General questions

Question 1

Indian Society sprung up around 2500BC around the ____ river.

Answer 1

Indus River. The Indus River Valley Civilization.

Question 2

The Scientific Revolution began in earnest in the ____ century.

Answer 2

sixteenth. (1500s)

Question 3

Galileo Galilei was tried by the inquistion after the invention of the telescope allowed him to prove right the reject heliocentric theory of the solar system put forward by _______.

Answer 3

Nicholas Copernicus (1473-1543)

Question 4

Nicholas Copernicus put foward the theory that _____.

Answer 4

The Earth revolves around the sun (Heliocentrism)

Question 5

A large supply of cheap labor developed in English cities when Parliment began to require lands owned in common to be fenced off, resulting in the _____ movement.

Answer 5

Enclosure

Question 6

Large amounts of coal and iron, excessive cheap labor, and a rapidly increasing middle class in England were all required to spur on the ________ Revolution.

Answer 6

Industrial Revolution.

Question 7

Following the Boston Tea Party in 1773, the British passed a series of acts that came to be known as the _______ acts. These acts consisted of ______, _____, and _____.

Answer 7

Intolerable

Closing Boston Harbor, trying colonist for high crimes and quartering British troops in colonial homes (3rd amendment).

Question 8

The first Continental Congress met in _____ to discuss how they would react to the _____ acts.

Answer 8

1774, Intolerable acts.

Question 9

The Seven years war, also know as the _________, started in _____ and ended in _______.

Answer 9

French and Indian war,

1756-1763

Question 10

The Boston Tea party occured in response to a tax levied on tea in _____.

Answer 10

1773.

Question 11

The stamp act, which levied a tax on all notary and crap like that was passed in _____.

Answer 11

1765.

Question 12

Judicial Review refers to the ability of federal courts to….

Answer 12

interpret the constitution and declare acts of congress unconstitutional.

Question 13

Marbury vs Madison established the principle of _______ in the United States.

Answer 13

Judicial Review

Question 14

A power not written in the constitution but exercised by the supreme court by 1803 is the power of _____.

Answer 14

Judicial Review.

Question 15

Federalist like Adams and Hamilton favored a strong ______ government while Anti-Federalist like Jefferson and Madison favored a strong ______.

Answer 15

Federalist wanted a stronger central government while antifederalist wanted a stronger state government.

Question 16

Hamilton had a finacial plan designed to nurture a burgeoning industrial nation that included _______, _______, and ______.

Answer 16

Establishing a national currency, tarriffs on foreign goods which reduced competition for domestic industries, and the passing of an excise tax on whisky.

Question 17

Hamilton’s policies strongly favored the _____ states.

Answer 17

Northern

Question 18

What does the tenth amendment do generally?

Answer 18

It says that powers not given to the federal government by the constitution, or denied to the states, are “reserved” to the states.

Question 19

The War of 1812 was opposed by the North East because people there saw the war as being more about….

Answer 19

The seizing of Canada by westward looking hawks. Those who wanted to expand the United States were concerned with spreading the agrarian, slave based systems of the south.

Question 20

The United States Constitution adopted much for Magna Carta including ______,______ and ______.

Answer 20

The importance of a written constitution, the right of due process, and protection from excessive bail.

Question 21

The Dred Scott Decision of 1957 ruled that…

Answer 21

Slaves could not sue the federal government on the grounds that Slaves were not citizens.

Question 22

During the civil war, the North used a strategy of deviding the South by controlling the _____.

Answer 22

Mississippi River.

Question 23

Andrew Johnson during reconstruction was in favor of ______ to the defeated south and vetoed many bills that were designed to______.

Answer 23

He wanted to be lenient with the South and he vetoed bills designed to help newly freed slaves.

Question 24

The invention of ________ had a revolutionary economic impact on the western United States throughout the 1800s. It did this by…

Answer 24

Barbed Wire. The invention of barbed wire made it possible for thousands of homesteaders to to fence off land and prevent cattle roaming (long drives) from crossing it. This led to much of the open-range lands being privately owned, encouraging the development of farming and town building.

Question 25

Throughout the 19th century, primarily from 1840-1880, most immigrants to the United States came from _______ and _______ Europe and were referred as _______. A shift in demographics began to occur around in the 1880’s toward ______ immigration, or people from ______, ______ and ______ Europe, which accounted for nearly 80% of immigrants by 1914.

