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CSET Multiple Subjects: History And Social Science Vocab
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1. Solved the problem of isolation in California 1969
Transcontinental Railroad
The French Indian War
Kush
The Rise of the New West created...
2. Galileo
Chickamauga
Scientist that supported heliocentric (sun centered) theory of solar system
Northwest Ordinance
Latino political power grew largely in 1990
3. The Homestead Act of 1862 led to a displacement of this group
Economic system facilitates Darwinism
Townshend Acts
True of Andrew Johnson's presidency during reconstruction
Amerindians
4. Freedom of religion - commercial considerations - overpopulation
300 Billion Dollars
Sugar Plantations in the West Indies
Aztec
Reasons for American Revolution
5. 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)
'We can do it' poster of a woman
Great Compromise
Fief
McCullough vs Maryland - 1819
6. Eastern European Communism collapsed - Hussein invaded Kuwait
Emergence of Universities
26th Amendment
Primary reason for dramatic Mexican population increase in CA
1990
7. Greatest contribution of ancient Hebrew civilation to modern western civilation
Northwest Ordinance
Mosiac Law
Preamble
Diversity of Native Americans
8. Bush raised taxes on these items in 1990 to decrease the decifit
Gasoline - Tobacco - Medicare
Pardon of Nixon
Great Britain
Californios
9. High value or hard work. Trout and fish gathered with nests in rivers and lakes. Rabbits hunted in groups. Larger game by individuals - trned over kill to village for general use. Sixth days set for rest - Big annual celebration autumnal pakapi or 'b
Inca
Richmond
Features of ancient India
Atsugewi
10. Admistration supported massive build up of the defense program
Sharecroppers
Industry most damaged by spending cutbacks in 1970
Middle Passage
Ronald Reagan
11. Local governments are sovereign in matters of local concern
Major military strategy of North based on dividing the south
Gasoline - Tobacco - Medicare
Federalism practiced in early Republic
Articles of Confederation Dates
12. Towns based around California's missions and presidios - built around a church and a town square
Military Reconstruction Acts
Pueblos
Los Angeles in 1960-2000 became the new 'Ellis Island'
The Great Basin
13. Indus River played a central part in this civilizations history
Laws Dealing with Industrialization
Puritan
India
Vassal
14. California's 'Ellis Island' entry point for many European immigrants to US
Great Awakening
Maya
Angel Island
Hiram Johnson as governor of CA - progessive movement failed to ahceive these reforms
15. Fusion of Greek and Eastern cultures - increase in international trade and commerce - end of the Greek city - state system as a major political setting
Mercantilism
Major Popluation Groups
Confederate Advantage
Hellenistic age
16. Countries that competed for land
Spain - France - England - Portugal - Netherlands
Massachusetts
Cahuilla
Northeast industrial expansion before Civil War
17. Credited with first implementation of democracy into government (citizens held public meetings - pass law - choose officials) No slaves - women or foreigners
