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CSET Multiple Subjects: History And Social Science Vocab

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1. Barbed wire






2. Introduction of new math concepts such as algebra and calculus






3. Created an oil embargo






4. The New Nation - Alexander Hamilton was part of this era






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






6. The 1803 purchase made by President Thomas Jefferson that essentially doubled the United States territory






7. Growing criticism of the mission system prompted efforts to transfer mission holding into private hands






8. 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.






9. Like the English Parliment - the new state legislatures were...






10. The French threatened not only the British Empire - but the American colonists for holding the Mississippi Valley - Franch could...






11. National Govt paid back state - national - and foreign debts to demonstrate credibility; National Govt encouraged American Business expansion by passing excise tax and a tariff; National Government raised revenue by a tax on domestic whiskey

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12. Missouri Compromise of 1820 was designed to resolve conflict in this area






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






14. Largest desert in Calfornia






15. (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






16. The GDP dropped. Unemployment increased. The 'Big Three' automakers posted record losses. Bankruptcies increased. The Fed lowered interest rates in an attempt to stimulate the economy






17. Federalist - Democratic - Whig - Republican






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






19. In 1829 inaugural address - he set a policy to relocate Eastern Indians






20. Japan feudalism had as its basis






21. Galileo






22. Proposed the beginning of Europe's Scientific Revolution - that Earth revolved around the sun






23. Redwood






24. Gold over land assets as currency






25. Caused a wave of immigration into California in the 1930's






26. 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






27. 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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28. An economic system regulated by the state that encourages the accumulation of weath and property by individuals






29. Mining - cattle - and grain. Farmers and ranchers settled the Great Plains






30. (1775) - Paul Revere - 'British are coming...' - 'Shots heard around the world'. The Revolution had begun






31. Trade gap widened. Japan and Germany surpassed the U.S. in automobiles and airlines






32. Yellow river






33. John F. Kennedy's Pledge was to resolve domestic and cold war problems - expand the Space Program and Civil Rights legislation






34. 1863 - This battle ended the souths chance of foreign recognition






35. Turning point in England's domination over North America (1756- 1763)






36. River valley villages - families owned their hunting and fishing ground - tobacco plots and oak trees. Real estate passed on through the males. Money was clamshell disks and dentalia.






37. China's first dynasty






38. American industry propspered when trade was restricted by the British during the war






39. Agean civilization developed a flourishing culture as a direct result of trade and commerce on the Aegean Sea






40. Coast Range - Central Valley - Sierra Nevada






41. Victory gave Lincoln the right moment to make the Emancipation Procolomation






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






43. A nickname for the Southern part of San Francisco Bay Area in the northern California - originally referring to the concentration of silicon chip innovators and manufacturers - but eventually referring to the concentration of all types of high - tech






44. A social economic - and political system in which power is decentralized - and a varying number of lords hold land on which they allow others to live and work in return for loyalty and service






45. This ideology encouraged U.S. expansion to the Pacific






46. Shipbuilding and Commerce






47. Gave 18 year olds the right to vote






48. Contributed to the growth of slavery






49. Practiced by European nations in an effort to assure properity by regulating and coordinting the production of goods - while protecting domestic economies from foreign competition.






50. Central Valley and the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada