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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. Towns that grew around the missions and presidios as settlers moved up from Mexico
Workingmen's Party
Prevailing Westerlies
Trenton
pueblos
2. 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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3. Powers explicitly mentioned in Constitution were fedreal powers
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4. Renamed the Southern Pacific Company and controlled all the railroads in California - president was Leland Stanford was a California governor and U.S. Senator
sacred expedition
Chumash - Tongya (Gabrielino) - Salinan - Cahuilla
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Central Pacific Railroad
5. The number one resource that California is quickly running out of with its ever growing population
how Union defeated Confederates
Federalist Party
Bill of Rights
water
6. Completes the rest of the Spanish missions following Junipero Serra's death
Father Fermin Lausen
Sir Francis Drake
merchant Sam Brannon
Workingmen's Party
7. Reeds used by central California native Americans to build homes
missions
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
tule
John C. Fremont
8. 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
forty - niners
hydraulic mining -
Central Pacific Railroad
9. In the eastern region of the United States - In the Northeast - they meat the ocean - forming a rough - rocky coast
The Inca Empire
Mexican American War
General Stockton
The Appalachian Mountains
10. Occurred right after 'shots heard round the world' happened (Lexington and Concord)
The Declaration of Independence
Death Valley
Constitutional Convention
Second Constitutional Congress
11. The idea that Americans are destined to spread across the hemisphere and especially spread the good news of democracy
manifest destiny
Chinese
Jacques Cartier
Cesar Chavez and Delores Huerta
12. 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
Hernando Cortez
War of 1812
recall
Ten Percent Plan
13. In the U.S. constitution - it interpets the laws
Pony Express
Depression of 1870
New Government
judicial branch
14. 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
Francisco Pizarro
judicial branch
Trenton
Constitution
15. 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
The Inca Empire
Sir Francis Drake
Henry Hudson
The Maya Empire
16. State established in 1638 by a delegation to establish a Swedish colony
The Great Basin
Jacksonian democracy
Owens River
Delaware
17. A group of colonists that meti nPhiladelphia to plan steps for resistance to British authority
Magnuson Act of 1943
legislative branch
First Continental Congress
The Gulf Stream
18. An act signed by President Lincoln to create a railroad that would go all the way across the continent - provided loans to the Central Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad so that theycould build the transcontiental railroad
anti - federalists
Pacific Railroad Act of 1862
Delaware
Puritans
19. A dam across the Tuolumne River that would flood Yosemite - protested by naturalist John Muir. Instead - an aqueduct was constructed to carry water from the reservoir to the city
Europeans in the New World
Hetch Hetchy Dam
England and the colonies: similarities
Okies
20. 1st 10 Amendments to the Constitution - Introduced by Madison - A series of limitations on the power of the U.S. federal government; added to protect the rights of individuals and safeguard the sovereignty of the states over their own affairs
Modoc War
Locke's beliefs that influenced US constitution
internment camps
Bill of Rights
21. Led to the chinese being blamed for the lack of jobs and they suffered violence and property damaged
melting pot
Union advantage
Depression of 1870
entertainment
22. Jan. 1 - 1863- the proclamation frees the slaves
Emanciptation Proclomation
Commodore Sloat
The Gulf Stream
World War II
23. Spanish conquistador's search of the Seven Cities of Cibola led to Spanish exploration of the Baja Peninsula
Francisco Pizarro
Europeans in the New World: Netherlands
Delaware
Hernando Cortez
24. 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
The Inca Empire
Bill of Rights
Compromise of 1850
25. 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
Chumash - Tongya (Gabrielino) - Salinan - Cahuilla
John C. Fremont
Whig Party
southern anad eastern European