Paved Roads
Greeks
Not a feature of European society under feudalism
Sherman Antitrust Act 1890
18. Distinct social class - elite were wealthy individuals and headmen Marriage only in same class.
Copernicus
Tongva (Gabrielino)
Gentleman's Agreement
Union Advantage
19. WPA Central Valley Project irrigated large portions of the central valley at expense of wetlands to the north - US government response to which event
Sun
George McClellan
France
The Great Depression
20. Large quanitites of coal and iron - rapid increase in middle class - large supply of cheap labor
Paved Roads
Industrial Revolution in England
Fluid social structure
Arab - Isreali War (1974)
21. Economic sanctions were lifted against South Africa when it shifted away from apartheid in
Northwestern Indian Culture
1990
Philip IV
Polytheistic
22. 1781 - This defeat brought victory to the colonies
Puritan
Defeat of Cornwallis of Yorktown
Renaissance
American civilizations in chronological order
23. Strong manufacturing base
Union Advantage
1932 - 1938
Sale of indulgences
Owens Valley Paiute
24. Oregon annexed to the United States
1787 - 1823
Cahuilla
1846
Plato
25. Chinese philosophical system that emphasizes living in balance with the natural world - everything has its place yin and yang
Northwest Ordinance
Daniel Shays
Taoism
CA state tree
26. British acquired Florida as a result
Recall
Taoism
French Indian War Victory
Southern Colonies
27. 1848 - California - parts of the southwest were gained
Mexican American War
Hydraulic Mining
Scalawags
Renaissance
28. It ruined Gerald Ford's political future
Pardon of Nixon
Maya Indians
Military Reconstruction Acts
Fostered Expansion of Industry
29. The rise of the common man. War against the bank and tariff were key issues for the new democratic party; Jackson initiated the spoils system (political enemies are replaced by political friends); Jackson pursued nationalistic policies
Jacksonian Democracy
Socialism
Concurrent Powers
Center region of US (minus texas)
30. Capitol of the North
Aids to settlement of the West
War of 1812
Washington
CA state tree
31. An initial rule in the constituion stating that in state population counts - each slave would count for three - fifths of one person
Buddhism
Concurrent Powers
Three - Fifths Compromise
1979 - 1981
32. Texas annexed to the United States
1837
Boston Tea Party
Land Commission
Economic system facilitates Darwinism
33. Enlightenment concepts such as natural law and self - determination - dissolving allegiances to the British crown - clear listing of the colonies - reasons for rebellion
Check and Balances
The Draft
Principle of Dec. of Independence
Ten Percent Plan
34. Bush Supreme Court appointments
Louisiana Purchase
Atsugewi
Articles of Confederation Dates
(1991-1992) Souter and Thomas
35. Sherman Anti - Trust Act (1890) - Clayton Anti - Trust Act (1914). The National Labor Relations Act (1935) - collective bargaining rights for employees.
The Great Depression
Laws Dealing with Industrialization
Mosiac Law
Cahuilla
36. Unionization of migrant farm workers
Cesar Chavez - Political reforms in
Polytheistic
Recall
Ceremonial Centers in Mesoamerican Cultures
37. 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.
Civil war - South Power
(1991-1992) Souter and Thomas
New England Colonies
Achumawi
38. Washington D.C. shares this complaint
No taxation without representation
1837
Federalism practiced in early Republic
Watergate
39. Attempt to change base metals into gold
Alchemy
John Adams
Serf
Code of Hammurabi
40. Both a bureaucratically administered state
Egypt and Mesopatamia
The Mayflower Compact
Northeast section of the U.S. opposed to 1812 war
Lyndon Johnson's Great Society
41. Europes Renaissance - Age of Discovery - Copernican Revolution
Fostered Expansion of Industry
Scientific Revolution in Pre - Modern Europe
Comprised of Near East
Factors of the Economic Slowdowof 1988
42. Irrigation projects in the barren southern plains - agricultural advances - much food - allowed civilization to develop
Development of early Mesopotamia Civilizations
Richmond
1991
George Washington
43. The practice of state regulation and control of an economy
Mercantilism
Fall of rome
1990
Primary reason for dramatic Mexican population increase in CA
44. Isolating the South
Andrew Jackson
Union Strategy
Judicial Branch
Impact of Industrial Revolution on Europe
45. British colony founded by puritans seeking to create a new - pure church in the americas
Massachusetts
France
The Mexican War
The French Indian War
46. This ideology encouraged U.S. expansion to the Pacific
Ferdinand Magellan
US Constitution differed from Articles of Confederation
Manifest Destiny
Cesar Chavez - Political reforms in
47. Supplemented their hunting with agrictulre. Grew corn - beans and pumpkins in fertile flood plains. Traded with many tribes - tribes include (Quechan (Yuma) Halchidhoma - Mohave.
Influenced by christianity
True of Andrew Johnson's presidency during reconstruction
Founded as a result of religious persecution
Colorado River Indian Culture
48. California's two major mountain ranges are the Coast Ranges and...
California's Mission System
Sierra Nevada
Plessy vs Ferguson - 1896
Associated with the industrialization of the United States
49. Greatest contribution from ancient Greece to Western Civilization
Popular Sovereignty
Democracy
The Jamestown Colony
The federal deficit escalated dramatically in the 1980s and threatened the economic stability of the U.S. What 2 things contributed to this?
50. Defined the Northwest Territory and the way the US would be set up
Barter
Northwest Ordinance
Federalism
Main immigrants to US from 1840 - 1880