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






2. The priimary entry point for the immigrants from Asia






3. The first declaration of self - government in the New World






4. Spanish conquistador who settled in Panama in 1520 - became governor of Peru and conquered the Inca empire based there






5. Gave southerneers a stronger fugitive slave law and popular sovereignty (territories would have the right to decide for themselves whether or not they wanted to adopt slavery on their borders) over newly conquered Mexico areas in exchange for Califor






6. Strong believers in the human capacity to do the right thing and did not need a strong central government






7. In the eastern region of the United States






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






9. Decision that said that slaves count as three - fifths of the population






10. A major food staple of California native American tribes






11. Spanish explorer who settled on a Carribbean island but found hismself in debt and wound up relocating on the east coast of what is now Panama - he spied the Pacific Ocean in 1513






12. Migrants who came to California during the Dust Bowl and followed crops from farm to farm






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






14. 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






15. The idea that various immigrants cultural differences were minimized and assimilated together






16. Conduct elections - ratify amendments to constitution - issue licenses - regulate intrastate (within state) to business - establish local governments - take measures for public health and safety - any other powers that the Constitution does not reser






17. In the eastern region of the United States - In the Northeast - they meat the ocean - forming a rough - rocky coast






18. The two major deserts in California






19. More restrictive legislation towards Japanese and that they were inelgible for citizenship and could not own land






20. Construction began in 1863 and completed in 1869- done by mostly Chinese and Irish immigrants - met at Promontoary Point in utah






21. The lowest point in California






22. Provided more funding and gave the railroads ten square miles of land to the tracks for every mile of track laid






23. (Mnemonic: Very many nice men came running down North Street - not needing police guards.) 1. Virginia 2. Massachusetts 3. New Hampshire 4. Maryland 5. Connecticut 6. Rhode Island 7. Delaware 8. North Carolina 9. South Carolina 10. New Jersey 11. New






24. Group who explored south of Alaska for fur trade - establish Fort Ross in San Francisco as a trading post






25. People who took land from the original Californios






26. Led by Southern Carolina and the election of abolitionist ally Abraham Lincoln in 1880 - the slave states decided that they had the right to leave the Union if they wanted to in 1880






27. 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






28. Print money - regulate interstae and international trade - make treaties - declare war and field armed forces - establish post office - make laws necessarsy to execute powers






29. Established so that Californios could get their land back - rancheros who had the time and money to prusue their claims got to keep their land






30. Native American empire with stepped pyramids - utilized multiple calendars - and possessede extensive astronomical knowledge






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






32. Established processes for amendment that required 3/4 approval of the states and 2/3 of each house of Congress






33. War foguht between Britain and American colonialists which led to America's independence. Americans enlist friendship of France to revolutionary cause - Spain and Netherlands soon follow






34. Opened in 1914 and extends international links






35. An era fueled by availabliity of a cheap labor pool in the form of recent immigrants. Newly built factories attracted even more immigrants to the states






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






37. Further tightened taxation and regulatory noose






38. Twice the population - strong navy - banking system and factories - Union industries were producing ammunition and goods - driven black soldiers fighting for the freedom of their families






39. 1492: Columbus - West Indies and Bahamas -1513: Balboa - Panama -1519: Cortes - Mexico -1532: Pizarro - Peru






40. Developed in 880 AD in the Mississippi and built large religious mound structures






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






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






43. Renamed the Southern Pacific Company and controlled all the railroads in California - president was Leland Stanford was a California governor and U.S. Senator






44. 1500: Cabral - Brazil






45. Forced colonists to provide housing to British soldiers






46. 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






47. 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






48. MesoAmerican tribe that preceded the Aztecs but followed from the Mayans






49. State established in 1636 by Roger Williams to acknowledge religious freedom and the separation of 'church and state'






50. Central California native American tribes