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CSET Multiple Subjects: History And Social Science Vocab
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1. (1765) The first direct tax to be levied on the American colonies - it required that all newspapers - pamphlets - legal documents - commercial bills - advertisements - and other papers issued in the colonies bear a stamp. The act was denounced in the
Circumnavigate
Ceremonial Centers in Mesoamerican Cultures
Stamp Act
Aircraft industry/WWII
2. President Lincoln's first priority after the Civil War to reconcile the warring sides and rebuild areas affected by the war
Reconstruction
European Society under feudalism
Justinian Code
Owens Valley Paiute
3. A philosophy - along with election rules - that was designed to deny blacks the right to vote after reconstruction ended
Seperate but Equal
Hellenistic age
Reserved Powers
Confederate Advantage
4. California to Alaska - dense woodlands of redwoods. Great rainfall - social status dertmined by objects - Rich men led - tribes include Yurok - Hupa and Shasta
Taoism
Northwestern Indian Culture
John Locke's assumption of natural laws contrasted
Angel Island
5. Reagan's appointments to the Supreme Court
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6. A result of the presidential election of 1876
France - Britain
New York Times co. vs Sullivan - 1964
End of Reconstruction
Federalist Papers
7. Koran
George McClellan
Ronald Reagan
Religious book of Islam
Manifest Destiny
8. Both have executive - judicial and legislative branch
Federalism
Casues of Depression
Feudalism in the early Middle Ages
United States and CA governments similar
9. In 1829 inaugural address - he set a policy to relocate Eastern Indians
Andrew Jackson
Central Valley Project (CVP)
Phoenicians
Federalist Papers
10. Establishment of a colony to create a Bible commonwealth
Californios
Massachusetts
Massachusettes Bay
1990
11. The basic economic principle stating that is suppply is greater than demand - the value of the product is lower - if demand is greater than supply - the value is higher
Setback at the end of Reconstruction
Law of Supply and Demand
18th Century
California Geographic Features
12. Used tar to waterproof their canoes
Ponce de Leon
Influenced by christianity
Tongva (Gabrielino)
Chumash
13. First European explorer to reach coastal California (1542)
1861 - 1865
Juan Cabrillo
Yokuts
Mexican American War
14. Not a feature of ancient Inida
Fluid social structure
1932 - 1938
United States and CA governments similar
Northwestern Indian Culture
15. Federal Government response to the Great Depression - overwhelming unemployment and need for public works. Many dams and large sclae projects - Central Valley Project - Shasta Dam (second largest dam in the US - after Hoover dam - also WPA project)
Factors that led to American Revolution
Three original state constitutions required
WPA (Works Projects Administration)
Sierra Nevada
16. 1778 - Brought needed men - equipment and money to American cause
American Revolution Chronological Order
Fundamental concept of Magna Carta in American law
The French Alliance
Cahuilla
17. Wrote the Federalist Papers
Sherman Antitrust Act 1890
British Army marches on Concord and Lexington
Hamilton - Jay and Madison
Dust Bowl
18. Maryland - Rhode Island - Pennsylvania
The Mexican War
Economics
Founded as a result of religious persecution
Northwest Ordinance
19. Texas annexed to the United States
Octopus
1837
Islam
17th Amendment
20. Gave people the right to stand up to Government
Middle Colonies
2nd & 3rd Amendment
Judicial Branch
Union Advantage
21. Sounded the Death knell of feudalism
Diversity of Native Americans
The Draft
Money - Econcomy
The Great Depression
22. CA had greatest concentration of Indians in N. America
Puritan New England
Dust Bowl Regugees of 1930's
CA Indians prior to European contact
Governor of CA has this right - but President of US does not
23. Chinese philosophical system that emphasizes living in balance with the natural world - everything has its place yin and yang
Taoism
17th Amendment
Ronald Reagan
Northwest Ordinance
24. A social economic - and political system in which power is decentralized - and a varying number of lords hold land on which they allow others to live and work in return for loyalty and service
