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CSET Multiple Subjects: History And Social Science Vocab
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1. Two thirds vote of Congress and then three fourths vote of the states to ratify
Sale of indulgences
Amendment to the Constituion Requires
California Constitution
Monotheism
2. Contributed to the growth of slavery
Cotton
Slavery
GEOGRAPHICAL SETTINGS OF THE FIRST CIVILIZATIONS OF ASIA AND AFRICA
Northeastern Indian Culture
3. 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
Robert E. Lee surrendered because...
United States and CA governments similar
Egypt and Mesopatamia
Check and Balances
4. 1863 - This battle ended the souths chance of foreign recognition
Battle of Gettysburg
CA state freshwater fish
California Geographic Features
Great Depression Began
5. Known for first explorers (1000 BC) - traders - colonizers - first alphabet - dominated Mediteranean commerce - exported glass and purple dye
Tongva (Gabrielino)
Chumas
Northeastern Indian Culture
Phoenicians
6. A result of the presidential election of 1876
Seperate but Equal
Emergence of Universities
End of Reconstruction
Mesopotamiia
7. Decorated pottery and baskets - quiltwork and beadwork - and wood ritual masks
Bear Flag Revolt
Cherokee and Iroquois Art
Egypt and Mesopatamia
Setback at the end of Reconstruction
8. 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.
Mercantilism
17th Amendment
Maidu
Cotton
9. Growth of monopolies - unequal distribution of income - and overspeculation in the stock market
Casues of Depression
Great Awakening
John Locke's assumption of natural laws contrasted
Reconstruction of the South
10. Epics of Illiad and Odyssey come from
Greece
Fief
Hunter/Gatherer Societies
CA state tree
11. Caused a wave of immigration into California in the 1930's
Chumas
Dust Bowl
Pueblos
No taxation without representation
12. Little Napoleon - suffered several defeats - replaced - put back in command - and replaced again
Declaration of Sentiments and Resolution
George McClellan
Great Awakening
Townshend Acts
13. Development of new weaving and ironworking techniques - vast expansion and improvement in the roads and waterways - greatly increased prosperity and political power for middle class
Products of the Industrial Revolution
Code of Hammurabi
Pueblos
House of Burgesses
14. A term used to describe the Central Pacifics Railroad's monopoly for having an arm in practically every sector of California's commerce
Communism
Cherokee and Iroquois Art
Check and Balances
Octopus
15. Northern and Western Europe
Main immigrants to US from 1840 - 1880
Ten Percent Plan
Western Industrial Base
Ronald Reagan
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
Benjamin Franklin
Gasoline - Tobacco - Medicare
The Great Depression
Articles of Confederation Dates
17. Redwood
Shogun
Birth oF Civilization atributed to
Great Depression Began
CA state tree
18. Most common religion of Arabian civilization
Islam
Fief
Billeting Act of 1765
Hamilton's Financial Plan Parties
19. Golden Trout
Order of Acts
Labor Board vs J&L Steel Corporations - 1937
CA state freshwater fish
18th Century
20. First European explorer to circumnavigate the globe
Referendum
Ferdinand Magellan
Scientist that supported heliocentric (sun centered) theory of solar system
Article of Confederation Weaknesses
21. Galileo
Factors of the Economic Slowdowof 1988
Scientist that supported heliocentric (sun centered) theory of solar system
Boston Massacre
Elastic Clause of the Constitution
22. The practice of state regulation and control of an economy
Mercantilism
Scalawags
Stamp Act
Chinese Confucian Morality
23. River Valleys where there was an abudance of fertile soil and fresh water
GEOGRAPHICAL SETTINGS OF THE FIRST CIVILIZATIONS OF ASIA AND AFRICA
Lake Shasta - Lake Arrowhead
Tubatulabl
Mercantilism
24. Philosopher - inventor - politician who had great influence over many years
Benjamin Franklin
Three original state constitutions required
Chumash
Primary factor of collapse of Aztec and Inca Empires
25. Massive federal budget cuts - welfare reduced - personal and corporate taxes reduced - tax plan was characterized as 'trickle - down' economics
Reganomics
Search of a Sea route to Asia
Pomo
Communism
26. 1325 AD - 1521 AD
Aztec
John Adams
Vasco da Gama
Mercantilism
27. Political party that wanted close ties with England
Fundamental concept of Magna Carta in American law
Missouri Compromise
Tories
Spanish American War
28. The GDP dropped. Unemployment increased. The 'Big Three' automakers posted record losses. Bankruptcies increased. The Fed lowered interest rates in an attempt to stimulate the economy
Maidu
2nd & 3rd Amendment
Factors of the Economic Slowdowof 1988
1932 - 1938
29. Protect sovereignty of the states
Articles of confederation designed to
Latino political power grew largely in 1990
Judicial Branch
Chickamauga
30. Outlawed slavery in the Northwest Territory
Socialism
Northwest Ordinance
Cesar Chavez - Political reforms in
Egyptians
31. Catholic churches influenced development in medieval Europe
Dust Bowl
Three original state constitutions required
Manifest Destiny
Emergence of Universities
32. Practiced by European nations in an effort to assure properity by regulating and coordinting the production of goods - while protecting domestic economies from foreign competition.
Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts)
Bushido
Boston Tea Party
Mercantilism
33. The idea that political authority belongs to the people
Diversity of Native Americans
Popular Sovereignty
Communism
Primary purpose of the Mission System
34. The equivilent of a knight in the feudal system
Massachusetts
Angel Island
Hinduism
Vassal
35. Towns based around California's missions and presidios - built around a church and a town square
Pueblos
Sugar Plantations in the West Indies
Russia's desire to expand in the direction of the Ottoman Empire
Atsugewi
36. 'We hold these truths to be self - evident; that all men and women are created equal.....'
End of WWI
Dust Bowl
Democracy
Declaration of Sentiments - Seneca Falls
37. Stamp Act - Townshend Act - Boston Massacre - Tea Act - Boston Tea Party - Intolerable Acts - British March on Concord and Lexington
Economic development of American west during 19th century
American Revolution Chronological Order
1861 - 1865
GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS INDLUENCE ON INCA CIVILIZATIONS BETWEN 11TH AND 15TH CENTURIES
38. (1775) - Paul Revere - 'British are coming...' - 'Shots heard around the world'. The Revolution had begun
British Army marches on Concord and Lexington
Primary factor that allowed Missouri to become a slave state in 1821
Phoenicians
Atsugewi
39. Framers who were provided some land - housing and supplies by white landowners in return for giving landowners a portion of their crops
18th Century
Sharecroppers
Defeat of Cornwallis of Yorktown
Chumas
40. To provide a greater voice in determining national politics
Transcontinental Railroad
The Mexican War
Paved Roads
Change of date of presidential primaries from March to February in CA
41. Quail
CA state bird
1990
Contributed to dramatic population increase in CA
Union Strategy
42. In Medieval Europe - the legalization and imperialization of the Christian Faith forever changed the form and function of Christianity by whom
The Great Depression
New Frontier Pledge
Constantine
President Johnson
43. Central figure in the ancient Inca religion
Sun
Major military strategy of North based on dividing the south
Vasco da Gama
Cherokee and Iroquois Art
44. Portion of the triangular trade route used in the Atlantic slave trade
Antietam Battle
1989
Middle Passage
Mechanisms by which Islam has spread throughout history
45. 16th Century - Benefited most from slavery
Sugar Plantations in the West Indies
Postclassic period (800 AD)
Reconstruction of the South
Defeat of Cornwallis of Yorktown
46. The Roman Empire
CA Indians prior to European contact
Associated withe end of antiquity
Alchemy
1990
47. CA land boom (1880's) - gold rush (1850) - the great depression (1930's)
Fall of rome
United States and CA governments similar
Contributed to dramatic population increase in CA
Civil war - South Power
48. Bush raised taxes on these items in 1990 to decrease the decifit
Sale of indulgences
Significant major development in American Revolution
Federalism
Gasoline - Tobacco - Medicare
49. Nickname for the influx of people that arrived in California - staring in 1849 - in search of gold
Middle Colonies
Forty - niners
Ten Percent Plan
Juan Cabrillo
50. Natural lake that has been threatened by the water needs of L.A.
Chumash
Mono Lake
Economic development of American west during 19th century
Postclassic period (800 AD)
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