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CSET U.S And California History
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1. The first battle of the Civil War. Seccessionists fire on the remaining Union sronghold in the South.
Russians
Pacific Railroad Act of 1862
Battle of Fort Sumter of 1861
The Chinese Exclusion Act
2. Immigrant group that crossed California's border. The border remains easily crossed even though there is a frequent loss of life
Mexicans
missions
The interior
World War II
3. Spanish conquistador's search of the Seven Cities of Cibola led to Spanish exploration of the Baja Peninsula
Hernando Cortez
decline of the Mayan civlization
Proposition 13
Sir Francis Drake
4. Captured Monterey Bay and claimed thearea for the United States
The Inca Empire
rights of states
Commodore Sloat
Anasazi culture
5. Called in 1787 to reform the Articles of Confederation
The Piedmont
Hernando Cortes
Intolerable Acts of 1774
Constitutional Convention
6. Forced colonists to provide housing to British soldiers
Quartering Act
Great Awakening
railroad
Mexicans
7. From Spain - Portugal - Britain - France and the Netherlands
black codes
The Cumberland and Allegheny plateaus
Europeans in the New World
Father Junipero Serra
8. 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
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Jose Figueroa
John C. Fremont
Modoc War
9. Made in 1803 by President Thoomas Jefferson and led to the acquisition of the territory west of the existing United States
Central Valley
Louisiana Purchase
Hiram Johnson
Pomo - Miwok - Maidu - and Yokuts
10. More restrictive legislation towards Japanese and that they were inelgible for citizenship and could not own land
Japanese
California Alien Land Act
apparel industry
Hiram Johnson
11. 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
issue of representation under the Constitution
French and Indian War
Confederacy advanage
Mexican - American War
12. Further tightened taxation and regulatory noose
John C. Fremont
Union advantage
Francisco Pizarro
Townsheld Acts of 1767
13. The rise of 'the common man' through the presidency of Andrew Jackson in 1820s
hydraulic mining -
Jacksonian democracy
the Oregon Territory
Europeans in the New World: Netherlands
14. California industry that counts for 13 percent of gross domestic product and includes the state's theeme parks and urban centers - inlcuidng national wonders
Salton Sea
Father Fermin Lausen
Modoc War
tourism
15. In the U.S. constitution - it interpets the laws
judicial branch
Yurok - Hupa - Shasta - Modoc - Achumawi
sacred expedition
Maryland
16. 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
hydraulic mining -
Connecticut Commonwealth
anti - federalists
Kansas - Nebraska Act of 1854
17. 1608: de Champlain - Canada (Quebec) -1682: La Salle - Louisiana
Jose de Galves
Central Valley
Great Awakening
Europeans in the New World: France
18. Spanish forts that were built for missionaries and settlers to hide in when Indians revolted
presidios
Watts Riots
Mississippian culture
Jamestown
19. The Spanish attempt to colonize California by building Missionsand converting the Spanish
Bill of Rights
sacred expedition
Prevailing Westerlies
Appomattox Court
20. In the eastern region of the United States
Toltecs
John C. Fremont
The Cumberland and Allegheny plateaus
The Aztec Empire
21. MesoAmerican tribe that preceded the Aztecs but followed from the Mayans
Samuel de Champlain
executive branch
Toltecs
Three - Fifths Compromise
22. Prohibited the immigration of Chinese - not repealed until World War II
Bill of Rights
the conquistadores
Chinese
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
23. Established processes for amendment that required 3/4 approval of the states and 2/3 of each house of Congress
secession
separation of powers
Amendments
Cesar Chavez and Delores Huerta
24. Spanish explorer who explored coastal areas of San diego - Santa Barbara and Monterrey
legislative branch
missions
Sir Francis Drake
Sebastian Vicaino
25. publicized the gold discovery and bought every shovel - pick axe and pan in the region and made much money
Amendments
Union advantage
merchant Sam Brannon
recall
26. 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
Bill of Rights
Hopewell people
secession
