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CSET U.S And California History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A Quaker who received land to estsablish Pennsylvania as the first Enlightenment - inspired government entity and abolished slavery
Cesar Chavez and Delores Huerta
Locke's beliefs that influenced US constitution
hydraulic mining -
William Penn
2. Economic opportunity - freedom of religion and expresion - and adventure
reasons of American immigration
Chinese
loose construction
entertainment
3. Towns that grew around the missions and presidios as settlers moved up from Mexico
pueblos
Chinese
Okies
Gold
4. 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
the Great Compromise
Olmec Empire
Modoc War
Ten Percent Plan
5. Opened in 1914 and extends international links
Panama Canal
recall
Mexican American War
Election of 1876
6. State established in 1638 by a delegation to establish a Swedish colony
Mayflower Compact
Delaware
Samuel de Champlain
Confederacy advanage
7. A major mountain range in California
water
Europeans in the New World: Britain
Sierra Nevadas
Yorktown
8. publicized the gold discovery and bought every shovel - pick axe and pan in the region and made much money
merchant Sam Brannon
secession
Sierra Nevadas
Great Awakening
9. Immigrant group that joined Irish on the Gold Rush and railroad construction - opened businesses and were envied by others
Chinese
Sierra Nevadas
Second Constitutional Congress
Major battles of the Civil War
10. The camps that Japanese peopel were rounded to in WWII
internment camps
Okies
tule
Sebastian Cermeno
11. Established immigration quotas by eastern and western hemispheres rather than by county. Immigrants were brought in based on skills - need for family reunification - or status as poltical or economic refugees. Led to floods of immigrants came from As
Depression of 1870
Immigration Act of 1965
tule
Whig Party
12. 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
Europeans in the New World
legislative branch
Compromise of 1850
acorns
13. West Point graduates and used to handling firearms and driven
Confederacy advanage
Pueblo Indians
Railroad Act of 1864
Central Valley
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
Angel Island
Death Valley
Sugar Act
15. Industry in California employs more thtan 500000 people mostly in Hollywood
Important Battles of the Revolution
presidios
Mexicans
entertainment
16. California governor election promises to break Southern Pacific's grip on the state - won and passed many progressive goals
The Cumberland and Allegheny plateaus
Hiram Johnson
World War II
Mexicans
17. Repealed the Chinese Exclusion Act
tule
missions
John C. Fremont
Magnuson Act of 1943
18. The number one resource that California is quickly running out of with its ever growing population
executive branch
Owens River
Chumash - Tongya (Gabrielino) - Salinan - Cahuilla
water
19. Southern California native american tribes
manifest destiny
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Chumash - Tongya (Gabrielino) - Salinan - Cahuilla
Intolerable Acts of 1774
20. The idea that southern staets should refuse to obey the laws tha t they did not agree with
Trenton
nullification
The Great Basin
rancho system
21. The first conquistador and defeated the Aztec Empire in 1521 after they saw his arrival as a divine arrival of a god and let him into their empire
legislative branch
Hernando Cortes
the Oregon Territory
Cesar Chavez and Delores Huerta
22. Written by John Jay - Alexander Hamilton and James Madison about the need of a strong federal government
Europeans in the New World: Britain
Federalist Papers
Mississippian culture
forty - niners
23. A division of power that spells out the roles between the government and the states
'strict construction'
federalism
pueblos
Sir Francis Drake
24. 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
The Aztec Empire
Exeter Compact
Democratic Republicans
Ten Percent Plan
25. Facilities that the Spanish used to turned to the Indians to establish agricultural fields and learned Christianity. natives also were exposed to disease that they don't have immunity to. Also - brought olive trees and orange trees and introduced whe
missions
Mono Lake
Land Commission
Germans
26. The Spanish attempt to colonize California by building Missionsand converting the Spanish
Pony Express
Chinese
Pacific Railroad Act of 1862
sacred expedition
27. 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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28. Compact used to colonize New Hampshire
Exeter Compact
Compromise of 1850
Mississippian culture
Uncle Tom's Cabin
29. Movement established to say that no slaves would be on the new western territories
Pony Express
free - soil movement
Delaware
entertainment
30. A major food staple of California native American tribes
acorns
French and Indian War
California
rights of the federal government
31. 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
recall
legislative branch
rights of states
black codes
32. War between the French and British that ended with the defeat of French and Indian allies. It ordered French to be completely removed from North America and Spain relinquished parts of Florida in exchange for New Orleans and lands west of Mississippi
Okies
French and Indian War
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
Puritans
33. Reeds used by central California native Americans to build homes
Sugar Act
Irish
Salton Sea
tule
34. The idea that Americans are destined to spread across the hemisphere and especially spread the good news of democracy
Commodore Sloat
southern anad eastern European
Quechan (Yuma) and Mohave tribes
manifest destiny
35. Northern California Indian tribes
The Inca Empire
The Sierra Nevada and the Cascade Range
Yurok - Hupa - Shasta - Modoc - Achumawi
tule
36. Treaty with Japan in 1907 that allowed wives to join theier husbands in the U.S. if the Japanese deny exit visas to any men wishing to emigrate to the United States - led to the picture brides who married Japanese men who they had never met
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37. Called in 1787 to reform the Articles of Confederation
Constitutional Convention
2002
Sir Francis Drake
Chinese
38. 1607: Virginia Co. - Jamestown (Virginia)
how Union defeated Confederates
Europeans in the New World: Britain
Progressives
Maryland
39. Drains the interior of the United States
Mexicans
General Stockton and General Kearney
The Mississippi River
Europeans in the New World: Britain
40. Captured Monterey Bay and claimed thearea for the United States
Commodore Sloat
Constitution
Hiram Johnson
Sebastian Cermeno
41. Spanish conquistador's search of the Seven Cities of Cibola led to Spanish exploration of the Baja Peninsula
Germans
Hernando Cortez
Andrew Johnson
Union advantage
42. Twice the population - strong navy - banking system and factories - Union industries were producing ammunition and goods - driven black soldiers fighting for the freedom of their families
squatters
Anasazi culture
Amendments
Union advantage
43. English explorer who sailed up the California coast to the pacific Northwest
Chinese
Russians
Sir Francis Drake
Hernando Cortez
44. State that was a colony established for Catholics so they could escape religious persecution
England and the colonies: similarities
Maryland
missions
Constitution
45. Year that California faces largest budget deficit
2002
Europeans in the New World: Britain
how Union defeated Confederates
Democratic Republicans
46. Period in 1930s when a severe drought hit hte midwest and forced 350000 people to leave theier farms and lsot jobsand come to California
Tea Act of 1773
The Gulf Stream
Dust Bowl
Radical Republicans
47. 1608: de Champlain - Canada (Quebec) -1682: La Salle - Louisiana
apparel industry
Articles of Confederation
Missouri Compromise of 1820
Europeans in the New World: France
48. (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
Major battles of the Civil War
Transcontinental Railroad
Jose de Galves
Great Awakening
49. 1776 Written by Thomas Jefferson - Based on the ideas of English Enlightenment philosopher John Locke - In Locke's 'Second Treatise of Civil Government' (1690) - he set forth basic ideas embodied in the Declaration of Independence.
The Declaration of Independence
water
The Cumberland and Allegheny plateaus
Bill of Rights
50. Lincoln's vice president became president
Andrew Johnson
Amendments
Ten Percent Plan
Proposition 13