Answer 25

Northern and Western Europeans were the bulk of immigrants throughout most of the 19th century (1800s) which is referred to as Old Immigration.

As the 20th century approached, a shift toward immigrants from Central, Eastern, and Southern Europe began to occur, peaking in 1914. This wave is referred to as New Immigration.

Question 26

Industrialization of the Northeast preceding the civil war was spurred on by many factors such as ______, ______, and ______.

Answer 26

Cheap labor, abundant natural resources, and access to the great lakes along with ports for foreign shipments.

Question 27

The transcontental railroad was completed in ______.

Answer 27

1869, after the civil war.

Question 28

The greatest concentration of Indians (Native American’s) prior to European contact could be found in the territory which would become the state of _____.

Answer 28

California.

Question 29

The Mexican-American war was ended in _____ by the signing of _______.

Answer 29

1848 by the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, resulting in the transfer of Mexican lands to the United States, which included California.

Question 30

Technically, the United States obtained California from the Mexicans by _______.

Answer 30

The signing of the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

Question 31

The most important food item of California Indians occupying foothills and throughout was the ______.

Answer 31

Acorn Nut. (Remember this) It could be boiled and turned into a mash or cakes or stored.

Question 32

The South lost control of the House in the _____ because of ______, but only lost control of the senate in 1850 when _______ became a state.

Answer 32

1830s, Population. California.

Question 33

With regards to slavery, California entered Statehood as a _______.

Answer 33

Freestate.

Question 34

What was the compromise of 1850?

Answer 34

The South accepted California becoming a free state (tipping the scales of the senate to the freestates and effectively opening up the legislature to anti-slavery bills) in exchange for the passing of the Fugitive Slave Law, which said Free States were required to return runaway slaves to their owners in the south.

Question 35

The requirement that citizens in Free States had to return escaped slaves to the south was a part of a law passed in 1850 called the _____.

Answer 35

Fugitive Slave Law.

Question 36

The majority of California Indians lived in or near the _______.

Answer 36

Central valley and the Western Slopes of the Sierra Nevada.

Question 37

Cezar Chavez attepted to ______ in the 1960s.

Answer 37

Unionize Migrant Farm Workers (Seasonal).

Question 38

The _____ was the organization created by Cezar Chavez that gave great collective bargaining power to _______.

Answer 38

United Farm Workers Union

Migrant Workers

Question 39

Hiram Johnson was elected __________ on a platform that was________.

Answer 39

Governor of California, progressive.

Question 40

The progressive movement in California was an attempt to ___________.

Answer 40

Protect workers from big business, especially the railroad.

Question 41

While the Progressive Movement in California achieved _______, passage of the _________, and established a ________, it failed to implement any strong civil rights protections because of an anti______ bias.

Answer 41

Amendments to protect workers rights, passage the initiative/referendum/recall, and established a railroad commision….

Anti-asian bias.

Question 42

The Alien Land Act of 1913 prohibited….

Answer 42

Asian immigrants from obtaining citizenship and owning land.

Question 43

The California State Flower is the

Answer 43

California Poppy

Question 44

The California State Bird is the

Answer 44

California Quail

Question 45

The California State Freshwater Fish is the

Answer 45

California Golden Trout

Question 46

The California State Tree is the

Answer 46

California Redwood.

Question 47

Following what major event did California see the greatest pertage increase in migration since the gold rush?

Answer 47

Following World War 2, or 1940s-50s

Question 48

The Octopus by Frank Norris is a story about…

Answer 48

The shitty practices of the Railroad Industry and the rober barons who monopolize them.

Question 49

de jure is different then de facto in what ways?

Answer 49

De Jure= By Law
De Facto= By Fact.

To change something De Jure, or by law, does not mean that it is changed in practice. Someone can be de facto in charge even if they hold no technical power, and laws can be passed which have little means of enforcing.

Right now, in this country, segregation of schools does not exist De Jure, but does exist De Facto because of wealth gaps and residence clusting.

Question 50

What happened in Mendez vs Westminster School District

Answer 50

Gonzales Mendez sued in federal court to have his children attend an All-White school in California. This resulted in a victory for Mendez and a ruling that De Jure (by law) segregation of Mexican-American students, though in practice, or in fact (De Facto) other barriers did not change school demographics much. This ruling did not address segregation of African Americans or Asian Americans, or funding disparities between schools. Though it did open the way for the Brown Vs Topeka Board of education with ended De Jure Segregation.