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CSET Multiple Subjects: History And Social Science Vocab
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1. Shipbuilding and Commerce
New England Colonies
Greatest increase in migratio to CA
Bushido
Diversity of Native Americans
2. Eastablished that the constitution grants to conress implied powers inherent in the nature of the Constitution as a blueprint for a practical functioning government - and the state action may not impede valid constitutional exercises of power by the
France - Britain
McCullough vs Maryland - 1819
Southern Colonies
1991
3. General who led the Union Army to victory in the Civil War
Philip IV
Renaissance
Reconstruction
Ulysses S. Grant
4. The colonist gained a sense of independence because they challenged church beliefs - they felt unified because of a common religion - ties between church and state weakened - a greater sense of equality because preachers stressed equality of all
The Steam Engine
The Great Awakening
Great Britain
Southern Colonies
5. The 1820 legislation that tried to resolve the conflicts reaised by the addition of new territories as either slave or non - slave owning areas
Missouri Compromise
Greeks
Search of a Sea route to Asia
Aztec
6. Leadership - territory
Primary purpose of the Mission System
Whig Party
Bills Passed During Reconstruction
Civil war - South Power
7. Grapes of Wrath
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8. First European explorer to reach coastal California (1542)
Juan Cabrillo
Completion of the Railroad in California
CA state bird
Greeks
9. Impeached for opposing Radical Reconstruction
Capitalism
Geographical factors that accounted for emergence of Byzantium as a powerful trading empire
The counter - Reformation
President Johnson
10. 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.
Great Awakening
San Francisco to Lake Tahoe Geographical Features
Egypt
Maidu
11. A man - made channel constructed to convey water from one location to another
Richmond
Marbury vs Madison - 1803
Secession
Aqueduct
12. Ruled that african americans could never become citizens - in slavery or not.
Hupa
Lyndon Johnson's Great Society
Dred Scott vs Sanford - 1857
Concurrent Powers
13. A division of government powers between a strong central government and the state governments
Western Industrial Base
Maidu
Federalism
Islam
14. Franklin Roosevelt initiated The New Deal
Boston Massacre
Tories
1932 - 1938
Hamilton's Financial Plan Parties
15. Soviets invade Afghanistan
1979
Gettysburg
Federalism practiced in early Republic
Direct result of the contested presidentelection of 1876
16. 1940 - 1950
The code of chivalry in European Knights
Bills Passed During Reconstruction
Greatest increase in migratio to CA
Stamp Act
17. The New Nation - Alexander Hamilton was part of this era
Recall
Lake Shasta - Lake Arrowhead
1787 - 1823
Cotton
18. Gain permanent access to the Mediterranean Sea
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19. Greatest contribution from ancient Greece to Western Civilization
France - Britain
Democracy
American Revolution Chronological Order
Great Depression Began
20. Land ownership and wealth were prerequisites to direct involvement in the government
Europe referred to as Christendom during Middle Ages
Carpetbaggers
Three original state constitutions required
Emergence of National Parties in US
21. Adding amendments to the CA constitution to protect workers rights - passage of initiative - referendum - and recall - establishing a railroad commision
California's Mission System
Pueblos
Hiram Johnson as governor of CA - progessive movement failed to ahceive these reforms
(1991-1992) Souter and Thomas
22. Written into the Constitution - this concept is one of the cornerstones of our republic - encompassing three branches of governement and a system for them to act as watchdogs for the others
Emergence of National Parties in US
1991
Check and Balances
Economics
23. A decision made by the Constitutional Congress splitting Congress into two houses - one based on population (House of Rep) and the other based on equal representations (Senate)
1776 - 1781
John Adams
Great Compromise
Europe referred to as Christendom during Middle Ages
24. Explored Florida in 1513 - claimed area for spain
Initiative
Ponce de Leon
Russia's desire to expand in the direction of the Ottoman Empire
Significant major development in American Revolution
25. Deer in Noorthern CA - plentfiu. venison and deerskin for clothing. Shamans played a key role - had healing ability from tamakomi - 'medicine or power. Half of shamans were women.
