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CSET U.S And California History
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1. Area around California that is largest producer of electronics
Amendments
separation of powers
Silicon Valley
executive branch
2. Established processes for amendment that required 3/4 approval of the states and 2/3 of each house of Congress
Amendments
William Penn
Modoc War
Angel Island
3. Spanish explorer who found Monterey Bay
Sebastian Cermeno
Germans
The Continental Divide
forty - niners
4. Immigrant group that joined Irish on the Gold Rush and railroad construction - opened businesses and were envied by others
Chinese
Tea Act of 1773
Francisco Montejo
legislative branch
5. War foguht between Britain and American colonialists which led to America's independence. Americans enlist friendship of France to revolutionary cause - Spain and Netherlands soon follow
Revolutionary War
black codes
Toltecs
Silicon Valley
6. MesoAmerican tribe that preceded the Aztecs but followed from the Mayans
Okies
Toltecs
November 1849
Francisco Pizarro
7. Acquired from Great Britain in 1846
the Oregon Territory
Jacksonian democracy
The Inca Empire
acorns
8. Opened in 1914 and extends international links
Panama Canal
nullification
Jose Figueroa
Olmec Empire
9. Movement established to say that no slaves would be on the new western territories
free - soil movement
railroad
Gentleman's Agreement
apparel industry
10. 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
railroad
Hiram Johnson
presidios
secession
11. A major mountain range in California
Sierra Nevadas
federalism
Panama Canal
Federalist Papers
12. The first settlers to arrive in Massachusetts. It was a religious group that fled Englandfor religious persecution in 1620
Pilgrims
Jacques Cartier
Central Pacific Railroad
Kansas - Nebraska Act of 1854
13. Prohibited the immigration of Chinese - not repealed until World War II
Three - Fifths Compromise
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
recall
Okies
14. 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
Land Commission
The Piedmont
England and the colonies: similarities
Delaware
15. America's new settlers transplanted long - standing traditions of England's government - with the first important steps taken by the earliest colonies of Plymouth (Massachusetts) and Virginia. - All of England's colonies based their goverming systems
secession
England and the colonies: similarities
Battle of Gettysberg
Rodney Case
16. Further tightened taxation and regulatory noose
Townsheld Acts of 1767
Pueblo Indians
New Government
the Oregon Territory
17. 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
Gentleman's Agreement
The Declaration of Independence
Chinese
18. The Spanish attempt to colonize California by building Missionsand converting the Spanish
sacred expedition
England and the colonies: similarities
Important Battles of the Revolution
Locke's beliefs that influenced US constitution
19. In the U.S. constitution - it enforces laws
'strict construction'
executive branch
General Stockton
Sugar Act
20. 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
Democratic Republicans
Compromise of 1850
Locke's beliefs that influenced US constitution
Pony Express
21. The first civlization to develop in MesoAmerica and were the first to develop a calendar and agrciultural community in America
Olmec Empire
General Stockton
Pueblo Indians
November 1849
22. Spanish forts that were built for missionaries and settlers to hide in when Indians revolted
Townsheld Acts of 1767
presidios
Mono Lake
Francisco Montejo
23. State established in 1638 by a delegation to establish a Swedish colony
the Oregon Territory
Compromise of 1850
Mississippian culture
Delaware
24. 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
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Amerindians
Pomo - Miwok - Maidu - and Yokuts
Mt. Whitney
25. Construction began in 1863 and completed in 1869- done by mostly Chinese and Irish immigrants - met at Promontoary Point in utah
Jamestown
Transcontinental Railroad
Constitutional Convention
Prevailing Westerlies
26. Provided more funding and gave the railroads ten square miles of land to the tracks for every mile of track laid
Hiram Johnson
