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CSET U.S And California History

Subjects : cset, history
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






2. Broad interpretation of the Constitution






3. Native American empire with stepped pyramids - utilized multiple calendars - and possessede extensive astronomical knowledge






4. 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






5. Northern California Indian tribes






6. 1776 Written by Thomas Jefferson - Based on the ideas of English Enlightenment philosopher John Locke - In Locke's 'Second Treatise of Civil Government' (1690) - he set forth basic ideas embodied in the Declaration of Independence.






7. Spanish explorer who sailed to Pacific coast to find fabled Northwest Passage - wound up in San Francisco Bay and called the territory Alta California






8. Area around California that is largest producer of electronics






9. Lake that was drained as a result of the Owens River aqueduct and ultimately led Owens Valley to sue the city of Los Angeles






10. Established immigration quotas by eastern and western hemispheres rather than by county. Immigrants were brought in based on skills - need for family reunification - or status as poltical or economic refugees. Led to floods of immigrants came from As






11. A man - made lake caused by the flooding of a 70- mile long canal from the Colorado river to the Colorado desert






12. Occurred right after 'shots heard round the world' happened (Lexington and Concord)






13. Tax that is placed on tea and led to the Boston Tea Party - colonialists dressed up as Indians and dumped tea from aboard British ships into Boston harbor






14. Launched the Revolutionary War - British general ordered destruction of citizens growing number of guns and ammunition - colonialists defended their supplies






15. The first battle of the Civil War. Seccessionists fire on the remaining Union sronghold in the South.






16. 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






17. The first conquistador and defeated the Aztec Empire in 1521 after they saw his arrival as a divine arrival of a god and let him into their empire






18. Towns that grew around the missions and presidios as settlers moved up from Mexico






19. Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe about a heroic slave - further spurred the need for slaves to be free

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20. War fought between U.S. and Mexico to gain more territory in the Southwest






21. Ended the Mexican American War and brought California - Arizona - New Mesxico - Nevada - Utah - Colorado and Wyoming into the mix






22. sawmill owner whose employee John Marshall discovered discover gold in the Sierra Nevada foothills






23. 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






24. Print money - regulate interstae and international trade - make treaties - declare war and field armed forces - establish post office - make laws necessarsy to execute powers






25. (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






26. California industry that counts for 13 percent of gross domestic product and includes the state's theeme parks and urban centers - inlcuidng national wonders






27. The first civlization to develop in MesoAmerica and were the first to develop a calendar and agrciultural community in America






28. Monopoly also called 'an octopus'






29. MesoAmerican tribe that preceded the Aztecs but followed from the Mayans






30. The idea that Americans are destined to spread across the hemisphere and especially spread the good news of democracy






31. Powers explicitly mentioned in Constitution were fedreal powers

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32. Acquired from Great Britain in 1846






33. Southern states threatened to secede if this state was admitted as a free state






34. State established in 1636 by Roger Williams to acknowledge religious freedom and the separation of 'church and state'






35. Spanish explorer who settled on a Carribbean island but found hismself in debt and wound up relocating on the east coast of what is now Panama - he spied the Pacific Ocean in 1513






36. 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






37. French explorer who mapped the coastline from cape Cod to Nova Scotia - explored Great Lakes and founded Montreal






38. 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






39. (Mnemonic: Fun farmers always grow vegetables - specifically beets.) - Fort Sumter - First Battle of Bull Run - Antietam - Gettysburg - Vicksburg - Sherman's March to the Sea - Battle of Appomattox Courthouse






40. The first settlers to arrive in Massachusetts. It was a religious group that fled Englandfor religious persecution in 1620






41. An era fueled by availabliity of a cheap labor pool in the form of recent immigrants. Newly built factories attracted even more immigrants to the states






42. Lincoln's vice president became president






43. Dutch East India Company explorer who found New York and the mouth of the Hudson River






44. publicized the gold discovery and bought every shovel - pick axe and pan in the region and made much money






45. Several preachers started to speak of Christian salvation as something under control of individual - challenged traditional perceptions of Christianity to focus of individual salvation






46. A tradition of free public education was started in the villages of New England - Religious tolerance supplanted an early religious dogmatism first established by the Puritans in Massachusetts - A conscious choice was made to leave the idea of heredi






47. Immigrant group that crossed California's border. The border remains easily crossed even though there is a frequent loss of life






48. War in which Spain relinquished its North American claims east of the Mississippi River






49. An Atlantic warm - water current that warms the East Coast in winter and is responsible for excellent fishing






50. Further tightened taxation and regulatory noose