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CSET U.S And California History

Subjects : cset, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
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. French explorer who mapped the coastline from cape Cod to Nova Scotia - explored Great Lakes and founded Montreal






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






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






5. Completes the rest of the Spanish missions following Junipero Serra's death






6. Group of immigrants that first came to live in America. They either came from the northern route from Asia through a land bridge crossing the Bering Strait or through South american shores on boats






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






8. Act passed by British to prevent colonial town meetings






9. War that helped California get into a real estate boom fueled by the housing industry and reach 6 million people in population






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






11. State established in 1636 by Roger Williams to acknowledge religious freedom and the separation of 'church and state'






12. Acknowledged the tension between the economic and political status of minorities






13. 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






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






15. Year that California faces largest budget deficit






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






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






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






19. Immigrant group started migrating in the 1840s due to famine in their community. potato blight had decimated the potato harvest. They moved westward to the California Gold Rush of 1849






20. (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






21. A tax placed on legal documents including newspapers - led to the establishment of the Stamp Act Congress - first assembly of colonialists against British regulation






22. Spanish explorer who explored coastal areas of San diego - Santa Barbara and Monterrey






23. Southeatern California native american tribes






24. Spanish conquistador who settled in Panama in 1520 - became governor of Peru and conquered the Inca empire based there






25. The land between the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada






26. Material that led to California to be populated by 40000 miners from all over the United States






27. 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






28. 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






29. Industry started in California during WWII and based in the Los Angeles - including Long Beach






30. Powers explicitly mentioned in Constitution were fedreal powers


31. 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






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






33. Period in 1930s when a severe drought hit hte midwest and forced 350000 people to leave theier farms and lsot jobsand come to California






34. War between Mexico and Spain that led to Mexico's independence and ownership of California in 1810






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






36. 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






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






38. 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






39. 1608: de Champlain - Canada (Quebec) -1682: La Salle - Louisiana






40. Spanish explorer who found Monterey Bay






41. 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






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






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






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






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






46. Native American group who inhabited the Southwest after the Anasazi people and built extensive adobe cities






47. State that was a colony established for Catholics so they could escape religious persecution






48. 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






49. Codes that were created to restrict rights and freedoms of the slaves in the South - the concept of seperate but equal






50. The highest point in California