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CSET U.S And California History
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1. Prohibited the immigration of Chinese - not repealed until World War II
Battle of Gettysberg
the Oregon Territory
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
Election of 1876
2. 1608: de Champlain - Canada (Quebec) -1682: La Salle - Louisiana
apparel industry
French and Indian War
Progressives
Europeans in the New World: France
3. 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
Rodney Case
'strict construction'
Ten Percent Plan
Democratic Republicans
4. Launched the Revolutionary War - British general ordered destruction of citizens growing number of guns and ammunition - colonialists defended their supplies
Jose de Galves
'strict construction'
rights of states
Battle of Lexington and Concord (Conneticut)
5. French explorer who explored Canada to find the Northwest Passage - river routes that would take explorers through North America
Mono Lake
Rhode Island
Jacques Cartier
Battle of Lexington and Concord (Conneticut)
6. A group of colonists that meti nPhiladelphia to plan steps for resistance to British authority
England and the colonies: differences
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Prevailing Westerlies
First Continental Congress
7. Native American group developed in Southwest and were were skilled builders
Stamp Tax
Father Fermin Lausen
Chinese
Anasazi culture
8. Separation of Powers - Checks and Balances - Federal System - Powers of Congress - The Great Compromise - Bill of Rights - Amendments
New Government
Hetch Hetchy Dam
Intolerable Acts of 1774
Pueblo Indians
9. The idea that Americans are destined to spread across the hemisphere and especially spread the good news of democracy
Maryland Toleration Act of 1649
Election of 1876
manifest destiny
Federalist Party
10. Year that California faces largest budget deficit
New Government
The Declaration of Independence
2002
The Mississippi River
11. The central agricultural area of California
Owens River
the conquistadores
Central Valley
loose construction
12. Battle between United States and Mexico which followed the annexation of Texas. Led to the United States owning California in the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Mexican American War
Maryland Toleration Act of 1649
Second Constitutional Congress
Hiram Johnson
13. An Atlantic warm - water current that warms the East Coast in winter and is responsible for excellent fishing
Europeans in the New World: Netherlands
Articles of Confederation
The Gulf Stream
judicial branch
14. Industry based in Southern California areas - focus on casual - warm weather clothing
apparel industry
Henry Hudson
The Chinese Exclusion Act
1850
15. In the U.S. constitution - it enforces laws
executive branch
Proclamation of 1763
presidios
federalism
16. The foothills at the base of the Appalachian mountains - In the eastern region of the United States
The Piedmont
Mississippian culture
reasons of American immigration
Okies
17. The year and month that California approves its first constitution
Progressives
November 1849
The Great Basin
Proclamation of 1763
18. The land between the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada
The Great Basin
Mono Lake
Townsheld Acts of 1767
Chinese
19. The earliest form of the American Constitution that was adopted in 1781. Weak because government could not raise money from states and have no budget - could not regulate trade or conduct foreign policy without obtaining consent from states on each m
Articles of Confederation
Proposition 13
tourism
The Gulf Stream
20. Immigrant group that joined Irish on the Gold Rush and railroad construction - opened businesses and were envied by others
Chinese
California
Constitution
Balboa
21. Another religious group that arrived to Massachusetts Bay in 1629. They had a covenant with God to build 'a city on a hill'
Puritans
executive branch
Battle of Lexington and Concord (Conneticut)
internment camps
22. Spanish explorer who found Monterey Bay
Sebastian Cermeno
Articles of Confederation
Connecticut Commonwealth
Battle of Fort Sumter of 1861
23. More restrictive legislation towards Japanese and that they were inelgible for citizenship and could not own land
Commodore Sloat
California Alien Land Act
The interior
Union advantage
24. The first civlization to develop in MesoAmerica and were the first to develop a calendar and agrciultural community in America
French and Indian War
Olmec Empire
Missouri Compromise of 1820
