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CSET Multiple Subjects: History And Social Science Vocab
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1. Turning point of the war
Federalism
Gasoline - Tobacco - Medicare
Battle of Gettysburg
Presidio
2. Land ownership and wealth were prerequisites to direct involvement in the government
Three original state constitutions required
Work on the Transcontinental Railroad
Dust Bowl Regugees of 1930's
Boycotting Britsh Goods
3. Reagan's appointments to the Supreme Court
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4. Local governments are sovereign in matters of local concern
Recall
Federalism practiced in early Republic
The federal deficit escalated dramatically in the 1980s and threatened the economic stability of the U.S. What 2 things contributed to this?
Beaver
5. Meant that the union controlled the entire Mississippi River
Bear Flag Revolt
Legislative Branch
Vicksburg Battle
Laws Dealing with Industrialization
6. 1820 Limited the spread of slavery
Fief
The Missouri Compromise
The French Alliance
US Constitution differed from Articles of Confederation
7. Protect sovereignty of the states
Articles of Confederation Dates
The Gentleman's Agreement - 1907
CA state bird
Articles of confederation designed to
8. Defined the Northwest Territory and the way the US would be set up
Sugar Act of 1764
Townshend Act
Northwest Ordinance
An important development in CA society during Mexican rule 1821-1848
9. Coasts (trading - transportation - Presidio military protection); Mountains: Smaller Valleys: Vast Lands (huge cattle ranches large game in over 1/2 state); Many streams and Rivers (fish were abundent - fertile for crops)
Intolerable Acts
California Geographic Features
Thomas Jefferson
Chavin
10. Natural lake that has been threatened by the water needs of L.A.
Mycenaeans
Mono Lake
Lyndon Johnson's Great Society
Plessy vs Ferguson - 1896
11. First European explorer to reach Inida by sea
The counter - Reformation
Reserved Powers
Chavin
Vasco da Gama
12. 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
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13. Golden Trout
Olmec
CA state freshwater fish
Military Reconstruction Acts
Ponce de Leon
14. An economic system in which the state controls the means of production and distributes the profits
Communism
Hunter/Gatherer Societies
Immigration Reform Act 1965
Socialism
15. An informal meeting of party leaders who decide which candidates they will support
Circumnavigate
Caucus (political system)
The Mexican War
CA state bird
16. American Indians agriculture and medical wisdonm
Thomas Paine
Ignored by European Invaders
Emergence of National Parties in US
Circumnavigate
17. Ruled that african americans could never become citizens - in slavery or not.
Sale of indulgences
Industrial Revolution in England
1837
Dred Scott vs Sanford - 1857
18. First European explorer to reach coastal California (1542)
Atsugewi
Nullification
Juan Cabrillo
Federalism
19. Church became the preserver of civilization in both political and religious life
Amendment to the Constituion Requires
New England Colonies
Europe referred to as Christendom during Middle Ages
Scalawags
20. Law of supply and demand
House of Burgesses
Economics
Blockade Southern ports
Battle of Gettysburg
21. Supplemented their hunting with agrictulre. Grew corn - beans and pumpkins in fertile flood plains. Traded with many tribes - tribes include (Quechan (Yuma) Halchidhoma - Mohave.
