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CSET U.S And California History
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1. War that helped California get into a real estate boom fueled by the housing industry and reach 6 million people in population
Toltecs
World War II
Central Valley
Yurok - Hupa - Shasta - Modoc - Achumawi
2. 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
secession
Johann Sutter
Father Fermin Lausen
Sir Francis Drake
3. Called in 1787 to reform the Articles of Confederation
Pueblo Indians
Constitutional Convention
Silicon Valley
The Continental Divide
4. Several preachers started to speak of Christian salvation as something under control of individual - challenged traditional perceptions of Christianity to focus of individual salvation
Great Awakening
Chinese
Compromise of 1850
Important Battles of the Revolution
5. Mexican leader who closes the missions down except for the churches
Important Battles of the Revolution
Jose Figueroa
Cesar Chavez and Delores Huerta
The Industrial Era of the United States
6. 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
Compromise of 1850
Trenton
missions
judicial branch
7. Raised theflag near Monterey and then retreated from the area - started the Mexican Americna War
Pilgrims
John C. Fremont
Mexican American War
Chronological order of the colonies
8. Established states of Nebraska and Kansas with popular sovereignty but motivated Northerneres to protest against slavery because it was pandering to the South
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
Kansas - Nebraska Act of 1854
California
Angel Island
9. The year and month that California approves its first constitution
Sebastian Cermeno
Proclamation of 1763
Chinese
November 1849
10. Captured Monterey Bay and claimed thearea for the United States
The Great Basin
Battle of Gettysberg
Ten Percent Plan
Commodore Sloat
11. Another religious group that arrived to Massachusetts Bay in 1629. They had a covenant with God to build 'a city on a hill'
Puritans
World War II
judicial branch
referendum
12. 1607: Virginia Co. - Jamestown (Virginia)
Europeans in the New World: Britain
Olmec Empire
The Industrial Era of the United States
initiative
13. Material that led to California to be populated by 40000 miners from all over the United States
Gold
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Jose Figueroa
missions
14. 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
Jose Figueroa
The Aztec Empire
Prevailing Westerlies
how Union defeated Confederates
15. Native American group who inhabited the Southwest after the Anasazi people and built extensive adobe cities
Germans
Bill of Rights
Pueblo Indians
Mojave Desert and the Colorado desert
16. The first settlers to arrive in Massachusetts. It was a religious group that fled Englandfor religious persecution in 1620
Mexican Independence
Pilgrims
Land Commission
Connecticut Commonwealth
17. 1492: Columbus - West Indies and Bahamas -1513: Balboa - Panama -1519: Cortes - Mexico -1532: Pizarro - Peru
Confederacy advanage
Europeans in the New World: Britain
Europeans in the New World: Spain
Amendments
18. Authored by Thomas Jefferson and focused on the declaration of 'life - liberty - and pursuit of happiness'
the conquistadores
Exeter Compact
the Great Compromise
Declaration of Independence
19. (Mnemonic: Very many nice men came running down North Street - not needing police guards.) 1. Virginia 2. Massachusetts 3. New Hampshire 4. Maryland 5. Connecticut 6. Rhode Island 7. Delaware 8. North Carolina 9. South Carolina 10. New Jersey 11. New
Chronological order of the colonies
Kansas - Nebraska Act of 1854
missions
Election of 1876
20. War between Mexico and Spain that led to Mexico's independence and ownership of California in 1810
Proclamation of 1763
Mexican Independence
The Great Basin
Land Commission
21. River 100 miles North of Los Angeles that the city of Los Angeles built an aqueduct on to bring the water to Los Angeles
Hiram Johnson
Appomattox Court
acorns
Owens River
22. Spanish conquistador who captured the last Mayan city
Francisco Montejo
Mississippian culture
Europeans in the New World: Britain
Salton Sea
23. People who took land from the original Californios
Rhode Island
tourism
tule
squatters
24. Provided more funding and gave the railroads ten square miles of land to the tracks for every mile of track laid
Railroad Act of 1864
tule
squatters
rights of states
25. 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
England and the colonies: differences
Second Constitutional Congress
Bill of Rights
