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CSET Multiple Subjects: History And Social Science Vocab

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1. Mississipppi River






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






3. AD 250 - 900






4. Founding of the Society of Jesus - revival of the inquisition - estblishment of the Index of Prohibited Book - Adherence to the Council of Trent






5. 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






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






7. In Medieval Europe - the legalization and imperialization of the Christian Faith forever changed the form and function of Christianity by whom






8. Suprmeme court outlawed racial segragation - overrulled seperate but equal.






9. Europeans and Africans






10. A statute or amendment that has passed the state legislature - which is then placed the proposed law on the ballot for approval by the electorate - allows the California electorate to rescind legislatin that has already become law






11. Olmec - Mayan - Toltec - Aztec






12. General who led the Union Army to victory in the Civil War






13. Peasants who work on land in a feudal system






14. Enlightenment concepts such as natural law and self - determination - dissolving allegiances to the British crown - clear listing of the colonies - reasons for rebellion






15. Power to veto specific sections of a spending bill






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






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






18. Absolutism

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19. Communcation and Transportation






20. They replaced the Japanese as low- paid agricultural workers






21. California's two major mountain ranges are the Coast Ranges and...






22. King - Baron - Bishop - Lord - Peasant






23. Redwood






24. Impeached for opposing Radical Reconstruction






25. 1837 Added potential slave territory to the United States






26. Created an oil embargo






27. 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






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






29. The United States obtained posession of this region in an 1846 treaty with Great Britian






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






31. Galileo






32. Turning point of the war






33. Oregon annexed to the United States






34. (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






35. The trade - union movement - government protection of management through the use of court injunctions - the growth of suburbs - the dehumanizing aspects of technological innovations






36. Explored area that was to become the southwest of US (1540)






37. Interment camps that held people of Japanese descent durin World War II






38. Portion of the triangular trade route used in the Atlantic slave trade






39. Defined the Northwest Territory and the way the US would be set up






40. One of China's greatest dynasties






41. Most closely associated with the development of a theocracy in America






42. Lack of resistance to European disease disseminated the populations






43. Land ownership and wealth were prerequisites to direct involvement in the government






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






45. No taxation without representation






46. Solved the problem of isolation in California 1969






47. Local governments are sovereign in matters of local concern






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






49. The first known written legal code - developed in ancient Babylong - predated the justinian Code by about 2000 years






50. Reagan's appointments to the Supreme Court

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