Colorado River Indian Culture
Buddhism
Immigration Reform Act 1965
Amendment to the Constituion Requires
22. Earliest form of Capitalism
Babylonians
Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts)
Scientific Revolution in Pre - Modern Europe
Mercantilism
23. A branch of the system of checks and balances that interprets Congressional laws
Oil Diplomacy
California Constitution
Judicial Branch
Casues of Depression
24. The 1803 purchase made by President Thomas Jefferson that essentially doubled the United States territory
Dust Bowl Regugees of 1930's
Louisiana Purchase
Democracy
Sharecroppers
25. Peasants who work on land in a feudal system
Mosiac Law
Spain - France - England - Portugal - Netherlands
Serf
'We can do it' poster of a woman
26. Enlightenment concepts such as natural law and self - determination - dissolving allegiances to the British crown - clear listing of the colonies - reasons for rebellion
Significant major development in American Revolution
Principle of Dec. of Independence
Xia
Declaration of Sentiments and Resolution
27. Not a feature of ancient Inida
Fluid social structure
Vicksburg Battle
Chinese Confucian Morality
Hydraulic Mining
28. The need for a strong central government led to the framing of the constituion in what year
Copernicus
Stamp Act
Benjamin Franklin
1789
29. To link the demands of women to the greivance of the Revolutionary generation
Louisiana Purchase
Shasta
1979
Declaration of Sentiments and Resolution
30. First written language
Economic development of American west during 19th century
Massachusettes Bay
Central focus of lewis and clark expedition
Sumerians
31. European settlers to the New World in the 16th & 17th Century often failed to recognize the
Spain
Diversity of Native Americans
Hunter/Gatherer Societies
Articles of confederation designed to
32. Water distribution system that provides water to the Imperial Valley
Kush
The Colorado River
Blockade Southern ports
Reasons for American Revolution
33. Placed limitations on the Crown
Magna Carta
Relocation Camp
Popular Sovereignty
1991 - 1992
34. Created an oil embargo
Arab - Isreali War (1974)
Presidio
The counter - Reformation
American Revolution Chronological Order
35. Criminal supsects must be informed of their miranda rights
Scalawags
Miranda vs Arizona - 1966
Southern Colonies
House of Burgesses
36. Responsible for writing most of the Declaration of Independence
End of Reconstruction
Federalism
Thomas Jefferson
Declaration of Sentiments and Resolution
37. Years of the Civil War
Emergence of National Parties in US
1861 - 1865
Law of Supply and Demand
Buddhism
38. Freedom of religion - commercial considerations - overpopulation
Benjamin Franklin
Townshend Act
Ignored by European Invaders
Reasons for American Revolution
39. Central coast throughout Sacramento and San Joaquin Valley - mild climate and plants and animals abundant. Tribal dress and housing relfected climate. Best basket skills of all - tribes include Yokuts - Miwodk - Maidu - and Pomo.
McCullough vs Maryland - 1819
Central Indian culture
Bicarmeral
Northwest Ordinance
40. Patriot victory at Battle of Saratoge (1777) prompted by France to sign a treaty with American leaders
Aircraft industry/WWII
Reason for Civil War
Caste
Significant major development in American Revolution
41. Three fourths of white population was middle class - more social equality than in England - hired farmhands and indentured servants were in lower class - lawyers and merchants were upper class.
Economic development of American west during 19th century
Features of ancient India
18th Century
1990
42. 1325 AD - 1521 AD
Greatest increase in migratio to CA
1776 - 1781
Tea Act
Aztec
43. Tobacco - cotton and slavery
The Rise of the New West created...
Ronald Reagan
End of Reconstruction
Southern Colonies
44. The power to regulate interstate navigation was reserved to congress and trumps the power of the state
Gibbons vs Ogden - 1824
300 Billion Dollars
Ponce de Leon
Mosiac Law
45. Georgia
No founded as a result of religious persecution
Great Compromise
Nullification
Scientific Revolution in Pre - Modern Europe
46. George Mason in objections to the constituion represented which group
Confederate Advantage
Hinduism
Federalism
Democratic - Republicans
47. France viewed the revolution as a means to gain territory at the expense of Britain - France wanted to limit the economic growth of England - France and England were already at war on the European continent
Democratic - Republican Party
Why French aidid the English during American Revolution
26th Amendment
India
48. Coast Range - Central Valley - Sierra Nevada
3500 - 3000 BC
Direct result of the contested presidentelection of 1876
Laws Dealing with Industrialization
San Francisco to Lake Tahoe Geographical Features
49. General who led the Union Army to victory in the Civil War
Ulysses S. Grant
Mosiac Law
Parliment Repealed the Act
Discover westward route to Asia
50. First European explorer to circumnavigate the globe
Ferdinand Magellan
The Great Awakening
France
Gideon vs Wainwright - 1963