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CSET Multiple Subjects: History And Social Science Vocab

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1. Union used Naval force most effectively to






2. Impeached for opposing Radical Reconstruction






3. Required colonies to provide quarters and supplies for Royal troops






4. Manmade lakes






5. The trade - union movement - government protection of management through the use of court injunctions - the growth of suburbs - the dehumanizing aspects of technological innovations






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






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






8. Lack of resistance to European disease disseminated the populations






9. Admistration supported massive build up of the defense program






10. The Tianament Square pro - democracy movement in China occurred in






11. Best known as CA basketmakers - twined and coilded ware in many shapes. Otlined with brightly colored feathers - plumes - beads - and shells.






12. Ended Feb 2 - 1848 with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo






13. Wrote the Federalist Papers






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






15. Iranian Hostage Situation Years






16. General who commanded the Confederate Army during the Civil War






17. The Savings and Loan bankruptcies resulted in massive federal intervention to cover






18. Church became the preserver of civilization in both political and religious life






19. Forts build by the Spanish to offer protection to california's missionaries and settlers during periods of violent revolt by native workers






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






21. Initial control of Mississippi River - Louisiana Territory - Great Lakes - Canada






22. Economic sanctions were lifted against South Africa when it shifted away from apartheid in






23. 1781 - This defeat brought victory to the colonies






24. A minor but influential political party int he pre - Civil War period that opposed the extention of slavery into the western territories






25. 1) Government programs to provide jobs for the unemployed 2) Broadened the scope of the federal government's activities. 3) Permanently expanded the role of the presidency






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






27. States that the people have the power to establish and change rules






28. CA had greatest concentration of Indians in N. America






29. Redwood






30. New methods of production (assembly line - mass production); inventions; Expanding markets at home and abroad; Development of steel - mining - electrical - petrolium - textile and food processing industries






31. President Lincoln realized the war would be long and hard






32. CA land boom (1880's) - gold rush (1850) - the great depression (1930's)






33. (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






34. Practiced primarily in India and very little in China






35. The French threatened not only the British Empire - but the American colonists for holding the Mississippi Valley - Franch could...






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






37. The Roman Empire






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






39. Kushite Religion - Egyptian Religion






40. Catholic churches influenced development in medieval Europe






41. Reaction of the English Government to the colonial protest against the stamp act






42. Protect sovereignty of the states






43. Communcation and Transportation






44. A branch of the system of checks and balances that interprets Congressional laws






45. The United States obtained posession of this region in an 1846 treaty with Great Britian






46. A 1907 treaty with Japan that allowed wives to joing their husbands in the U.S. on the condition that the Japanese government deny exit visas to any men wishing to emigrate to the United States

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47. 1778 - Brought needed men - equipment and money to American cause






48. Farming and Commerce






49. Federal troops were withdrawn from the South - ending Reconstruction






50. California's two major mountain ranges are the Coast Ranges and...