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CSET Multiple Subjects: History And Social Science Vocab
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1. The mountains of western South American were an impediment to building an empire - prompting the development of sophisticated engineering technologies
GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS INDLUENCE ON INCA CIVILIZATIONS BETWEN 11TH AND 15TH CENTURIES
Cotton
Ferdinand Magellan
Federalism practiced in early Republic
2. (1770) British troops fire on crowd of Bostonians
Puritan New England
Boston Massacre
1979
Lake Shasta - Lake Arrowhead
3. 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
Brown vs Board of Education - 1954
Massachusetts
4. Portion of the triangular trade route used in the Atlantic slave trade
Land Commission
1989
Declaration of Independence
Middle Passage
5. The first constitution of the United States of America
Plato
1450-1763
Articles of Confederation
(1991-1992) Souter and Thomas
6. Land ownership and wealth were prerequisites to direct involvement in the government
1861 - 1865
An important development in CA society during Mexican rule 1821-1848
Three original state constitutions required
Chickamauga
7. 1863 - This battle ended the souths chance of foreign recognition
Diversity of Native Americans
1991 - 1992
Battle of Gettysburg
Mesopotamiia
8. Federalist - Democratic - Whig - Republican
NOT characteristic of European Renissance
Emergence of National Parties in US
Owens Valley Paiute
Northeast industrial expansion before Civil War
9. Caused the Protestant Reformation
Manifest Destiny
Sale of indulgences
Elastic Clause of the Constitution
Bear Flag Revolt
10. Southern whites who allied with the radicals
Referendum
Mexican American War
Scalawags
1991
11. Attracted the largest number of Chinese immigrants to US after gold rush
Russia - China
1837
Change of date of presidential primaries from March to February in CA
Work on the Transcontinental Railroad
12. Suprmeme court outlawed racial segragation - overrulled seperate but equal.
Slavery
Feudalism
Philip IV
Brown vs Board of Education - 1954
13. Annual floods - enriched lands for farming and cattle - timber and iron ore deposits - capital on major trade routes - riches from gold and emerald mines
Kush
Western Industrial Base
Polytheistic
Chumas
14. Barbed wire
Union Strategy
Chickamauga
Reconstruction of the South
Economic development of American west during 19th century
15. Belief in reincarnation - belief that through meditation one can frind freedom from suffering and enter Nirvana - respect for all living creatures
Contributed to dramatic population increase in CA
Atsugewi
Diversity of Native Americans
Buddhism
16. 1781 - This defeat brought victory to the colonies
Dust Bowl
Monotheism
California Constitution
Defeat of Cornwallis of Yorktown
17. 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
President Johnson
Reasons for American Revolution
Owens Valley Paiute
McCullough vs Maryland - 1819
18. Imperial Valley water flow from Colorado River - tried to increase water flow and the flood created the
Judicial Branch
Salton sea
Gideon vs Wainwright - 1963
Primary factor of collapse of Aztec and Inca Empires
19. Capitol of the South
Labor Board vs J&L Steel Corporations - 1937
Richmond
Paved Roads
Beaver
20. Best known as CA basketmakers - twined and coilded ware in many shapes. Otlined with brightly colored feathers - plumes - beads - and shells.
