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CSET U.S And California History
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1. Codes that were created to restrict rights and freedoms of the slaves in the South - the concept of seperate but equal
Father Fermin Lausen
Thirteenth Amendment
black codes
Bill of Rights
2. Most of it is generally flat land: - The eastern half is called the interior lowlands - The western half is called the Great Plains
squatters
Balboa
The interior
Salton Sea
3. The crest of the Rocky Mountains - Rivers that begin east of it flow toward the Atlantic Ocean - Western rivers flow toward the Pacific Ocean
The Continental Divide
Amendments
Mississippian culture
Transcontinental Railroad
4. In the eastern region of the United States
William Penn
how Union defeated Confederates
Father Fermin Lausen
The Cumberland and Allegheny plateaus
5. 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
Pacific Railroad Act of 1862
Lewis and Clark
Central Pacific Railroad
Election of 1876
6. Led to the chinese being blamed for the lack of jobs and they suffered violence and property damaged
Pomo - Miwok - Maidu - and Yokuts
Commodore Sloat
Missouri Compromise of 1820
Depression of 1870
7. Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe about a heroic slave - further spurred the need for slaves to be free
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8. (Mnemonic: Very many nice men came running down North Street - not needing police guards.) 1. Virginia 2. Massachusetts 3. New Hampshire 4. Maryland 5. Connecticut 6. Rhode Island 7. Delaware 8. North Carolina 9. South Carolina 10. New Jersey 11. New
The Chinese Exclusion Act
Chronological order of the colonies
Quartering Act
The southeastern Coastal Plain
9. Lake that was drained as a result of the Owens River aqueduct and ultimately led Owens Valley to sue the city of Los Angeles
Rhode Island
referendum
Mono Lake
Immigration Act of 1965
10. Northern California Indian tribes
Yurok - Hupa - Shasta - Modoc - Achumawi
Intolerable Acts of 1774
Bear Flag Revolt
Japanese
11. Raised theflag near Monterey and then retreated from the area - started the Mexican Americna War
Henry Hudson
loose construction
John C. Fremont
Germans
12. Compact used to colonize New Hampshire
Exeter Compact
Bill of Rights
Central Valley Project
Samuel de Champlain
13. 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
Maryland Toleration Act of 1649
Federalist Party
The Inca Empire
nullification
14. The camps that Japanese peopel were rounded to in WWII
internment camps
Mayflower Compact
water
presidios
15. 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
The Gulf Stream
rights of states
initiative
The Chinese Exclusion Act
16. French explorer who mapped the coastline from cape Cod to Nova Scotia - explored Great Lakes and founded Montreal
Chumash - Tongya (Gabrielino) - Salinan - Cahuilla
Federalist Papers
Pony Express
Samuel de Champlain
17. Amendment that abolished slavery throughout the United States
Thirteenth Amendment
The Great Basin
loose construction
Silicon Valley
18. A group of Republicans that were outraged that former Confederate officials were being elected back to Congress
Exeter Compact
Radical Republicans
hydraulic mining -
Germans
19. In the eastern region of the United States - In the Northeast - they meat the ocean - forming a rough - rocky coast
The Appalachian Mountains
Three - Fifths Compromise
apparel industry
Hopewell people
20. California governor election promises to break Southern Pacific's grip on the state - won and passed many progressive goals
Hiram Johnson
Pomo - Miwok - Maidu - and Yokuts
Death Valley
'strict construction'
21. 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
Constitutional Convention
The Sierra Nevada and the Cascade Range
Appomattox Court
Pilgrims
22. The Spanish attempt to colonize California by building Missionsand converting the Spanish
Compromise of 1850
Federalist Papers
Father Fermin Lausen
sacred expedition
23. 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
Maryland
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
reasons of American immigration
Amerindians
24. Discovered in 1853- mineres would use powerful hoses to shoot water at the hillsides to wash away the soil and findthe gold - damaged environment and killed fish
Angel Island
hydraulic mining -
Prevailing Westerlies
Europeans in the New World
25. Spanish explorer who found Monterey Bay
Compromise of 1850
Sebastian Cermeno
