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CSET Multiple Subjects: History And Social Science Vocab

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1. A religious group who had broken away from the Church of England - first relocating to Holland to escape persecution - then setting sail in the fall of 1620 to become the first settlers to arrive in Massachusetts






2. Massive federal budget cuts - welfare reduced - personal and corporate taxes reduced - tax plan was characterized as 'trickle - down' economics






3. A statute or amendment that has passed the state legislature - which is then placed the proposed law on the ballot for approval by the electorate - allows the California electorate to rescind legislatin that has already become law






4. An informal meeting of party leaders who decide which candidates they will support






5. Peasants who work on land in a feudal system






6. Farming and Commerce






7. Used tar to waterproof their canoes






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






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






10. Practiced primarily in India and very little in China






11. Annual floods - enriched lands for farming and cattle - timber and iron ore deposits - capital on major trade routes - riches from gold and emerald mines






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






13. A federal water project undertaken by the Bureau of Reclamation in 1935 as a long - term plan to effectively use water in California's central valley






14. Barbed wire






15. A process that gives individual citizens - or groups of citizens - the power to place a proposed law on the ballot






16. WPA Central Valley Project irrigated large portions of the central valley at expense of wetlands to the north - US government response to which event






17. Gain permanent access to the Mediterranean Sea

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18. Law of supply and demand






19. Growth of monopolies - unequal distribution of income - and overspeculation in the stock market






20. A land allotment system defined by a few large landowners and many landless workers






21. (1773) A group of colonists - led by Samuel Adams - Paul Revere - and others - disguised themselves as Native Americans - boarded English ships on the night of Dec. 16 - 1773 - and threw the tea into the harbor






22. To link the demands of women to the greivance of the Revolutionary generation






23. Leader of the movement towards Independence - very outspoken






24. To sail completely around the earth






25. An initial rule in the constituion stating that in state population counts - each slave would count for three - fifths of one person






26. Sherman Anti - Trust Act (1890) - Clayton Anti - Trust Act (1914). The National Labor Relations Act (1935) - collective bargaining rights for employees.






27. Approved racial segregation - seperate but equal






28. 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






29. Like the English Parliment - the new state legislatures were...






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






31. Greatest Real Estate Purchase in U.S. history (1803)






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






33. Greatest contribution from ancient Greece to Western Civilization






34. Noriega was removed from Panama through the use of U.S. force in






35. (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






36. Hinduism strongly influenced ancient indian civilation through






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






38. Some of most popular tribes in CA - villags along the souther coast - sustained by sea life - as many as two thousand redisents each. Tribes are Kumeyaay (Diegueno) - Cahuilla - Tongva - (Gabrielino) and Chumash






39. Yellow river






40. Japanese feudal lord






41. To maintain self - sufficient agricultural economy that produced a food surplus






42. Voyage of exploration commanded by John Cabot - Jacques Cartier - and Henry Hudson






43. Most common religion of Arabian civilization






44. Tigres - Euphrates Valley - Fertile Crescent - and Nile Vallyez






45. A religious revival in the colonies during the first part of the 18th century






46. Prior to Jim Crow Laws - prior to reconstruction






47. American Indians agriculture and medical wisdonm






48. 1876 Election






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






50. Stamp - Declatory - Townshend - Boston Massacre