Pomo
Factors of the Economic Slowdowof 1988
Relocation Camp
Babylonians
21. To maintain self - sufficient agricultural economy that produced a food surplus
Islam
Buddhism
No taxation without representation
Primary purpose of the Mission System
22. Persian Gulf War
Gibbons vs Ogden - 1824
1991 - 1992
Oil Diplomacy
Manors
23. The rise of the common man. War against the bank and tariff were key issues for the new democratic party; Jackson initiated the spoils system (political enemies are replaced by political friends); Jackson pursued nationalistic policies
Buddhism
Jacksonian Democracy
Industry most damaged by spending cutbacks in 1970
Mercantilism
24. Growing proportion of Latinos in CA population
Latino political power grew largely in 1990
Sugar Act of 1764
End of Reconstruction
Yurok Indians
25. Battle that followed the second Bull Run
Declaration of Sentiments - Seneca Falls
Associated withe end of antiquity
Antietam Battle
Manifest Destiny
26. Golden Poppy
1789
CA state flower
Constitutional Convention Major Issue
Birth oF Civilization atributed to
27. 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
Robber Baron
Californios
Associated with the industrialization of the United States
Mosiac Law
28. Capitalism
Economic system facilitates Darwinism
Check their Westward Expansion
Sugar Plantations in the West Indies
Hiram Johnson as governor of CA - progessive movement failed to ahceive these reforms
29. Forced quartering of British soldiers - excessive tarriffs - Intolerable acts
Whig Party
1450-1763
US Constitution differed from Articles of Confederation
Factors that led to American Revolution
30. A federal water project undertaken by the Bureau of Reclamation in 1935 as a long - term plan to effectively use water in California's central valley
Three original state constitutions required
Central Valley Project (CVP)
Hamilton's Financial Plan
Miwok
31. Deer in Noorthern CA - plentfiu. venison and deerskin for clothing. Shamans played a key role - had healing ability from tamakomi - 'medicine or power. Half of shamans were women.
1861 - 1865
House of Burgesses
True of Andrew Johnson's presidency during reconstruction
Achumawi
32. Development of new weaving and ironworking techniques - vast expansion and improvement in the roads and waterways - greatly increased prosperity and political power for middle class
Products of the Industrial Revolution
Declaration of Independence
Industry most damaged by spending cutbacks in 1970
Change of date of presidential primaries from March to February in CA
33. Animal that became synonymous with the fur trade in the first half of the 19th century
Beaver
Greeks
Mojave Desert
Declaration of Independence
34. Strong manufacturing base
1861 - 1865
Industrial Revolution in England
Union Advantage
No founded as a result of religious persecution
35. Explored Florida in 1513 - claimed area for spain
Intolerable Acts
Beaver
Ponce de Leon
Declaration of Sentiments and Resolution
36. The code of knights in feudal Japan - the equivalent of chivalry in Europe
Spanish American War
Reconstruction of the South
Bushido
Reasons for American Revolution
37. Contributed to the growth of slavery
Achumawi
Cotton
New Frontier Pledge
Hellenistic age
38. In Feudal Japan - the equivalent of a medieval Eupopean king
Hamilton - Jay and Madison
Significant major development in American Revolution
Shogun
War of 1812
39. Redefined American Global Interests
The Rise of the New West created...
Oil Diplomacy
1932 - 1938
Whig Party
40. Dissolved the government of all the Confederate States except Tennessee and divided the remaining Southern States into five districts
Fief
Military Reconstruction Acts
Stamp Act
Copernicus
41. Golden Trout
Kumeyaay
Casues of Depression
Bicarmeral
CA state freshwater fish
42. Koran
No founded as a result of religious persecution
Mexican American War
Puritan New England
Religious book of Islam
43. 1820 Limited the spread of slavery
Why French aidid the English during American Revolution
The Missouri Compromise
Ten Percent Plan
Mosiac Law
44. Nile River
Military Reconstruction Acts
Egypt
Check their Westward Expansion
Jacksonian Democracy
45. Known for first explorers (1000 BC) - traders - colonizers - first alphabet - dominated Mediteranean commerce - exported glass and purple dye
Phoenicians
Protect sovereignty of the states
Caste
Richmond
46. 1876 Election
1991 - 1992
Protect sovereignty of the states
Reganomics
Seperate but Equal
47. Eastern European Communism collapsed - Hussein invaded Kuwait
1990
Constantine
Sherman Antitrust Act 1890
26th Amendment
48. An informal system of the exchange of goods and services among individuals
Gasoline - Tobacco - Medicare
Nullification
Barter
European Society under feudalism
49. Northern and Western Europe
Battle of Gettysburg
Civil war - South Power
Main immigrants to US from 1840 - 1880
Forty - niners
50. The south asked these two countries for help during the Civil War
The Great Awakening
Pomo
Marbury vs Madison - 1803
France - Britain