CSET Social Science Skill
Practice Questions: US
History/Geography fully
solved & updated(graded
A+)
Which one of these was not part of the Intolerable Acts? - answer
The Foreign Trade Act: this act did not take place until centuries
after the American Revolutionary War. All the Intolerable Acts took
place in the lead-up to the American Revolutionary War.
The British Colonists revolted because [.....] - answer most colonists
wanted to be represented in Parliament
Why did the British Parliament impose the first of the Intolerable
Acts? - answer To pay for the British military in the American
colonies
What was the last plea to Great Britain to avert the American
Revolutionary War? - answer The Olive Branch Petition
Why did the First Continental Congress meet? - answer to respond
to the Intolerable Acts
Why did the Second Continental Congress meet? - answer To
establish a military
What document announced a state of war between the British
American Colonists and Great Britain? - answer The Declaration of
Independence
, Which of these was NOT considered part of Manifest Destiny? -
answer All of the above
What was the start of the western expansion? - answer The
Clermont Steamboat
When did the Gold Rush start in California? - answer 1848
Which was the largest land acquisition for the United States? -
answer The Louisiana Purchase
Which State was once a nation with its own president before joining
the Union during westward expansion? - answer Texas
What most shortened the time it took for people to travel across the
United States during westward expansion? - answer The
Transcontinental Railroad
What marked the end of the westward expansion? - answer Arizona
statehood
What was the Trail of Tears? - answer The forceful relocation of
Native American tribes to "Indian Territory" in the west
Who did Jacksonian Democrats believe should be able to vote? -
answer White males
The Second Great Awakening was [....] - answer a religious
movement against skepticism and rationalism
Practice Questions: US
History/Geography fully
solved & updated(graded
A+)
Which one of these was not part of the Intolerable Acts? - answer
The Foreign Trade Act: this act did not take place until centuries
after the American Revolutionary War. All the Intolerable Acts took
place in the lead-up to the American Revolutionary War.
The British Colonists revolted because [.....] - answer most colonists
wanted to be represented in Parliament
Why did the British Parliament impose the first of the Intolerable
Acts? - answer To pay for the British military in the American
colonies
What was the last plea to Great Britain to avert the American
Revolutionary War? - answer The Olive Branch Petition
Why did the First Continental Congress meet? - answer to respond
to the Intolerable Acts
Why did the Second Continental Congress meet? - answer To
establish a military
What document announced a state of war between the British
American Colonists and Great Britain? - answer The Declaration of
Independence
, Which of these was NOT considered part of Manifest Destiny? -
answer All of the above
What was the start of the western expansion? - answer The
Clermont Steamboat
When did the Gold Rush start in California? - answer 1848
Which was the largest land acquisition for the United States? -
answer The Louisiana Purchase
Which State was once a nation with its own president before joining
the Union during westward expansion? - answer Texas
What most shortened the time it took for people to travel across the
United States during westward expansion? - answer The
Transcontinental Railroad
What marked the end of the westward expansion? - answer Arizona
statehood
What was the Trail of Tears? - answer The forceful relocation of
Native American tribes to "Indian Territory" in the west
Who did Jacksonian Democrats believe should be able to vote? -
answer White males
The Second Great Awakening was [....] - answer a religious
movement against skepticism and rationalism