Cahuilla
Taoism
Gideon vs Wainwright - 1963
Feudalism
25. Strong manufacturing base
Union Advantage
Delegated Powers
Relocation Camp
Daniel Shays
26. In 1763 a royal proclomation reserved all Western territory between Alleghencies - the Florida's and the Mississippi - and Quebec to be used by the
Indians
Spain - France - England - Portugal - Netherlands
Sugar Plantations in the West Indies
Forty - niners
27. The power to regulate interstate navigation was reserved to congress and trumps the power of the state
American civilizations in chronological order
Transcontinental Railroad
Gibbons vs Ogden - 1824
Octopus
28. Forbade import of rum - duty on molasses - wines - silks - coffee and number of luxury items
Sugar Act of 1764
The Steam Engine
Benjamin Franklin
Change of date of presidential primaries from March to February in CA
29. The 1803 purchase made by President Thomas Jefferson that essentially doubled the United States territory
Polytheistic
Arab - Isreali War (1974)
Tubatulabl
Louisiana Purchase
30. Political party that wanted close ties with England
1989
The Draft
House of Burgesses
Tories
31. Greatest contribution from ancient Greece to Western Civilization
Democracy
Constitutional Convention Major Issue
Main immigrants to US from 1840 - 1880
Democratic - Republicans
32. Leadership - territory
California's Mission System
No taxation without representation
Civil war - South Power
Sherman Antitrust Act 1890
33. 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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34. Ancient Civiliation that Confucianism originated
Influenced by christianity
China
Massachusettes Bay
Nile Valley (3000 BC)
35. Europeans and Africans
Union Advantage
Maidu
Cotton
Major Popluation Groups
36. Federalist - Democratic - Whig - Republican
Land Commission
France - Britain
Dust Bowl Regugees of 1930's
Emergence of National Parties in US
37. Farthest north the confederates were able to get - called the 'High water mark of confederacy'
Washington
Gettysburg
Postclassic period (800 AD)
California Geographic Features
38. No formal countries - but the fiefdom held economic and political power
New York Times co. vs Sullivan - 1964
Agriculture
Protect sovereignty of the states
Feudalism in the early Middle Ages
39. Farming and Commerce
Chandragupta Maurya
The Qin Dynasty
The Draft
Middle Colonies
40. Colonial Armies were underequipped - widespread opposition to fixed military terms
Los Angeles in 1960-2000 became the new 'Ellis Island'
End of Reconstruction
Hindered Military Effectiveness
Lake Shasta - Lake Arrowhead
41. Influence of ancient Rome on later development of European civilization
Nullification
Democratic - Republican Party
Mayflower Compact
The Legal code of france
42. River Valleys where there was an abudance of fertile soil and fresh water
Tea Act
GEOGRAPHICAL SETTINGS OF THE FIRST CIVILIZATIONS OF ASIA AND AFRICA
Nile Valley (3000 BC)
Intolerable Acts
43. A branch of the system of checks and balances that sees that the country's laws are executed
Major Popluation Groups
Recall
Executive Branch
Pomo
44. Desolate areas - scare food - hunting small game and seeds and roots. Thinly settled - tribues include Achumawi and Atsugewi.
3500 - 3000 BC
San Francisco to Lake Tahoe Geographical Features
Northeastern Indian Culture
Indians
45. 1848 - California - parts of the southwest were gained
France
Mexican American War
Babylonians
Democracy
46. Guaranteed black americans the righ to vote
New England Colonies
The Missouri Compromise
John Adams
15th Amendment
47. One of China's greatest dynasties
Sherman Antitrust Act 1890
Tan Dynasty
Serf
Contributed to dramatic population increase in CA
48. Basis of government by the consent of the governed
Fundamental concept of Magna Carta in American law
Polytheistic
Fostered Expansion of Industry
The Mayflower Compact
49. Northerners who went South to assist in Reconstruction
Judicial Branch
Los Angeles in 1960-2000 became the new 'Ellis Island'
Carpetbaggers
Religious book of Islam
50. 12 Year term for Supreme Court justices - greater details - greater degree of voter control - in both Houses - representation is based on districts that are determined by size of population - senators serve four year terms
California Constitution
Miranda vs Arizona - 1966
Shogun
Xia