Hernando Cortes
William Penn
26. Completes the rest of the Spanish missions following Junipero Serra's death
Locke's beliefs that influenced US constitution
Johann Sutter
Father Fermin Lausen
Rhode Island
27. War between Mexico and Spain that led to Mexico's independence and ownership of California in 1810
Mexican Independence
Lewis and Clark
Mono Lake
Depression of 1870
28. (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
England and the colonies: differences
Major battles of the Civil War
Mono Lake
manifest destiny
29. The foothills at the base of the Appalachian mountains - In the eastern region of the United States
secession
Death Valley
Major battles of the Civil War
The Piedmont
30. 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
Hopewell people
Compromise of 1850
the Great Compromise
Mexican American War
31. Feature of California's constitutuion that alllows a statute or amendment that has passed the stae legislature which has then placed the proposed law on the ballot for approval by the electorate
referendum
Europeans in the New World: France
how Union defeated Confederates
Missouri Compromise of 1820
32. Construction began in 1863 and completed in 1869- done by mostly Chinese and Irish immigrants - met at Promontoary Point in utah
tourism
Emanciptation Proclomation
Transcontinental Railroad
Intolerable Acts of 1774
33. A tax placed on legal documents including newspapers - led to the establishment of the Stamp Act Congress - first assembly of colonialists against British regulation
Stamp Tax
Andrew Johnson
General Stockton
Revolutionary War
34. Acknowledged the tension between the economic and political status of minorities
The Continental Divide
The Industrial Era of the United States
Quechan (Yuma) and Mohave tribes
Watts Riots
35. U.S. Act that helped reduce instances of religious descrimination
Hernando Cortes
England and the colonies: differences
Maryland Toleration Act of 1649
Cesar Chavez and Delores Huerta
36. In the U.S. Constitution - it is a system of checks and balances between the three branches of government
Lewis and Clark
Sir Francis Drake
separation of powers
Federalist Papers
37. California industry that counts for 13 percent of gross domestic product and includes the state's theeme parks and urban centers - inlcuidng national wonders
The interior
Maryland Toleration Act of 1649
tourism
Transcontinental Railroad
38. The year and month that California approves its first constitution
November 1849
Cesar Chavez and Delores Huerta
The interior
1850
39. State that was a colony established for Catholics so they could escape religious persecution
Maryland
First Continental Congress
Bill of Rights
Georgia
40. More restrictive legislation towards Japanese and that they were inelgible for citizenship and could not own land
tourism
initiative
Jamestown
California Alien Land Act
41. Industry in California employs more thtan 500000 people mostly in Hollywood
Election of 1876
Pilgrims
entertainment
legislative branch
42. 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
Gold
Constitution
Democratic Republicans
Proposition 13
43. Spanish conquistador who settled in Panama in 1520 - became governor of Peru and conquered the Inca empire based there
Father Junipero Serra
the Great Compromise
Angel Island
Francisco Pizarro
44. The idea that various immigrants cultural differences were minimized and assimilated together
Trenton
Hernando Cortez
melting pot
The Cumberland and Allegheny plateaus
45. Extends along the coast from New Jersey to Texas and is generally low land
rights of states
The southeastern Coastal Plain
tourism
recall
46. War in which Spain relinquished its North American claims east of the Mississippi River
Dust Bowl
Russians
French and Indian War
reasons of American immigration
47. Gen. Robert E. Lee surrenders in 1865 and ends the civil war
Appomattox Court
Chinese
Europeans in the New World: Britain
The Industrial Era of the United States
48. English explorer who sailed up the California coast to the pacific Northwest
Sir Francis Drake
Rhode Island
Chronological order of the colonies
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
49. Industry based in Southern California areas - focus on casual - warm weather clothing
Gentleman's Agreement
Proposition 13
apparel industry
Louisiana Purchase
50. Explorers commissioned by Thomas Jefferson to explore the newly purchased Lousiiana territory
Ten Percent Plan
Lewis and Clark
manifest destiny
The Chinese Exclusion Act