - Canada (Quebec) -1682: La Salle - Louisiana
Europeans in the New World: France
aeorspace industry
New Government
Prevailing Westerlies
46. Broad interpretation of the Constitution
Major battles of the Civil War
Chinese
loose construction
The Great Basin
47. Powers explicitly mentioned in Constitution were fedreal powers
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48. Central California native American tribes
The Aztec Empire
decline of the Mayan civlization
Pomo - Miwok - Maidu - and Yokuts
executive branch
49. A major food staple of California native American tribes
acorns
General Stockton and General Kearney
The Great Basin
Stamp Tax
50. Renamed the Southern Pacific Company and controlled all the railroads in California - president was Leland Stanford was a California governor and U.S. Senator
The Chinese Exclusion Act
Central Pacific Railroad
Federalist Party
Maryland Toleration Act of 1649
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