Silicon Valley
25. Ultiimately defeated General Pico and re - captured Los Angeles in 1847 - ending the Mexican American war
Railroad Act of 1864
General Stockton and General Kearney
Hopewell people
Confederacy advanage
26. Renamed the Southern Pacific Company and controlled all the railroads in California - president was Leland Stanford was a California governor and U.S. Senator
California
Central Pacific Railroad
southern anad eastern European
Louisiana Purchase
27. Visor general to New Spain urges kinig that they should settle California before the English or russians took over it - two expeditions went by sea and two expeditions went by land
Emanciptation Proclomation
Jose de Galves
the Great Compromise
The Continental Divide
28. Migrants who came to California during the Dust Bowl and followed crops from farm to farm
World War II
Olmec Empire
The Aztec Empire
Okies
29. 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
French and Indian War
Proclamation of 1763
Emanciptation Proclomation
Dust Bowl
30. French explorer who mapped the coastline from cape Cod to Nova Scotia - explored Great Lakes and founded Montreal
how Union defeated Confederates
initiative
Puritans
Samuel de Champlain
31. Jan. 1 - 1863- the proclamation frees the slaves
California
Revolutionary War
Jose de Galves
Emanciptation Proclomation
32. The wind west of the Appalachians - An importance influence on climate: In the winter - cold air from the northwest produces freezing temperatures - In the summer - warm - moist southwesterly winds cause hot - humid weather
Hopewell people
First Continental Congress
Prevailing Westerlies
Georgia
33. Mexican leader who closes the missions down except for the churches
Jose Figueroa
Russians
Balboa
secession
34. 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
rights of the federal government
Missouri Compromise of 1820
Great Awakening
35. In the U.S. Constitution - it is a system of checks and balances between the three branches of government
Battle of Lexington and Concord (Conneticut)
separation of powers
Commodore Sloat
Radical Republicans
36. Economic opportunity - freedom of religion and expresion - and adventure
Europeans in the New World: Netherlands
General Stockton and General Kearney
Europeans in the New World: Portugal
reasons of American immigration
37. The first constitution to realizeno authrotiy than its own and governed the common wealth
forty - niners
Connecticut Commonwealth
Depression of 1870
Japanese
38. The highest point in California
Articles of Confederation
Johann Sutter
reasons of American immigration
Mt. Whitney
39. The lowest point in California
Mississippian culture
Jose Figueroa
Death Valley
Connecticut Commonwealth
40. Monopoly also called 'an octopus'
Puritans
Gentleman's Agreement
railroad
reasons of American immigration
41. Lincoln's vice president became president
Andrew Johnson
Constitution
Confederacy advanage
French and Indian War
42. River 100 miles North of Los Angeles that the city of Los Angeles built an aqueduct on to bring the water to Los Angeles
Mojave Desert and the Colorado desert
Locke's beliefs that influenced US constitution
Federalist Party
Owens River
43. The Spanish attempt to colonize California by building Missionsand converting the Spanish
Pony Express
Louisiana Purchase
Intolerable Acts of 1774
sacred expedition
44. Reeds used by central California native Americans to build homes
tule
Proposition 13
Mississippian culture
pueblos
45. Raised theflag near Monterey and then retreated from the area - started the Mexican Americna War
Pilgrims
Amendments
John C. Fremont
Europeans in the New World
46. Addition of new territories would decide if they were going to be slave or non - slave owning states
Rhode Island
Francisco Pizarro
Europeans in the New World: Portugal
Missouri Compromise of 1820
47. Gen. Robert E. Lee surrenders in 1865 and ends the civil war
Appomattox Court
judicial branch
Central Valley Project
Cesar Chavez and Delores Huerta
48. Strong believers in the human capacity to do the right thing and did not need a strong central government
John C. Fremont
anti - federalists
Confederacy advanage
merchant Sam Brannon
49. Extends along the coast from New Jersey to Texas and is generally low land
The southeastern Coastal Plain
Central Valley Project
Modoc War
decline of the Mayan civlization
50. State established in 1636 by Roger Williams to acknowledge religious freedom and the separation of 'church and state'
initiative
Rhode Island
the conquistadores
Mayflower Compact