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CSET U.S And California History
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1. Addition of new territories would decide if they were going to be slave or non - slave owning states
Uncle Tom's Cabin
how Union defeated Confederates
The Cumberland and Allegheny plateaus
Missouri Compromise of 1820
2. Area around California that is largest producer of electronics
Modoc War
the Oregon Territory
Silicon Valley
Sugar Act
3. Broad interpretation of the Constitution
Johann Sutter
loose construction
secession
Jamestown
4. Another religious group that arrived to Massachusetts Bay in 1629. They had a covenant with God to build 'a city on a hill'
Puritans
the conquistadores
Jacksonian democracy
Father Fermin Lausen
5. sawmill owner whose employee John Marshall discovered discover gold in the Sierra Nevada foothills
Johann Sutter
executive branch
railroad
tule
6. The first battle of the Civil War. Seccessionists fire on the remaining Union sronghold in the South.
Louisiana Purchase
Stamp Tax
Europeans in the New World
Battle of Fort Sumter of 1861
7. The Modoc tribe of Northern California tried to take their land by force - the tribe lost and was forced to a reservation in Oregon and their leader was hanged
rights of states
Europeans in the New World: Netherlands
Modoc War
Uncle Tom's Cabin
8. Mexican leader who closes the missions down except for the churches
Jose Figueroa
General Stockton
aeorspace industry
Revolutionary War
9. A new group of immigrants that swelled in the midwestern and eastern cities. They lived in sseperate neighborhoods known as ghettos
Ten Percent Plan
southern anad eastern European
War of 1812
Second Constitutional Congress
10. The rise of 'the common man' through the presidency of Andrew Jackson in 1820s
Germans
Jacksonian democracy
General Stockton
issue of representation under the Constitution
11. Year that California faces largest budget deficit
Prevailing Westerlies
legislative branch
2002
Mojave Desert and the Colorado desert
12. A division of power that spells out the roles between the government and the states
federalism
Chronological order of the colonies
The Chinese Exclusion Act
Progressives
13. Acknowledged the tension between the economic and political status of minorities
War of 1812
Juan Cabrillo
internment camps
Watts Riots
14. State established in 1638 by a delegation to establish a Swedish colony
Delaware
Maryland Toleration Act of 1649
2002
Europeans in the New World
15. Established in 1764 - this asct combined new taxes on imports like sugar
Chinese
The Cumberland and Allegheny plateaus
Proposition 13
Sugar Act
16. During the Reconstruction - a state could be readmitted if 10 percent of the former Confederates voted in the 1860 election vowed loyalty to the Union
Tea Act of 1773
The Sierra Nevada and the Cascade Range
the Great Compromise
Ten Percent Plan
17. Launched the Revolutionary War - British general ordered destruction of citizens growing number of guns and ammunition - colonialists defended their supplies
federalism
Townsheld Acts of 1767
Battle of Lexington and Concord (Conneticut)
Yurok - Hupa - Shasta - Modoc - Achumawi
18. Native American empire that ruled from capital of Tenochtitlan in central Mexico. They had mulltiple calendars - system of writing and economy dependent on tribute. Also focused on worship of a sun god and human sacrifice
Amendments
southern anad eastern European
Hernando Cortes
The Aztec Empire
19. A tax placed on legal documents including newspapers - led to the establishment of the Stamp Act Congress - first assembly of colonialists against British regulation
Three - Fifths Compromise
The Declaration of Independence
The Industrial Era of the United States
Stamp Tax
20. A Quaker who received land to estsablish Pennsylvania as the first Enlightenment - inspired government entity and abolished slavery
French and Indian War
William Penn
Democratic Republicans
Jacques Cartier
21. California governor election promises to break Southern Pacific's grip on the state - won and passed many progressive goals
Hiram Johnson
Mexican - American War
initiative
French and Indian War
22. Strong believers in the human capacity to do the right thing and did not need a strong central government
Pony Express
anti - federalists
railroad
Owens River
23. River 100 miles North of Los Angeles that the city of Los Angeles built an aqueduct on to bring the water to Los Angeles
