SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
CSET U.S And California History
Start Test
Study First
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. Reeds used by central California native Americans to build homes
The Mississippi River
Salton Sea
tule
Battle of Fort Sumter of 1861
2. 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
apparel industry
Sebastian Vicaino
The Continental Divide
Land Commission
3. Spanish explorer who found Monterey Bay
Sebastian Cermeno
internment camps
Chinese
The Great Basin
4. Farm worker advocates who founded the United Farm Workers Union in 1962
Gentleman's Agreement
Modoc War
Europeans in the New World: Britain
Cesar Chavez and Delores Huerta
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
The Declaration of Independence
Magnuson Act of 1943
Compromise of 1850
presidios
6. Addition of new territories would decide if they were going to be slave or non - slave owning states
New Government
Missouri Compromise of 1820
legislative branch
Chronological order of the colonies
7. Lincoln's vice president became president
Constitutional Convention
Samuel de Champlain
Andrew Johnson
Louisiana Purchase
8. River 100 miles North of Los Angeles that the city of Los Angeles built an aqueduct on to bring the water to Los Angeles
rights of states
Owens River
the Oregon Territory
Olmec Empire
9. The idea that Americans are destined to spread across the hemisphere and especially spread the good news of democracy
melting pot
manifest destiny
Pony Express
Maryland Toleration Act of 1649
10. publicized the gold discovery and bought every shovel - pick axe and pan in the region and made much money
Europeans in the New World: Spain
merchant Sam Brannon
Okies
Father Junipero Serra
11. 10 amendments in the U.S. Constitution that ensured that individuals and states would not suffer from excessive and arbitrary federal power
Francisco Montejo
Andrew Johnson
Bill of Rights
internment camps
12. Etsablished and was nativist - anti - Chinese - and anti - big business
Warning
: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in
/var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php
on line
183
13. The year that California becomes the 31st state in the Union thanks to a compromise over slavery
Samuel de Champlain
railroad
1850
Chinese
14. (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
Radical Republicans
Father Junipero Serra
Proposition 13
Chronological order of the colonies
15. Economic opportunity - freedom of religion and expresion - and adventure
reasons of American immigration
Union advantage
French and Indian War
Toltecs
16. Facilities that the Spanish used to turned to the Indians to establish agricultural fields and learned Christianity. natives also were exposed to disease that they don't have immunity to. Also - brought olive trees and orange trees and introduced whe
The Sierra Nevada and the Cascade Range
missions
Mojave Desert and the Colorado desert
Townsheld Acts of 1767
17. State established in 1636 by Roger Williams to acknowledge religious freedom and the separation of 'church and state'
Maryland
railroad
Angel Island
Rhode Island
18. Period in 1930s when a severe drought hit hte midwest and forced 350000 people to leave theier farms and lsot jobsand come to California
Commodore Sloat
Jose Figueroa
Dust Bowl
Mexican Independence
19. The first conquistador and defeated the Aztec Empire in 1521 after they saw his arrival as a divine arrival of a god and let him into their empire
November 1849
Russians
Hernando Cortes
Father Junipero Serra
20. The first declaration of self - government in the New World
The Piedmont
Central Pacific Railroad
Mayflower Compact
Europeans in the New World: Netherlands
21. Prohibited the immigration of Chinese - not repealed until World War II
Watts Riots
Workingmen's Party
presidios
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
22. 1608: de Champlain - Canada (Quebec) -1682: La Salle - Louisiana
Europeans in the New World: France
free - soil movement
Kansas - Nebraska Act of 1854
railroad
23. Movement established to say that no slaves would be on the new western territories
Mt. Whitney
Panama Canal
free - soil movement
New Government
24. Central California native American tribes
water
Pomo - Miwok - Maidu - and Yokuts
Europeans in the New World: France
John C. Fremont
25. One of the first American political parties. It was led by Alexander Hamilton - John Adams and John Jay. They beleived in strong central government and loose construction. They wanted to create a national bank and use government funds to support indu
Important Battles of the Revolution
Federalist Party
General Stockton
Sir Francis Drake
26. Raised theflag near Monterey and then retreated from the area - started the Mexican Americna War
presidios
Missouri Compromise of 1820
John C. Fremont
The Inca Empire
27. Tax that is placed on tea and led to the Boston Tea Party - colonialists dressed up as Indians and dumped tea from aboard British ships into Boston harbor
Yurok - Hupa - Shasta - Modoc - Achumawi
decline of the Mayan civlization
squatters
Tea Act of 1773
28. MesoAmerican empire who once reigned from equator to Chile and between the Andes Mountain. They practiced terracing and irrigating steep mountainsides. Were defeateed by smallpox epidemic
referendum
Land Commission
The Inca Empire
Mexican - American War
29. Spanish explorer who sailed to Pacific coast to find fabled Northwest Passage - wound up in San Francisco Bay and called the territory Alta California
The Industrial Era of the United States
Sebastian Cermeno
rancho system
Juan Cabrillo
30. The lowest point in California
Death Valley
John C. Fremont
aeorspace industry
Mexican - American War
31. The founder of the San Diego mission - the first of the 21 original Spanish Catholic missions in California - later established seven missions on the El Camino Real (The Royal Road)
Jacksonian democracy
Father Junipero Serra
referendum
acorns
32. Biggest immigrant group from 1850 to 1900. They successfully developed farms in the Midwest and skilled trades in larger cities.
