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CSET Multiple Subjects: History And Social Science Vocab

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1. 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






2. Allows congress to make laws on issues not mentioned in the Constitution






3. Wilsons Fourteen Points - Failure of congress to ratify






4. Because of the expansionist goals of the West






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






6. British colony founded by puritans seeking to create a new - pure church in the americas






7. Countries that competed for land






8. Cluster of three to five small villages around a centraly village. Lands were held in common. Each tribe servered as part of a political organization. the Leader played a fairly minor role exept during time of war or talk of peace.






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






10. 1863 - This battle ended the souths chance of foreign recognition






11. Constantinople controlled both the Mediterranan Sea and the Black Sea trade routes






12. The power to regulate interstate navigation was reserved to congress and trumps the power of the state






13. Created Judicial Review - ability to reivew a law for viloations






14. Establishment of a colony to create a Bible commonwealth






15. 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






16. Without evidence of disloyalty it demonstrated that constitutional safeguards could be rendered ineffective in wartime






17. Enacted the 'malice' standard allowed free reporting






18. A land allotment system defined by a few large landowners and many landless workers






19. Annual floods - enriched lands for farming and cattle - timber and iron ore deposits - capital on major trade routes - riches from gold and emerald mines






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






21. Theocracy - a governemtn by ecclesiastical authorities - civil authority residing with clergy.






22. To maintain self - sufficient agricultural economy that produced a food surplus






23. The first constitution of the United States of America






24. 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






25. The admission of Maine as a free state preserved the slave state/free state balance in the senate






26. Rabbits and other small game - bows and arrows or nets and snares. Accorns - mequite pods - pinon nuts - and other fruit of cacti. Planeted crops when water sufficient - pottery by coiling narrow ropes of clay.






27. Background of immigrants had same identifying factors that were associated with the immigration to Ellis Island in the early 20th century

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28. 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.






29. To win favors of the gods - who according to their beleifs - governed the life of mankind and the cycles of nature






30. Water distribution system that provides water to the Imperial Valley






31. Prior to Mexican American war - the most important industry in California was (1821 - 1848)






32. Used tar to waterproof their canoes






33. 1848 - Was criticized as a proslavery - expansionist war






34. Prior to Jim Crow Laws - prior to reconstruction






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






36. Constitutes legitimate government and under what conditions men were justified in resorting to armed revolution to change it






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






38. An early colonial attempt at representative self - government (1619) - first legislative assembly of the colonies






39. Voyage of exploration commanded by John Cabot - Jacques Cartier - and Henry Hudson






40. (1770) British troops fire on crowd of Bostonians






41. Power to veto specific sections of a spending bill






42. Homestead Act (1862); Transcontinental Railroad (1869)






43. Largest desert in Calfornia






44. Oregon annexed to the United States






45. 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






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






47. Manpower - firepower - economic resources






48. American Indians agriculture and medical wisdonm






49. The code of knights in feudal Japan - the equivalent of chivalry in Europe






50. 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







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