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CSET Multiple Subjects: History And Social Science Vocab

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1. Most common religion of Arabian civilization






2. English Mercantile policy discouraged economic independence - Colonial concepts of political and economic freedom - Colonies used boycotts and other measures - Declaration of Independence stated the purposes for the Colonial break with England






3. The Cold War officially ended at the Bush - Gorbachev Summits in






4. The New York City Riots were protest against






5. Religions established in China as a result of the cross - cultural contact associated with the Silk Road






6. Strength of foreign policy during the early national period






7. Background of immigrants had same identifying factors that were associated with the immigration to Ellis Island in the early 20th century

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8. Transportation - education - politics - mining and agriculture






9. National Govt paid back state - national - and foreign debts to demonstrate credibility; National Govt encouraged American Business expansion by passing excise tax and a tariff; National Government raised revenue by a tax on domestic whiskey

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10. AD 250 - 900






11. Native white southerners who had opposed secession and who had cooperated with the Republicans during reconstruction






12. Enacted the 'malice' standard allowed free reporting






13. Vetoed numerous Radical Republican congressional acts

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14. Group that historically experienced the most discrimination (California Constitution statutes)






15. (1774) Britain attempts to gain control of the colonies in response to Boston Tea Party by closing the Boston Harbor - enforcing quartering - closing town meetings and trying British citizens in Britain






16. Law of supply and demand






17. The GDP dropped. Unemployment increased. The 'Big Three' automakers posted record losses. Bankruptcies increased. The Fed lowered interest rates in an attempt to stimulate the economy






18. Farthest north the confederates were able to get - called the 'High water mark of confederacy'






19. (1765) The first direct tax to be levied on the American colonies - it required that all newspapers - pamphlets - legal documents - commercial bills - advertisements - and other papers issued in the colonies bear a stamp. The act was denounced in the






20. Barbed wire






21. Quail






22. Created the first unified state in Inida (Indian) history






23. AD 1200 - 1533






24. Tobacco - cotton and slavery






25. A concept espoused by southerners following the Missouri Compromise that would have given southern states the right to refuse to obey laws that they did not agree with






26. Redwood






27. A term used to describe the Central Pacifics Railroad's monopoly for having an arm in practically every sector of California's commerce






28. 1848 - California - parts of the southwest were gained






29. Consdiered to be the basis for the justice system in use throughout much of the Western world - including the United States






30. Decorated pottery and baskets - quiltwork and beadwork - and wood ritual masks






31. Success of the colony sparked a huge migration to the New World from England - signed an agreement among themselves they would have a government based on the church's teachings - came to America seeking freedom from religous persecution






32. Texas annexed to the United States






33. Irrigation projects in the barren southern plains - agricultural advances - much food - allowed civilization to develop






34. The worship of only one god






35. A series of articles written in 1787 by Alexander Hamilton - James Madison - and John Jay to gain popular support for the then - proposed Constitution






36. The mountains of western South American were an impediment to building an empire - prompting the development of sophisticated engineering technologies






37. The first known written legal code - developed in ancient Babylong - predated the justinian Code by about 2000 years






38. Georgia






39. Forced quartering of British soldiers - excessive tarriffs - Intolerable acts






40. France viewed the revolution as a means to gain territory at the expense of Britain - France wanted to limit the economic growth of England - France and England were already at war on the European continent






41. European settlers to the New World in the 16th & 17th Century often failed to recognize the






42. Supplemented their hunting with agrictulre. Grew corn - beans and pumpkins in fertile flood plains. Traded with many tribes - tribes include (Quechan (Yuma) Halchidhoma - Mohave.






43. California to Alaska - dense woodlands of redwoods. Great rainfall - social status dertmined by objects - Rich men led - tribes include Yurok - Hupa and Shasta






44. Dissolved the government of all the Confederate States except Tennessee and divided the remaining Southern States into five districts






45. River Valleys where there was an abudance of fertile soil and fresh water






46. First written language






47. Settled by gentleman adventurers - landless and poor men who wanted to improve finances - in the original settlement - no women - first slaves were brought here from Africa - tobacco was first cultivated as a moneymaking crop by this settlement - fir






48. Small rainfall - vegetation scarce - bands were migratory - shifting from place to place in search of water and food. Men hunted - women gathered seeds - nuts and fruits. Distinctive form of acgricutlre based on communal labor. Created ditches and da






49. Nathanial Bacon lead this colony in a rebellion against the colonial government protesting the Government's Indian policy






50. A polytheistic society located in Central America that made great advances in science and mathematics - but collapsed due to unknown causes