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CSET U.S And California History
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1. 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
referendum
Mexican American War
Gold
The Appalachian Mountains
2. California industry that counts for 13 percent of gross domestic product and includes the state's theeme parks and urban centers - inlcuidng national wonders
tourism
forty - niners
Commodore Sloat
how Union defeated Confederates
3. Decision that said that slaves count as three - fifths of the population
Three - Fifths Compromise
Uncle Tom's Cabin
squatters
Anasazi culture
4. 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
Major battles of the Civil War
Constitution
Declaration of Independence
William Penn
5. A group of colonists that meti nPhiladelphia to plan steps for resistance to British authority
Death Valley
First Continental Congress
World War II
Locke's beliefs that influenced US constitution
6. The land between the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada
The Maya Empire
Jacksonian democracy
The Great Basin
Battle of Fort Sumter of 1861
7. 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 -
Delaware
Land Commission
Jose de Galves
8. Economic opportunity - freedom of religion and expresion - and adventure
reasons of American immigration
Hernando Cortez
Exeter Compact
Mississippian culture
9. Opened in 1914 and extends international links
Panama Canal
Ten Percent Plan
Hernando Cortez
Salton Sea
10. Repealed the Chinese Exclusion Act
Delaware
Magnuson Act of 1943
pueblos
The Declaration of Independence
11. Occurred right after 'shots heard round the world' happened (Lexington and Concord)
Second Constitutional Congress
Central Valley Project
Amerindians
squatters
12. Where the British were defeated and led to expansion of battle from Canada and New York
presidios
legislative branch
apparel industry
Trenton
13. French explorer who explored Canada to find the Northwest Passage - river routes that would take explorers through North America
Jacques Cartier
Mojave Desert and the Colorado desert
The Maya Empire
Cesar Chavez and Delores Huerta
14. 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
hydraulic mining -
Union advantage
acorns
Mexican American War
15. The first battle of the Civil War. Seccessionists fire on the remaining Union sronghold in the South.
Puritans
Battle of Fort Sumter of 1861
judicial branch
Sebastian Vicaino
16. Established a Senate with equal representation and House of Representatives based on population
Democratic Republicans
the Oregon Territory
Jamestown
the Great Compromise
17. Feature of California's constitution that gives individual citizens - citizen groups the power to placea proposed law on the ballot. Supporers must collect signatures equal to a small percengage of the electorate that votes in the most recent guberna
initiative
Declaration of Independence
Hiram Johnson
squatters
18. 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
'strict construction'
The Inca Empire
issue of representation under the Constitution
Chronological order of the colonies
19. Major issue that was disputed by population (Virginia Plan) vs. equal representation (the Connecticut Plan)
Lewis and Clark
Mayflower Compact
Europeans in the New World
issue of representation under the Constitution
20. Captured Monterey Bay and claimed thearea for the United States
Stamp Tax
Commodore Sloat
Immigration Act of 1965
Silicon Valley
21. West Point graduates and used to handling firearms and driven
Pilgrims
Confederacy advanage
Exeter Compact
Hopewell people
22. State established in 1638 by a delegation to establish a Swedish colony
Delaware
Union advantage
Owens River
The Piedmont
23. The idea that southern staets should refuse to obey the laws tha t they did not agree with
Amendments
nullification
Central Valley
The Aztec Empire
24. River 100 miles North of Los Angeles that the city of Los Angeles built an aqueduct on to bring the water to Los Angeles
Owens River
tule
anti - federalists
Sebastian Cermeno
25. 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
French and Indian War
Federalist Party
the conquistadores
Missouri Compromise of 1820
26. Immigrant group that crossed California's border. The border remains easily crossed even though there is a frequent loss of life
Modoc War
General Stockton
Mexicans
Immigration Act of 1965
27. The number one resource that California is quickly running out of with its ever growing population
Proposition 13
Constitution
water
2002
28. Republican Rutherford Hayes and Democrat Samuel Tilden run for President. Hayes promises to end the Reconstruction and allows Southern staets to establish the black codes. Caused the end of the Reconstruction in 1877
Amerindians
southern anad eastern European
Election of 1876
referendum
29. Spanish explorer who explored coastal areas of San diego - Santa Barbara and Monterrey
Ten Percent Plan
Europeans in the New World: Spain
referendum
Sebastian Vicaino
30. Renamed the Southern Pacific Company and controlled all the railroads in California - president was Leland Stanford was a California governor and U.S. Senator
Samuel de Champlain
Chronological order of the colonies
Chinese
Central Pacific Railroad
31. Early U.S. poltiical party who supported the Federalists and were pretty wealthy. They later emerged in the 1850s as the republican party with the
William Penn
Mayflower Compact
Whig Party
Yurok - Hupa - Shasta - Modoc - Achumawi
32. In the U.S. constitution - it interpets the laws
Prevailing Westerlies
judicial branch
apparel industry
how Union defeated Confederates
33. 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
The Aztec Empire
2002
War of 1812
Europeans in the New World: Spain
34. 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 Gulf Stream
1850
The Aztec Empire
Mayflower Compact
35. The year that California becomes the 31st state in the Union thanks to a compromise over slavery
The Declaration of Independence
Dust Bowl
1850
separation of powers
36. Developed in 880 AD in the Mississippi and built large religious mound structures
Mississippian culture
Hopewell people
Missouri Compromise of 1820
Chumash - Tongya (Gabrielino) - Salinan - Cahuilla
37. 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
Modoc War
Gentleman's Agreement
Missouri Compromise of 1820
Mexican - American War
38. Central California native American tribes
The interior
Pomo - Miwok - Maidu - and Yokuts
Father Fermin Lausen
Watts Riots
39. Industry based in Southern California areas - focus on casual - warm weather clothing
Jacksonian democracy
the Great Compromise
apparel industry
The interior
40. The idea that Americans are destined to spread across the hemisphere and especially spread the good news of democracy
General Stockton
manifest destiny
Compromise of 1850
Yorktown
41. 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
Sir Francis Drake
Chinese
Henry Hudson
42. Jan. 1 - 1863- the proclamation frees the slaves
Emanciptation Proclomation
Andrew Johnson
separation of powers
Europeans in the New World: Britain
43. Captured Los Angeles until it was rec - captured by Governor Pico and General Castro for Mexico
Europeans in the New World: France
Land Commission
General Stockton
Hernando Cortez
44. Northern California Indian tribes
World War II
Yurok - Hupa - Shasta - Modoc - Achumawi
Silicon Valley
Whig Party
45. The central agricultural area of California
Constitutional Convention
Whig Party
Central Valley
The Gulf Stream
46. The two major deserts in California
Rhode Island
The Great Basin
Compromise of 1850
Mojave Desert and the Colorado desert
47. Material that led to California to be populated by 40000 miners from all over the United States
Dust Bowl
Whig Party
'strict construction'
Gold
48. Authored by Thomas Jefferson and focused on the declaration of 'life - liberty - and pursuit of happiness'
1850
Mojave Desert and the Colorado desert
Declaration of Independence
Kansas - Nebraska Act of 1854
49. Provided more funding and gave the railroads ten square miles of land to the tracks for every mile of track laid
Federalist Papers
Amerindians
Railroad Act of 1864
Important Battles of the Revolution
50. 1607: Virginia Co. - Jamestown (Virginia)
Europeans in the New World: Britain
Maryland Toleration Act of 1649
recall
Declaration of Independence