California History

Question 1

Native Americans in California relied _______as a staple food source because of the prevelence of ______.

Answer 1

acorns

Oak Trees.

Question 2

The population of California pre European was the ______ on the continent.

Answer 2

Highest.

Question 3

Sweat Lodges were only for _____.

Answer 3

Men

Question 4

Because of the _______ to the East and vast _______ in the South, the Natives of California remained relatively isolated for much of their history.

Answer 4

Seirra Nevadas, Deserts

Question 5

The _______ linked up California’s Mission System.

Answer 5

El Camino Real

Question 6

Vandelizing, thieving Spanish barbarians invaded _______ looking for legendary _________ with _____ weapons.

Answer 6

Californa, Woman with golden weapons.

Question 7

Cabrillo discovered San Diego Bay, Santa Barbara Island, Point Conception and Point Reyes over a 1542-43 expedition while searching for a ________.

Answer 7

Water route between the Atlantic and Pacific.

Question 8

The English Explorer ________ sailed up the _____ coast in 1579, claiming the area for England. This prompted Spain to _________, though

Answer 8

Drake, California coast, quickly colonize California, though they didn’t really do anything with it for about a hundred years

Question 9

By 1800, ________ excursions were extending south along the California coast because of interest in ____.

Answer 9

Russian, fur.

Question 10

The _________ of 1823 sought to restrict European colonization of the Americas.

Answer 10

Monroe

Question 11

The Monroe doctrice in ______ sought to…..

Answer 11

1823, restrict European Colonization of the Americas.

Question 12

North of San Francisco Bay, the Russians established a trading post called _____.

Answer 12

Fort Ross.

Question 13

The Spanish grew nervous with Russian, British and American encroachments on California and established _______ (military forts) anmd _______ (Small settlements) in the valley around _______.

Answer 13

presidios and pueblos, San Francisco Bay.

Question 14

The Monoroe Doctrine

Answer 14

A policy of the United States which restricted European colonization of the Americas

Question 15

Mexico gained independence from Spain in _____.

Answer 15

1821

Question 16

The Bear Flag Revolt was a movement launched in _______, which sought to _______. It’s goal was changed upon learning _________, after which it ______.

Answer 16

1846, seeking to make California into a Independent Republic (like Texas had been.
Goal changed after learning the USA had went to war with Mexico, after which it linked up with John C Freemon and made the California Battalion, fighting to be incorperated by the United States.

Question 17

The discovery of _____ by James W Marshall resulted in an explosion of _____ in California.

Answer 17

Gold, Population.

Question 18

Transcontinental Railroad is completed in

Answer 18

1869

Question 19

The Union Pacific in the ____ was built mostly by ______ while the Central Pacific was built mostly by _____ in the ______.

Answer 19

East, Irish

West, Chinese

Question 20

The railroad industry was dominated by Hopkin, Crocker, Huntington, and Standford, called the ______, they _______ the industry, enriching themselves with the use of _______.

Answer 20

Big Four, Monopolized the Industry, Government Land grants and favorable loans.

Question 21

The 1870s saw a _____ in California brought on by ______, _______, and ________.

Answer 21

Depression

Railroad abuses, restrictions on water rights by land monopolies, and the collapse of the Bank of California in 1975.

Question 22

The Chinese Exclusion act was passed in _____ because of a…

Answer 22

1882, The economic boom bust system which was instigated by railroad and other big business interest. They used tactics that flood the area with cheap labor, then when it is no longer necessary, let the poor whites turn anger on the Chinese that big business is instrumental in bringing in.

Question 23

California has a history of disciminatory policies targeting both ______ and ______.

Answer 23

Chinese and Native Americans.

Question 24

Hiram Johnson was a _______ who drastically _______, with amendments like ______, _______and the _______.

Answer 24

Progressive Governor of California Elected in 1910
Expanded the California Constitution with new amendments.
Woman sufferage, railroad commission, and the Initiate, referendum, and recall.

Question 25

The Alien Land Laws…..

Answer 25

Prohibited land ownership/leasing to people not eligible for citizenship (The Japanese according to federal law).

Question 26

An Anarchist bombing in ____ weakened the ____ movement.

Answer 26

Los Angelas, Labor

Question 27

California at the turn of the century saw a division between _____ and _____.

Answer 27

Northern and Southern.

Question 28

The turn of the century in California saw economic expansion in _______, ______ and _____.

Answer 28

Oil, Agriculture and Entertainment.

Question 29

The completion of the ______ in 1914 had an economic impact on California by ______.

Answer 29

Panama Canal, Shortening shipping routes for California goods.

Question 30

Political Elites of California lived in the _____ while most expansion was happening in the _____.

Answer 30

North, South