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CSET Multiple Subjects: History And Social Science Vocab

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1. 1) Energy Crisis 2) Israel and Egypt signed historic peace treaty - but key problems were left unsolved. 3) Need for alternate sources of energy 4) Detente with Russia suffered serious setbacks 5) Inflation


2. The worship of only one god






3. I provided for a strong central government and federal taxation






4. Natural lake that has been threatened by the water needs of L.A.






5. 1778 - Brought needed men - equipment and money to American cause






6. The law the Bostonians protested when soldiers fired on the mobs in the Boston Massacre






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






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






9. Manpower - firepower - economic resources






10. One of China's greatest dynasties






11. Great advances in the field of metal making






12. Isolating the South






13. Nathanial Bacon lead this colony in a rebellion against the colonial government protesting the Government's Indian policy






14. To provide a greater voice in determining national politics






15. Economic and social units of life in early Middle Ages






16. Help turned the tide so that Lincoln was able to win a second term in 1864






17. Capitol of the North






18. Impeached for opposing Radical Reconstruction






19. Annual migration - in spring gathered budding plans and small game. Harvested dried pipening cactus fruites for winter storage. Moved to higher elevations in August - harvested acorns and pinon nuts before returning to winter villages.






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






21. That self - given right of seven states to the lower South to leave the Union is they so desired






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






23. Unionization of migrant farm workers






24. 1781 - This defeat brought victory to the colonies






25. Communcation and Transportation






26. Criminal supsects must be informed of their miranda rights






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






28. This ideology encouraged U.S. expansion to the Pacific






29. Caused a wave of immigration into California in the 1930's






30. A revival of learning based on classical sources - development of highly realistic linear perspective in art - discarding of the Aristolean 'final cause' in favor of scientific method






31. Meant that the union controlled the entire Mississippi River






32. (1775) - Paul Revere - 'British are coming...' - 'Shots heard around the world'. The Revolution had begun






33. The 1820 legislation that tried to resolve the conflicts reaised by the addition of new territories as either slave or non - slave owning areas






34. Federalist - Democratic - Whig - Republican






35. Political instability and use of mercenary armies undermined the security of the empire






36. Feared a strong central government






37. Gold over land assets as currency






38. Prior to Jim Crow Laws - prior to reconstruction






39. Barbed wire






40. (1770) British troops fire on crowd of Bostonians






41. The New Nation - Alexander Hamilton was part of this era






42. Northerners who went South to assist in Reconstruction






43. The equivilent of a knight in the feudal system






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






45. Vetoed numerous Radical Republican congressional acts


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






47. Led by a headman or timiwal. Appointed by council and served for life. Primary counselor - arbritator. Diet of acorns - six differenct species of oaks and pinon nuts. Gathereed from eastern slopes of Sierra Nevada. Small seeds and berries were gather






48. President Nixon established better realations with these countries






49. Presidential plan emphasized tolerance for the defeated South (congress won with radical plan)






50. First European explorer to circumnavigate the globe