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CSET Multiple Subjects: History And Social Science Vocab

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






2. The mountains of western South American were an impediment to building an empire - prompting the development of sophisticated engineering technologies






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






4. Powers assigned the National Government






5. Framers who were provided some land - housing and supplies by white landowners in return for giving landowners a portion of their crops






6. A minor but influential political party int he pre - Civil War period that opposed the extention of slavery into the western territories






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






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






9. Towns based around California's missions and presidios - built around a church and a town square






10. Political party that wanted close ties with England






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






12. 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






13. Sherman Anti - Trust Act (1890) - Clayton Anti - Trust Act (1914). The National Labor Relations Act (1935) - collective bargaining rights for employees.






14. The basic economic principle stating that is suppply is greater than demand - the value of the product is lower - if demand is greater than supply - the value is higher






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






17. Some of most popular tribes in CA - villags along the souther coast - sustained by sea life - as many as two thousand redisents each. Tribes are Kumeyaay (Diegueno) - Cahuilla - Tongva - (Gabrielino) and Chumash






18. Senators to be directly elected by the people






19. Sanctification of knighthood - the sacking of Constantinople and other parts of Asia minor - the waning of the practice of alchemy as a medicine






20. A religious beleif in which - after physical death - a rebirth in another body occurs - a central tenet of Hinduism - among other religions






21. Farming and Commerce






22. Capitalism






23. 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.






24. Shared by geographically seperated native California people in pre - columbian times






25. Invention that launched the industrial age






26. To gain an accurate sense of the resources being exchanged in the Louisiana Purchase






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






28. The idea that political authority belongs to the people






29. Mesopotamian Civilization Period






30. The Savings and Loan bankruptcies resulted in massive federal intervention to cover






31. The south asked these two countries for help during the Civil War






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






33. Tigris and Euphrates Rivers






34. Power to veto specific sections of a spending bill






35. President Lincoln's first priority after the Civil War to reconcile the warring sides and rebuild areas affected by the war






36. 12 Year term for Supreme Court justices - greater details - greater degree of voter control - in both Houses - representation is based on districts that are determined by size of population - senators serve four year terms






37. Initial control of Mississippi River - Louisiana Territory - Great Lakes - Canada






38. Earliest sophisticated culture of the Andean Highland civilization






39. Olmec - Mayan - Toltec - Aztec






40. Golden Trout






41. Forced quartering of British soldiers - excessive tarriffs - Intolerable acts






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






43. Tobacco - cotton and slavery






44. Persian Gulf War






45. Hammurabi - The first written code of law






46. Lee surrendered to Grant






47. 1325 AD - 1521 AD






48. A French word meaning - rebirth - the name given to the flowering of European culture at the end of the medieval period






49. The concept of religious freedom






50. Nathanial Bacon lead this colony in a rebellion against the colonial government protesting the Government's Indian policy