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CSET Multiple Subjects: History And Social Science Vocab

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1. A concept espoused by southerners following the Missouri Compromise that would have given southern states the right to refuse to obey laws that they did not agree with






2. (1774) Britain attempts to gain control of the colonies in response to Boston Tea Party by closing the Boston Harbor - enforcing quartering - closing town meetings and trying British citizens in Britain






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






4. The south asked these two countries for help during the Civil War






5. Growth of monopolies - unequal distribution of income - and overspeculation in the stock market






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






7. A polytheistic society located in Central America that made great advances in science and mathematics - but collapsed due to unknown causes






8. Civil Rights Bills Passed 14th & 15th Amendment






9. Federalist - Democratic - Whig - Republican






10. Aztecs are from this period in Mesoamerican History






11. ...his troops were trapped by Grant's Army






12. Social rank on basis of wealth. Retained privledges passing fortunes to next generations. Salmon and acorn diet. Rituals like White Deerskins and Jumping Dances. Dance done to ward off disease and famin. Recite long narratives and display wealthy obj






13. First European explorer to circumnavigate the globe






14. (1773) - The Tea Act - passed by Parliament in May of 1773 - would launch the final spark to the revolutionary movement in Boston. The act was not intended to raise revenue in the American colonies - and in fact imposed no new taxes. It was designed






15. Spanish exploreres that sought the riches of Central and South America - establishing colonies along the way






16. Powers assigned the National Government






17. Explored Florida in 1513 - claimed area for spain






18. Residents of the rancho system in California just before the Mexican - American War - mainly comprised of Mexican citizen who idetified more as Californios than Mesicans






19. The start and end of the Age of Discovery






20. Franklin Roosevelt initiated The New Deal






21. Declared National Labor Relations (Wagner Act) was constitutional. Greatly increased congress power under Commerce Clause.






22. First declaration of self - government in the new world






23. 1200-400BC






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






25. Largest desert in Calfornia






26. A land allotment system defined by a few large landowners and many landless workers






27. Georgia






28. Enviornmentally destructive mining process in the Gold Rush and wound down in 1853






29. Religions established in China as a result of the cross - cultural contact associated with the Silk Road






30. 1848 - Was criticized as a proslavery - expansionist war






31. An economic system in which the state controls the means of production and distributes the profits






32. Extends socialistic redistribution of wealth by the state to include government control in social and political areans as well






33. Strength of foreign policy during the early national period






34. Koran






35. An informal meeting of party leaders who decide which candidates they will support






36. A process that gives individual citizens - or groups of citizens - the power to place a proposed law on the ballot






37. A system of government consisting of self - regluating regions (states) united by a central (federal) government






38. Constantinople controlled both the Mediterranan Sea and the Black Sea trade routes






39. Solved the problem of isolation in California 1969






40. Primary economic activity in Arabia






41. Kushite Religion - Egyptian Religion






42. The need for a strong central government led to the framing of the constituion in what year






43. Supplemented their hunting with agrictulre. Grew corn - beans and pumpkins in fertile flood plains. Traded with many tribes - tribes include (Quechan (Yuma) Halchidhoma - Mohave.






44. Years of the Civil War






45. Created Judicial Review - ability to reivew a law for viloations






46. Fished on canoe shaped rafts - relied heavily on salmon and acorns. Haproons and dragnets to fish. Groves of lvalley oaks - great amounts of acorns for thick suop. San Joaquin Valley - wetlands - birds - duck - geese - elk - antelope.






47. California 1821 - 1846 dominant institutions were






48. Gave 18 year olds the right to vote






49. Gave people the right to stand up to Government






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