The Draft
Scalawags
1979 - 1981
Achumawi
26. Golden Poppy
CA state flower
Constitutional Convention Major Issue
Egypt
Andrew Jackson
27. Caused a wave of immigration into California in the 1930's
Silicon Valley
Dust Bowl
Center region of US (minus texas)
Hydraulic Mining
28. The American Revolution was fought to obtain independence
The Jamestown Colony
1776 - 1781
Thomas Jefferson
Parliment Repealed the Act
29. Emphasizes mindfulness of an orderly society
Buddhism
Ceremonial Centers in Mesoamerican Cultures
Plessy vs Ferguson - 1896
Hamilton's Financial Plan
30. Political instability and use of mercenary armies undermined the security of the empire
Parliment Repealed the Act
Preamble
Rancho System
The code of chivalry in European Knights
31. Coasts (trading - transportation - Presidio military protection); Mountains: Smaller Valleys: Vast Lands (huge cattle ranches large game in over 1/2 state); Many streams and Rivers (fish were abundent - fertile for crops)
Emancipation Proclamation
California Geographic Features
The Plymouth Colony
Olmec
32. The Tianament Square pro - democracy movement in China occurred in
France - Britain
Influence of Islamic scholarship development of European civilization during the middle ages
1989
Sharecroppers
33. (1773) - The Tea Act - passed by Parliament in May of 1773 - would launch the final spark to the revolutionary movement in Boston. The act was not intended to raise revenue in the American colonies - and in fact imposed no new taxes. It was designed
Advances in transportation and communication
CA Indians prior to European contact
Carpetbaggers
Tea Act
34. Animal that became synonymous with the fur trade in the first half of the 19th century
Beaver
Copernicus
True of Andrew Johnson's presidency during reconstruction
Tan Dynasty
35. Peasants who work on land in a feudal system
Caucus (political system)
Serf
Central Valley Project (CVP)
1990
36. Created Judicial Review - ability to reivew a law for viloations
Battle of Gettysburg
Jacksonian Democracy
Marbury vs Madison - 1803
Central Indian culture
37. Mining - cattle - and grain. Farmers and ranchers settled the Great Plains
Transcontinental Railroad
Initiative
Western Industrial Base
Dust Bowl Regugees of 1930's
38. First European explorer to circumnavigate the globe
Nullification
Hamilton - Jay and Madison
Ferdinand Magellan
Manifest Destiny
39. Attracted the largest number of Chinese immigrants to US after gold rush
1990
Work on the Transcontinental Railroad
Founded as a result of religious persecution
Agriculture
40. Both have executive - judicial and legislative branch
Aids to settlement of the West
Puritan
Mayflower Compact
United States and CA governments similar
41. Practiced primarily in India and very little in China
Hinduism
Initiative
Bowl and Basket Weaving
California's Mission System
42. More experienced officer corps
Emergence of National Parties in US
Tubatulabl
Labor Board vs J&L Steel Corporations - 1937
Confederate Advantage
43. Trade gap widened. Japan and Germany surpassed the U.S. in automobiles and airlines
Carpetbaggers
Pueblos
The Legal code of france
The federal deficit escalated dramatically in the 1980s and threatened the economic stability of the U.S. What 2 things contributed to this?
44. Forts build by the Spanish to offer protection to california's missionaries and settlers during periods of violent revolt by native workers
Presidio
Aided in Industrial Growth of America
Hunter/Gatherer Societies
Chinese Confucian Morality
45. King - Baron - Bishop - Lord - Peasant
Factors that led to American Revolution
Pilgrims
Feudalism - Europe Middle Ages Hiearchial Structure
Xia
46. 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
Owens Valley Paiute
Central Valley Project (CVP)
European Society under feudalism
Elastic Clause of the Constitution
47. Primary economic activity in Arabia
Thomas Jefferson
Major Popluation Groups
Agriculture
Main immigrants to US from 1840 - 1880
48. Led an armed uprising of 1 -200 farmers
Executive Branch
Gettysburg
Daniel Shays
Yokuts
49. States that the people have the power to establish and change rules
Defeat of Cornwallis of Yorktown
Marbury vs Madison - 1803
Preamble
Capitalism
50. Theocracy - a governemtn by ecclesiastical authorities - civil authority residing with clergy.
Reganomics
Northwest Ordinance
Puritan New England
(1991-1992) Souter and Thomas