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CSET Multiple Subjects: History And Social Science Vocab

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






2. An informal system of the exchange of goods and services among individuals






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






4. Countries that competed for land






5. Basis of government by the consent of the governed






6. Consdiered to be the basis for the justice system in use throughout much of the Western world - including the United States






7. In Feudal Japan - the equivalent of a medieval Eupopean king






8. His leadership turned the tide of the battle






9. Bush raised taxes on these items in 1990 to decrease the decifit






10. Two thirds vote of Congress and then three fourths vote of the states to ratify






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






12. Wrote Common Sense






13. Impeached for opposing Radical Reconstruction






14. Soviet Union was desolved in






15. Scope and authority of Supreme Court - The Era of good feelings (political success of the Republican party) - The Monroe Doctrine - development of a new American culture






16. English Mercantile policy discouraged economic independence - Colonial concepts of political and economic freedom - Colonies used boycotts and other measures - Declaration of Independence stated the purposes for the Colonial break with England






17. Federalist Party - Strong central government ruled by manufacturing interests (Hamilton). Favored rich and wealthy - Antifederalist Party - limited federal power based on farming interests (Jefferson) believed in worth of the individual

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18. Strong manufacturing base






19. 1781 - This defeat brought victory to the colonies






20. Prior to Jim Crow Laws - prior to reconstruction






21. Individual state rights - slavery - cotton - and the election of Abraham Lincoln as president






22. Mesopotamian Civilization Period






23. 1940 - 1950






24. Influence of ancient Rome on later development of European civilization






25. Contributed to the growth of slavery






26. 1820 Limited the spread of slavery






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






28. Church became the preserver of civilization in both political and religious life






29. Settled by gentleman adventurers - landless and poor men who wanted to improve finances - in the original settlement - no women - first slaves were brought here from Africa - tobacco was first cultivated as a moneymaking crop by this settlement - fir






30. Common reason given for the development of Feudalism






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






32. Guaranteed black americans the righ to vote






33. 1915






34. Gold over land assets as currency






35. 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






36. Forbade import of rum - duty on molasses - wines - silks - coffee and number of luxury items






37. A series of Islands






38. They opposed the democrats belief in states' rights and instead favored a strong national government.






39. AD 1200 - 1533






40. A division of government powers between a strong central government and the state governments






41. Senators to be directly elected by the people






42. Greatest effect on the growing political - economic and social cohesion of the US during the last half of the 19th century






43. Transiton of hunting and gathering to agriculture in early Mespotamia






44. 1898 - Resulted in the ceding of Puerto Rico - Guam - and the Phillipines to the United States






45. Wilsons Fourteen Points - Failure of congress to ratify






46. State courts are required by the 6th and 14th amendments - right to speedy process - counsel






47. An 1845 phrase encapsulating the American version of the Western Expansion






48. Largest villages in CA - some 2000 people. Home of poles driven into the ground and arched in the center - with thatch of interwoven graases and ferns. Brilliant rock paintings - found in caves and on rocks in Southern CA - abstract and highly styliz






49. To link the demands of women to the greivance of the Revolutionary generation






50. Approved racial segregation - seperate but equal