Test your basic knowledge |

CSET U.S And California History

Subjects : cset, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Spanish explorer who sailed to Pacific coast to find fabled Northwest Passage - wound up in San Francisco Bay and called the territory Alta California






2. Movement established to say that no slaves would be on the new western territories






3. 1500: Cabral - Brazil






4. California industry that counts for 13 percent of gross domestic product and includes the state's theeme parks and urban centers - inlcuidng national wonders






5. Final battle of the Revolutionary war. British stronghold falls in 1781 and George Washington captures British general Lord cornwallis






6. 1860 mailing service that carried mail in ten days from Missouri to California - went out of business in 1861 when the first telegraph was completed






7. War that helped California get into a real estate boom fueled by the housing industry and reach 6 million people in population






8. 1st 10 Amendments to the Constitution - Introduced by Madison - A series of limitations on the power of the U.S. federal government; added to protect the rights of individuals and safeguard the sovereignty of the states over their own affairs






9. Native American group who inhabited the Southwest after the Anasazi people and built extensive adobe cities






10. Explorers commissioned by Thomas Jefferson to explore the newly purchased Lousiiana territory






11. Jan. 1 - 1863- the proclamation frees the slaves






12. Immigrant group started migrating in the 1840s due to famine in their community. potato blight had decimated the potato harvest. They moved westward to the California Gold Rush of 1849






13. The idea that Americans are destined to spread across the hemisphere and especially spread the good news of democracy






14. A Quaker who received land to estsablish Pennsylvania as the first Enlightenment - inspired government entity and abolished slavery






15. The camps that Japanese peopel were rounded to in WWII






16. Period in 1930s when a severe drought hit hte midwest and forced 350000 people to leave theier farms and lsot jobsand come to California






17. 10 amendments in the U.S. Constitution that ensured that individuals and states would not suffer from excessive and arbitrary federal power






18. 1608: de Champlain - Canada (Quebec) -1682: La Salle - Louisiana






19. Ultiimately defeated General Pico and re - captured Los Angeles in 1847 - ending the Mexican American war






20. Further tightened taxation and regulatory noose






21. Compact used to colonize New Hampshire






22. Spanish conquistador who captured the last Mayan city






23. Material that led to California to be populated by 40000 miners from all over the United States






24. Captured Los Angeles until it was rec - captured by Governor Pico and General Castro for Mexico






25. State that was a colony established for Catholics so they could escape religious persecution






26. Industry started in California during WWII and based in the Los Angeles - including Long Beach






27. River 100 miles North of Los Angeles that the city of Los Angeles built an aqueduct on to bring the water to Los Angeles






28. Act passed by British to prevent colonial town meetings






29. Occurred right after 'shots heard round the world' happened (Lexington and Concord)






30. Completes the rest of the Spanish missions following Junipero Serra's death






31. Republican Rutherford Hayes and Democrat Samuel Tilden run for President. Hayes promises to end the Reconstruction and allows Southern staets to establish the black codes. Caused the end of the Reconstruction in 1877






32. French explorer who explored Canada to find the Northwest Passage - river routes that would take explorers through North America






33. The first English settlement in the New World in 1607






34. In the U.S. constitution - it makes the laws






35. The major Union battle victory in 1863 that led to The Gettysberg Address - Lincoln's declaration that the Union will not be divided






36. Prohibited the immigration of Chinese - not repealed until World War II






37. Feature of California's constitutuion that alllows a statute or amendment that has passed the stae legislature which has then placed the proposed law on the ballot for approval by the electorate






38. The earliest form of the American Constitution that was adopted in 1781. Weak because government could not raise money from states and have no budget - could not regulate trade or conduct foreign policy without obtaining consent from states on each m






39. Southern states threatened to secede if this state was admitted as a free state






40. Forced colonists to provide housing to British soldiers






41. War fought between America and Britain and it was caused by violations of U.S. neutrality and impressment of U.S. sailors. Victory led to national pride - self - sufficiency - and foreign credibility






42. Group of immigrants that first came to live in America. They either came from the northern route from Asia through a land bridge crossing the Bering Strait or through South american shores on boats






43. Called in 1787 to reform the Articles of Confederation






44. Spanish conquerers of Central nand South America






45. The land between the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada






46. Dutch East India Company explorer who found New York and the mouth of the Hudson River






47. A new group of immigrants that swelled in the midwestern and eastern cities. They lived in sseperate neighborhoods known as ghettos






48. State founded in 1733 as a buffer against Spain to Florida. It was the last of the 13 colonies established






49. The idea that southern staets should refuse to obey the laws tha t they did not agree with






50. During Great Depression - the Shasta Dam was built to bring water from the north to meet the farming needs of the South - the CVP was never completed - drained marshalnds and enviromnmental activists were successful at preventing the damming of the A






Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?



Let me suggest you:

Browse all subjects

Browse all tests

Most popular tests



Major Subjects

Tests & Exams


AP
CLEP
DSST
GRE
SAT
GMAT

Browse all subjects

Browse all tests

Most popular tests