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CSET Multiple Subjects: History And Social Science Vocab

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Guaranteed black americans the righ to vote






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


3. Fished on canoe shaped rafts - relied heavily on salmon and acorns. Haproons and dragnets to fish. Groves of lvalley oaks - great amounts of acorns for thick suop. San Joaquin Valley - wetlands - birds - duck - geese - elk - antelope.






4. Most common religion of Arabian civilization






5. The admission of Maine as a free state preserved the slave state/free state balance in the senate






6. Cluster of three to five small villages around a centraly village. Lands were held in common. Each tribe servered as part of a political organization. the Leader played a fairly minor role exept during time of war or talk of peace.






7. Spanish exploreres that sought the riches of Central and South America - establishing colonies along the way






8. Manmade lakes






9. Political instability and use of mercenary armies undermined the security of the empire






10. 1781 - This defeat brought victory to the colonies






11. Civil Rights Bills Passed 14th & 15th Amendment






12. A division of society based on differences of wealth - inherited rank or privledge - profession - or occupation - not allowed to move from one caste to another






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






14. A religious beleif in which - after physical death - a rebirth in another body occurs - a central tenet of Hinduism - among other religions






15. Were not ratified for four years because Maryland refused to ratify them






16. Greatest effect on the growing political - economic and social cohesion of the US during the last half of the 19th century






17. Central Valley and the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada






18. Barbed wire






19. The New York City Riots were protest against






20. 1911 new California State Legislation inspired by the national progressive movement






21. Economic and social units of life in early Middle Ages






22. Ancient Civiliation that Confucianism originated






23. It ruined Gerald Ford's political future






24. After Mexico defeated the Spanish and gained control of California - the Mexican goverment....






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






26. Mississipppi River






27. Approved racial segregation - seperate but equal






28. Homestead Act (1862); Transcontinental Railroad (1869)






29. Period of European hisotry that produced advances in science that revolutionalized of Earths's place wtihin the universe






30. A plan created by President Lincoln before his assassination - and carried out by the successor - Andrew Johnson - stating that a state could be readmitted to the Union if ten percent of the former Confederates in the state who had voted in the 1860






31. Stopped merchant ships and demanded tolls without authorization (12th & 13th centuries); businessman amasssing huge fortunes through unfair business practice (19th century)






32. State courts are required by the 6th and 14th amendments - right to speedy process - counsel






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






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






35. Koran






36. In Feudal Japan - the equivalent of a medieval Eupopean king






37. Not a victory for Grant






38. 1837 Added potential slave territory to the United States






39. Communcation and Transportation






40. Transiton of hunting and gathering to agriculture in early Mespotamia






41. 1929






42. General who led the Union Army to victory in the Civil War






43. Philosopher - inventor - politician who had great influence over many years






44. Maryland - Rhode Island - Pennsylvania






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






46. The first constitution of the United States of America






47. Campaign to encourage women to sek work in wartime industrial plants


48. Enviornmentally destructive mining process in the Gold Rush and wound down in 1853






49. Establishment of a colony to create a Bible commonwealth






50. In 1829 inaugural address - he set a policy to relocate Eastern Indians