Mexican American War
26. The idea that various immigrants cultural differences were minimized and assimilated together
Mexican - American War
Jose Figueroa
manifest destiny
melting pot
27. Spanish explorer who found Monterey Bay
Sebastian Cermeno
Battle of Fort Sumter of 1861
England and the colonies: differences
secession
28. America's new settlers transplanted long - standing traditions of England's government - with the first important steps taken by the earliest colonies of Plymouth (Massachusetts) and Virginia. - All of England's colonies based their goverming systems
Mono Lake
England and the colonies: similarities
Maryland Toleration Act of 1649
Mayflower Compact
29. Spanish conquistador who settled in Panama in 1520 - became governor of Peru and conquered the Inca empire based there
rights of states
The Appalachian Mountains
Francisco Pizarro
Uncle Tom's Cabin
30. 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
Chinese
Articles of Confederation
Central Valley Project
Connecticut Commonwealth
31. Established a Senate with equal representation and House of Representatives based on population
entertainment
the Great Compromise
Federalist Papers
executive branch
32. Print money - regulate interstae and international trade - make treaties - declare war and field armed forces - establish post office - make laws necessarsy to execute powers
Father Junipero Serra
aeorspace industry
rights of the federal government
Mt. Whitney
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
War of 1812
Hopewell people
England and the colonies: similarities
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
34. War foguht between Britain and American colonialists which led to America's independence. Americans enlist friendship of France to revolutionary cause - Spain and Netherlands soon follow
Magnuson Act of 1943
Hetch Hetchy Dam
Three - Fifths Compromise
Revolutionary War
35. Restrucutred local control over property taxes and led to cutbacks in taxes and decrease in the tax base available to fund social services
Depression of 1870
Articles of Confederation
Second Constitutional Congress
Proposition 13
36. 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
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Pomo - Miwok - Maidu - and Yokuts
reasons of American immigration
Rodney Case
37. 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
Pilgrims
forty - niners
sacred expedition
Townsheld Acts of 1767
38. Where the British were defeated and led to expansion of battle from Canada and New York
Mississippian culture
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
Progressives
Trenton
39. The land between the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada
The Great Basin
Bill of Rights
Declaration of Independence
Land Commission
40. publicized the gold discovery and bought every shovel - pick axe and pan in the region and made much money
Father Junipero Serra
Proclamation of 1763
merchant Sam Brannon
Delaware
41. Caused from multiple Spanish invasions - economic wars between divided tribes
2002
Francisco Pizarro
decline of the Mayan civlization
Ten Percent Plan
42. Ended the Mexican American War and brought California - Arizona - New Mesxico - Nevada - Utah - Colorado and Wyoming into the mix
Rodney Case
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Jamestown
The Declaration of Independence
43. A major food staple of California native American tribes
internment camps
Francisco Montejo
judicial branch
acorns
44. Further tightened taxation and regulatory noose
Townsheld Acts of 1767
sacred expedition
Federalist Party
The Piedmont
45. Extends along the coast from New Jersey to Texas and is generally low land
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Europeans in the New World: Netherlands
The southeastern Coastal Plain
England and the colonies: similarities
46. 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
Federalist Party
Olmec Empire
Townsheld Acts of 1767
presidios
47. Economic opportunity - freedom of religion and expresion - and adventure
reasons of American immigration
Pilgrims
Delaware
Angel Island
48. The first civlization to develop in MesoAmerica and were the first to develop a calendar and agrciultural community in America
Olmec Empire
Mayflower Compact
California Alien Land Act
Commodore Sloat
49. Acknowledged the tension between the economic and political status of minorities
Constitution
Democratic Republicans
The Chinese Exclusion Act
Watts Riots
50. 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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