The Mississippi River
Bill of Rights
Germans
General Stockton
33. Occurred right after 'shots heard round the world' happened (Lexington and Concord)
Hetch Hetchy Dam
2002
Second Constitutional Congress
Intolerable Acts of 1774
34. 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
General Stockton and General Kearney
decline of the Mayan civlization
Amerindians
First Continental Congress
35. The final document that established United States government. It had to be ratified by at least nine states - process now is 2/3s of Congress and 38 out of 50 states
Constitution
sacred expedition
Magnuson Act of 1943
General Stockton
36. Native American group developed in Southwest and were were skilled builders
secession
The interior
Pony Express
Anasazi culture
37. California industry that counts for 13 percent of gross domestic product and includes the state's theeme parks and urban centers - inlcuidng national wonders
tourism
Death Valley
The Industrial Era of the United States
Chronological order of the colonies
38. 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
Declaration of Independence
Andrew Johnson
The Sierra Nevada and the Cascade Range
rights of states
39. 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
War of 1812
Father Fermin Lausen
Central Valley Project
1850
40. Ended the Mexican American War and brought California - Arizona - New Mesxico - Nevada - Utah - Colorado and Wyoming into the mix
Mexican Independence
Bear Flag Revolt
Sierra Nevadas
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
41. More restrictive legislation towards Japanese and that they were inelgible for citizenship and could not own land
California Alien Land Act
decline of the Mayan civlization
issue of representation under the Constitution
War of 1812
42. From Spain - Portugal - Britain - France and the Netherlands
Europeans in the New World
the conquistadores
First Continental Congress
Jacques Cartier
43. System of land distribution in which there were very few wealthy land owners and many landless workers
rancho system
The Chinese Exclusion Act
Jacques Cartier
First Continental Congress
44. Separation of Powers - Checks and Balances - Federal System - Powers of Congress - The Great Compromise - Bill of Rights - Amendments
New Government
Revolutionary War
Federalist Papers
pueblos
45. Where the British were defeated and led to expansion of battle from Canada and New York
Mexicans
General Stockton and General Kearney
Trenton
Jacksonian democracy
46. A major food staple of California native American tribes
Chumash - Tongya (Gabrielino) - Salinan - Cahuilla
Toltecs
acorns
Mexican - American War
47. Established immigration quotas by eastern and western hemispheres rather than by county. Immigrants were brought in based on skills - need for family reunification - or status as poltical or economic refugees. Led to floods of immigrants came from As
Gold
judicial branch
Missouri Compromise of 1820
Immigration Act of 1965
48. A group of colonists that meti nPhiladelphia to plan steps for resistance to British authority
Georgia
internment camps
First Continental Congress
Exeter Compact
49. Gen. Robert E. Lee surrenders in 1865 and ends the civil war
Locke's beliefs that influenced US constitution
The Great Basin
Hetch Hetchy Dam
Appomattox Court
50. Industry based in Southern California areas - focus on casual - warm weather clothing
apparel industry
Silicon Valley
New Government
Whig Party