rights of the federal government
Railroad Act of 1864
Watts Riots
27. The idea that various immigrants cultural differences were minimized and assimilated together
Europeans in the New World: Spain
Pacific Railroad Act of 1862
melting pot
manifest destiny
28. Established in 1764 - this asct combined new taxes on imports like sugar
missions
Three - Fifths Compromise
tourism
Sugar Act
29. War fought between U.S. and Mexico to gain more territory in the Southwest
how Union defeated Confederates
Mexicans
Louisiana Purchase
Mexican - American War
30. Issued by King of england to forbid colonists to move west of the Appalachian Mountains - led the british to raise taxes so they could support hundreds of troops to be stationed in the colonies - along with a raise of taxes
Panama Canal
Pony Express
water
Proclamation of 1763
31. Act passed by British to prevent colonial town meetings
presidios
The Sierra Nevada and the Cascade Range
loose construction
Intolerable Acts of 1774
32. Native American empire with stepped pyramids - utilized multiple calendars - and possessede extensive astronomical knowledge
Magnuson Act of 1943
First Continental Congress
The Chinese Exclusion Act
The Maya Empire
33. 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
tule
Balboa
Modoc War
Federalist Party
34. State founded in 1733 as a buffer against Spain to Florida. It was the last of the 13 colonies established
Delaware
Battle of Lexington and Concord (Conneticut)
Irish
Georgia
35. In the U.S. constitution - it interpets the laws
black codes
Maryland Toleration Act of 1649
John C. Fremont
judicial branch
36. Northern California Indian tribes
Yurok - Hupa - Shasta - Modoc - Achumawi
The Gulf Stream
Stamp Tax
Japanese
37. 1492: Columbus - West Indies and Bahamas -1513: Balboa - Panama -1519: Cortes - Mexico -1532: Pizarro - Peru
The Industrial Era of the United States
free - soil movement
'strict construction'
Europeans in the New World: Spain
38. The first constitution to realizeno authrotiy than its own and governed the common wealth
Cesar Chavez and Delores Huerta
Hetch Hetchy Dam
Connecticut Commonwealth
'strict construction'
39. The first English settlement in the New World in 1607
Hernando Cortez
Okies
Jamestown
Mt. Whitney
40. An effort to establish an indepndent California republic
Battle of Lexington and Concord (Conneticut)
acorns
Bear Flag Revolt
The Maya Empire
41. Explorers commissioned by Thomas Jefferson to explore the newly purchased Lousiiana territory
Lewis and Clark
issue of representation under the Constitution
Angel Island
The Gulf Stream
42. Renamed the Southern Pacific Company and controlled all the railroads in California - president was Leland Stanford was a California governor and U.S. Senator
Central Valley Project
Important Battles of the Revolution
Declaration of Independence
Central Pacific Railroad
43. Several preachers started to speak of Christian salvation as something under control of individual - challenged traditional perceptions of Christianity to focus of individual salvation
Central Valley Project
Great Awakening
The Gulf Stream
Chinese
44. Biggest immigrant group from 1850 to 1900. They successfully developed farms in the Midwest and skilled trades in larger cities.
Europeans in the New World: Spain
Germans
Mayflower Compact
The Gulf Stream
45. Year that California faces largest budget deficit
water
Central Valley Project
Chronological order of the colonies
2002
46. Powers explicitly mentioned in Constitution were fedreal powers
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47. Repealed the Chinese Exclusion Act
Chumash - Tongya (Gabrielino) - Salinan - Cahuilla
Olmec Empire
Progressives
Magnuson Act of 1943
48. Forced colonists to provide housing to British soldiers
Quartering Act
General Stockton
tule
internment camps
49. War fought between America and Britain and it was caused by violations of U.S. neutrality and impressment of U.S. sailors. Victory led to national pride - self - sufficiency - and foreign credibility
rancho system
Yurok - Hupa - Shasta - Modoc - Achumawi
Central Valley
War of 1812
50. Native American group who were skilled farmers who flourished in Ohio and Mississippi
Hopewell people
Revolutionary War
Yurok - Hupa - Shasta - Modoc - Achumawi
rights of states