Chinese
27. Opened in 1914 and extends international links
Georgia
the Great Compromise
Panama Canal
Jacksonian democracy
28. 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
Chinese
Henry Hudson
The Continental Divide
Irish
29. Ultiimately defeated General Pico and re - captured Los Angeles in 1847 - ending the Mexican American war
loose construction
General Stockton and General Kearney
reasons of American immigration
Hiram Johnson
30. The idea that southern staets should refuse to obey the laws tha t they did not agree with
nullification
federalism
Election of 1876
John C. Fremont
31. West Point graduates and used to handling firearms and driven
Confederacy advanage
Europeans in the New World: Portugal
Germans
Jacksonian democracy
32. Area around California that is largest producer of electronics
Bill of Rights
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Silicon Valley
Europeans in the New World: Spain
33. 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
Transcontinental Railroad
The Chinese Exclusion Act
water
34. The first settlers to arrive in Massachusetts. It was a religious group that fled Englandfor religious persecution in 1620
referendum
Stamp Tax
Pilgrims
Battle of Gettysberg
35. A new reform movement established in California favored workers rights and the people over big corporations
California Alien Land Act
Progressives
Pony Express
Proposition 13
36. One of the first American political parties. It was led by Alexander Hamilton - John Adams and John Jay. They beleived in strong central government and loose construction. They wanted to create a national bank and use government funds to support indu
Dust Bowl
legislative branch
Federalist Party
Germans
37. Written by John Jay - Alexander Hamilton and James Madison about the need of a strong federal government
Appomattox Court
Federalist Papers
federalism
Mono Lake
38. The founder of the San Diego mission - the first of the 21 original Spanish Catholic missions in California - later established seven missions on the El Camino Real (The Royal Road)
Cesar Chavez and Delores Huerta
Father Junipero Serra
Tea Act of 1773
Andrew Johnson
39. 1492: Columbus - West Indies and Bahamas -1513: Balboa - Panama -1519: Cortes - Mexico -1532: Pizarro - Peru
Europeans in the New World: Spain
Confederacy advanage
November 1849
Mexicans
40. Economic opportunity - freedom of religion and expresion - and adventure
World War II
Sugar Act
Sebastian Vicaino
reasons of American immigration
41. (Mnemonic: Fat babies love to piss - **** - yell.) Fort Ticonderoga - Bunker Hill - Long Island - Trenton - Princeton - Saratoga - Yorktown
Important Battles of the Revolution
Proposition 13
Mississippian culture
Constitutional Convention
42. Native American empire that ruled from capital of Tenochtitlan in central Mexico. They had mulltiple calendars - system of writing and economy dependent on tribute. Also focused on worship of a sun god and human sacrifice
The Aztec Empire
November 1849
Watts Riots
Emanciptation Proclomation
43. Gen. Robert E. Lee surrenders in 1865 and ends the civil war
Russians
Battle of Fort Sumter of 1861
Maryland
Appomattox Court
44. Reeds used by central California native Americans to build homes
Anasazi culture
Lewis and Clark
Hopewell people
tule
45. Authored by Thomas Jefferson and focused on the declaration of 'life - liberty - and pursuit of happiness'
Three - Fifths Compromise
Irish
manifest destiny
Declaration of Independence
46. Developed in 880 AD in the Mississippi and built large religious mound structures
Compromise of 1850
apparel industry
Mississippian culture
Workingmen's Party
47. The first constitution to realizeno authrotiy than its own and governed the common wealth
Connecticut Commonwealth
Gentleman's Agreement
Pony Express
The Inca Empire
48. 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
recall
War of 1812
Hopewell people
The Continental Divide
49. Spanish conquistador who settled in Panama in 1520 - became governor of Peru and conquered the Inca empire based there
Ten Percent Plan
Angel Island
Francisco Pizarro
Pomo - Miwok - Maidu - and Yokuts
50. War in which Spain relinquished its North American claims east of the Mississippi River
rights of states
Magnuson Act of 1943
Sierra Nevadas
French and Indian War