26. An effort to establish an indepndent California republic
World War II
Declaration of Independence
Yurok - Hupa - Shasta - Modoc - Achumawi
Bear Flag Revolt
27. West Point graduates and used to handling firearms and driven
internment camps
Confederacy advanage
Europeans in the New World: Portugal
separation of powers
28. Migrants who came to California during the Dust Bowl and followed crops from farm to farm
entertainment
Important Battles of the Revolution
Okies
Radical Republicans
29. Monopoly also called 'an octopus'
Mississippian culture
Watts Riots
Hernando Cortes
railroad
30. 1500: Cabral - Brazil
Thirteenth Amendment
The interior
Europeans in the New World: Portugal
Toltecs
31. Compact used to colonize New Hampshire
Exeter Compact
Death Valley
William Penn
issue of representation under the Constitution
32. The highest point in California
The Industrial Era of the United States
Mt. Whitney
the Oregon Territory
how Union defeated Confederates
33. During Great Depression - the Shasta Dam was built to bring water from the north to meet the farming needs of the South - the CVP was never completed - drained marshalnds and enviromnmental activists were successful at preventing the damming of the A
Constitutional Convention
Central Valley Project
Bill of Rights
William Penn
34. Separation of Powers - Checks and Balances - Federal System - Powers of Congress - The Great Compromise - Bill of Rights - Amendments
the conquistadores
Major battles of the Civil War
New Government
Olmec Empire
35. Native American group who were skilled farmers who flourished in Ohio and Mississippi
missions
Radical Republicans
Salton Sea
Hopewell people
36. 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
William Penn
The Chinese Exclusion Act
railroad
37. More restrictive legislation towards Japanese and that they were inelgible for citizenship and could not own land
California Alien Land Act
The Piedmont
legislative branch
Europeans in the New World: Britain
38. The year that California becomes the 31st state in the Union thanks to a compromise over slavery
Pilgrims
Intolerable Acts of 1774
pueblos
1850
39. Called in 1787 to reform the Articles of Confederation
apparel industry
The Declaration of Independence
Intolerable Acts of 1774
Constitutional Convention
40. Broad interpretation of the Constitution
loose construction
Maryland Toleration Act of 1649
The interior
Battle of Fort Sumter of 1861
41. Drains the interior of the United States
William Penn
The Mississippi River
Mexicans
General Stockton and General Kearney
42. French explorer who mapped the coastline from cape Cod to Nova Scotia - explored Great Lakes and founded Montreal
Samuel de Champlain
Yorktown
Important Battles of the Revolution
Silicon Valley
43. The priimary entry point for the immigrants from Asia
Missouri Compromise of 1820
Delaware
Angel Island
reasons of American immigration
44. During the Reconstruction - a state could be readmitted if 10 percent of the former Confederates voted in the 1860 election vowed loyalty to the Union
Ten Percent Plan
Jacques Cartier
Sebastian Cermeno
Constitution
45. (Mnemonic: Fat babies love to piss - **** - yell.) Fort Ticonderoga - Bunker Hill - Long Island - Trenton - Princeton - Saratoga - Yorktown
The Gulf Stream
Important Battles of the Revolution
Appomattox Court
Mexicans
46. In the U.S. Constitution - it is a system of checks and balances between the three branches of government
Mayflower Compact
Toltecs
separation of powers
General Stockton
47. The idea that various immigrants cultural differences were minimized and assimilated together
The Appalachian Mountains
Angel Island
'strict construction'
melting pot
48. people from the eastern United States who came to California to saerch for gold. Were not so lucky about finding gold because the route to California was difficult and dangerous whether by land or by sea
separation of powers
Bill of Rights
forty - niners
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
49. A Quaker who received land to estsablish Pennsylvania as the first Enlightenment - inspired government entity and abolished slavery
William Penn
The Mississippi River
Georgia
Pomo - Miwok - Maidu - and Yokuts
50. Native American empire with stepped pyramids - utilized multiple calendars - and possessede extensive astronomical knowledge
The Appalachian Mountains
Bear Flag Revolt
The Maya Empire
Constitutional Convention