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CSET Multiple Subjects: History And Social Science Vocab
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1. 1898 - Resulted in the ceding of Puerto Rico - Guam - and the Phillipines to the United States
Spanish American War
Vassal
Boston Massacre
Major military strategy of North based on dividing the south
2. Influenced by Hinduism - underwent waves of invasion from Persia and Asia - divided into multiple regions
Hinduism
Renaissance
CA state freshwater fish
Features of ancient India
3. 1781 - This defeat brought victory to the colonies
Scalawags
Defeat of Cornwallis of Yorktown
Battle of Gettysburg
Chumash
4. To gain an accurate sense of the resources being exchanged in the Louisiana Purchase
Central focus of lewis and clark expedition
Ignored by European Invaders
Russia - China
Emancipation Proclamation
5. Portion of the triangular trade route used in the Atlantic slave trade
Ceremonial Centers in Mesoamerican Cultures
Middle Passage
Blockade Southern ports
Europe referred to as Christendom during Middle Ages
6. Earliest sophisticated culture of the Andean Highland civilization
Chavin
Popular Sovereignty
Federalism
Missouri Compromise
7. A division of society based on differences of wealth - inherited rank or privledge - profession - or occupation - not allowed to move from one caste to another
Renaissance
Gettysburg
Caste
Confederate Advantage
8. A brief attempt at the beginning of the Mexican - American War to establish an independent California republic
Three original state constitutions required
Bear Flag Revolt
1789
15th Amendment
9. To provide a greater voice in determining national politics
Chickamauga
Cahuilla
Bear Flag Revolt
Change of date of presidential primaries from March to February in CA
10. A social science deaing with the production - distribution - and consumption of goods and services
Latino political power grew largely in 1990
Reincarnation
Economics
Alchemy
11. 1) Government programs to provide jobs for the unemployed 2) Broadened the scope of the federal government's activities. 3) Permanently expanded the role of the presidency
Discover westward route to Asia
Sierra Nevada
The New deal Included
Sharecroppers
12. Shared by geographically seperated native California people in pre - columbian times
Nile Valley (3000 BC)
Central focus of lewis and clark expedition
Bowl and Basket Weaving
Los Angeles in 1960-2000 became the new 'Ellis Island'
13. An initial rule in the constituion stating that in state population counts - each slave would count for three - fifths of one person
Plessy vs Ferguson - 1896
Three - Fifths Compromise
Check and Balances
Federalism
14. 1837 Added potential slave territory to the United States
Daniel Shays
Factors that led to American Revolution
Fundamental concept of Magna Carta in American law
The Annexation of Texas
15. A series of articles written in 1787 by Alexander Hamilton - James Madison - and John Jay to gain popular support for the then - proposed Constitution
Federalist Papers
Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts)
1450-1763
Whig Party
16. New methods of production (assembly line - mass production); inventions; Expanding markets at home and abroad; Development of steel - mining - electrical - petrolium - textile and food processing industries
Scientist that supported heliocentric (sun centered) theory of solar system
Fostered Expansion of Industry
The French Alliance
Carpetbaggers
17. Soviets invade Afghanistan
Mining practice that had the greatest negative impact on both farmers and steamboat companies
The Plymouth Colony
1979
Mexican American War
18. Missouri Compromise of 1820 was designed to resolve conflict in this area
Direct result of the contested presidentelection of 1876
Slavery
Plato
Code of Hammurabi
19. Admistration supported massive build up of the defense program
Manifest Destiny
Seperate but Equal
The New Nationalism - 1816 - 1823
Ronald Reagan
20. Native white southerners who had opposed secession and who had cooperated with the Republicans during reconstruction
Articles of Confederation
Scalawags
Appomatix Courthouse
Article of Confederation Weaknesses
21. Protect sovereignty of the states
Articles of confederation designed to
Fall of rome
1989
Socialism
22. President Lincoln's first priority after the Civil War to reconcile the warring sides and rebuild areas affected by the war
Main immigrants to US from 1840 - 1880
26th Amendment
Boston Massacre
Reconstruction
23. Created the first written philosophy
American civilizations in chronological order
Declaration of Sentiments and Resolution
Plato
No taxation without representation
24. Basis of government by the consent of the governed
Northwest Ordinance
WWI Began
The Mayflower Compact
Black Code Laws
25. Both have executive - judicial and legislative branch
Work on the Transcontinental Railroad
Polytheistic
Articles of Confederation
United States and CA governments similar
26. 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
Hupa
1787 - 1823
Los Angeles in 1960-2000 became the new 'Ellis Island'
Emancipation Proclamation
27. 1911 new California State Legislation inspired by the national progressive movement
George Washington
Popular Sovereignty
Antietam
The code of chivalry in European Knights
28. Social justice for blacks - National committment to equal opportunity
Buddhism
China
Russia - China
Setback at the end of Reconstruction
29. Federal system which divided fedeal and state power - seperation of powers - and checks and balances to limit power of central government - legislative - executive and judicial branch created to divide power - bill of rights added to protect the peop
CA Indians prior to European contact
Gold rush created statehood - impacted landscape of US because
Constituion Did (four things)