the conquistadores
Owens River
legislative branch
Hopewell people
24. Reeds used by central California native Americans to build homes
Maryland
tule
William Penn
The Mississippi River
25. Drains the interior of the United States
Bear Flag Revolt
The Mississippi River
Samuel de Champlain
Puritans
26. The major Union battle victory in 1863 that led to The Gettysberg Address - Lincoln's declaration that the Union will not be divided
England and the colonies: differences
Election of 1876
Europeans in the New World: Britain
Battle of Gettysberg
27. The idea that Americans are destined to spread across the hemisphere and especially spread the good news of democracy
Yorktown
missions
Appomattox Court
manifest destiny
28. Authored by Thomas Jefferson and focused on the declaration of 'life - liberty - and pursuit of happiness'
Okies
Declaration of Independence
Pilgrims
Second Constitutional Congress
29. Decision that said that slaves count as three - fifths of the population
Chinese
Constitutional Convention
rancho system
Three - Fifths Compromise
30. Etsablished and was nativist - anti - Chinese - and anti - big business
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31. 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
apparel industry
The Inca Empire
Germans
Toltecs
32. U.S. Act that helped reduce instances of religious descrimination
Germans
Maryland Toleration Act of 1649
Puritans
the Oregon Territory
33. Extends along the coast from New Jersey to Texas and is generally low land
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The southeastern Coastal Plain
Pacific Railroad Act of 1862
Immigration Act of 1965
34. 1492: Columbus - West Indies and Bahamas -1513: Balboa - Panama -1519: Cortes - Mexico -1532: Pizarro - Peru
Constitution
Whig Party
Central Valley Project
Europeans in the New World: Spain
35. Lincoln's vice president became president
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
Magnuson Act of 1943
Tea Act of 1773
Andrew Johnson
36. An act in 1882 that barred immigration of Chiense laborers and gave immigration officals the ability to define what a laborer is - Chinese wives also forbidden to rejoin their husbands and Chiense were ineligible for citizenship
Anasazi culture
Kansas - Nebraska Act of 1854
Battle of Gettysberg
The Chinese Exclusion Act
37. Material that led to California to be populated by 40000 miners from all over the United States
Toltecs
Jamestown
Gold
2002
38. 1609: Hudson - New Netherlands (New York)
Chinese
nullification
Europeans in the New World: Netherlands
The Declaration of Independence
39. Spanish explorer who found Monterey Bay
Sebastian Cermeno
decline of the Mayan civlization
Union advantage
Europeans in the New World
40. War that helped California get into a real estate boom fueled by the housing industry and reach 6 million people in population
World War II
Prevailing Westerlies
nullification
Louisiana Purchase
41. Led to the chinese being blamed for the lack of jobs and they suffered violence and property damaged
Constitutional Convention
Depression of 1870
Emanciptation Proclomation
Jose de Galves
42. The central agricultural area of California
Hopewell people
Central Valley
Proclamation of 1763
Quartering Act
43. Final battle of the Revolutionary war. British stronghold falls in 1781 and George Washington captures British general Lord cornwallis
Sugar Act
The Declaration of Independence
Yorktown
The Industrial Era of the United States
44. Native American group who were skilled farmers who flourished in Ohio and Mississippi
Mexican American War
Death Valley
Hopewell people
Central Valley Project
45. Immigrant group that crossed California's border. The border remains easily crossed even though there is a frequent loss of life
The Declaration of Independence
sacred expedition
The Maya Empire
Mexicans
46. Established a Senate with equal representation and House of Representatives based on population
the Great Compromise
Proposition 13
Rhode Island
Mexicans
47. 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
General Stockton
Chinese
Rodney Case
Townsheld Acts of 1767
48. The two major deserts in California
hydraulic mining -
Maryland
Mojave Desert and the Colorado desert
Yorktown
49. The highest point in California
Father Fermin Lausen
Great Awakening
California
Mt. Whitney
50. Repealed the Chinese Exclusion Act
Magnuson Act of 1943
acorns
missions
black codes