Ignored by European Invaders
30. 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
Tubatulabl
Aztec
End of Reconstruction
Mercantilism
31. Distinct social class - elite were wealthy individuals and headmen Marriage only in same class.
Mexican American War
Billeting Act of 1765
Virginia
Tongva (Gabrielino)
32. Theocracy - a governemtn by ecclesiastical authorities - civil authority residing with clergy.
True of Andrew Johnson's presidency during reconstruction
Puritan New England
Thomas Paine
The counter - Reformation
33. National Government did not have the power to regulate foreign trade - had no court system - no independent taxing power - could not enforce national laws
Puritan
Reconstruction of the South
Pomo
Article of Confederation Weaknesses
34. Isolating the South
California Geographic Features
Laws Dealing with Industrialization
Union Strategy
Labor Board vs J&L Steel Corporations - 1937
35. Hydraulic mining
Associated with the industrialization of the United States
Pilgrims
Jacksonian Democracy
Mining practice that had the greatest negative impact on both farmers and steamboat companies
36. Small rainfall - vegetation scarce - bands were migratory - shifting from place to place in search of water and food. Men hunted - women gathered seeds - nuts and fruits. Distinctive form of acgricutlre based on communal labor. Created ditches and da
Contributed to dramatic population increase in CA
Chinese Confucian Morality
Owens Valley Paiute
Connected by El Camino Real
37. A religious revival in the colonies during the first part of the 18th century
Reconstruction of the South
Los Angeles in 1960-2000 became the new 'Ellis Island'
Stamp Act
Great Awakening
38. Romans were first civilization to build..
Paved Roads
Significant major development in American Revolution
Russia - China
First Battle of Bull Run
39. Eastablished that the constitution grants to conress implied powers inherent in the nature of the Constitution as a blueprint for a practical functioning government - and the state action may not impede valid constitutional exercises of power by the
Russia - China
Money - Econcomy
Founded as a result of religious persecution
McCullough vs Maryland - 1819
40. Caused a wave of immigration into California in the 1930's
Dust Bowl
Great Awakening
The Draft
Copernicus
41. Religon of ancient Indian (India) civilization
Buddhism
Hamilton's Financial Plan Parties
California's Mission System
Pilgrims
42. Economic sanctions were lifted against South Africa when it shifted away from apartheid in
Mercantilism
1990
Impact of Industrial Revolution on Europe
Bushido
43. 1940 - 1950
Greatest increase in migratio to CA
The Missouri Compromise
Center region of US (minus texas)
Egypt and Mesopatamia
44. Reaction of the British Government to the Boston Tea Party
Vasco da Gama
CA state tree
Industry most damaged by spending cutbacks in 1970
Intolerable Acts
45. A polytheistic society located in Central America that made great advances in science and mathematics - but collapsed due to unknown causes
Associated withe end of antiquity
New York Times co. vs Sullivan - 1964
Maya Indians
George Washington
46. Annual migration - in spring gathered budding plans and small game. Harvested dried pipening cactus fruites for winter storage. Moved to higher elevations in August - harvested acorns and pinon nuts before returning to winter villages.
Bushido
(1991-1992) Souter and Thomas
Concurrent Powers
Kumeyaay
47. Forced quartering of British soldiers - excessive tarriffs - Intolerable acts
French Indian War Victory
Factors that led to American Revolution
Russia - China
Gold rush created statehood - impacted landscape of US because
48. The French threatened not only the British Empire - but the American colonists for holding the Mississippi Valley - Franch could...
Industrial Revolution in England
Check their Westward Expansion
Laws Dealing with Industrialization
Articles of Confederation
49. Best known as CA basketmakers - twined and coilded ware in many shapes. Otlined with brightly colored feathers - plumes - beads - and shells.
Reason for Civil War
Pomo
Major Popluation Groups
Hindered Military Effectiveness
50. Church became the preserver of civilization in both political and religious life
Antietam
Europe referred to as Christendom during Middle Ages
Main immigrants to US from 1840 - 1880
Robber Baron