CSET SOCIAL SCIENCE SUBTEST 2 2024-2025 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
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American Revolution (1775-1783) - (answer) A period when 13 colonies gained independence from
England. Based on disapproval by colonists of several taxes and other unpopular laws. Protests lead to
fighting in 1775, and after two main British armies were captured in 1777 and 1781 and an alliance of
the colonists with the French, the Treaty of Paris was signed.
French Revolution (1789) - (answer) Reacting to the oppressive aristocracy, the French middle and
lower classes overthrew the king and asserted power for themselves in a violent and bloody revolution.
This uprising was inspired by America's independence from England and the Enlightenment ideas.
Differences between the French Revolution and American Revolution - (answer) The British colonists
were striking back against unwanted taxation and other sorts of government interference by the British.
The French people were starving and destitute and were striking back against an autocratic regime that
cared more for high fashion and courtly love than bread and circuses
The American Revolution involved a years long campaign with bloody battles and skirmishes while the
French Revolution was bloody to a degree but mainly an overthrow of society and its outdated traditions
The American Revolution resulted in a republican government/democracy while the French revolution
resulted in a consulship, a generalship, and an emperor
Nationalism - (answer) Loyalty and devotion to a particular nationality
Industrial Revolution - (answer) A period of rapid growth in the use of machines in manufacturing and
production that began in the mid-1700s
began in Great Britain in the 1700s
The industrial nations seized and claimed parts of Africa and Asia in an effort to control and provide the
raw materials needed to feed the industries and machines in the mother country
,CSET SOCIAL SCIENCE SUBTEST 2 2024-2025 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
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a process of change from an agrarian handicraft economy to one dominated by industry and machine
manufacture
new inventions such as the telegraph, railroad, steam boat, spinning jenny, cotton gin, use of coal as
energy
Many people moved to urban cities where factories were built for new jobs and manufacturing sites
were --> led to overcrowding, pollution, and inadequate sanitation
feature of the IR was working-class movements to demand better work environments, better benefits,
and better pay
Liberalism - (answer) A political ideology that emphasizes the civil rights of citizens, representative
government, and the protection of private property. This ideology, derived from the Enlightenment, was
especially popular among the property-owning middle classes.
Colonization - (answer) The expansion of countries into other countries where they establish
settlements and control the people.
European powers carved up Africa in the search of greater resources and influence over their neighbors -
-> they eventually did this to Asian and parts of Central and South America
Communism - (answer) a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a
society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their
abilities and needs.
Communist states controlled nearly every aspect of society including religion and economics. The
government owned factories and ports, machines and ships. The income from these goods went to state
controlled coffers.
Romanticism - (answer) 19th century artistic movement that appealed to emotion rather than reason
,CSET SOCIAL SCIENCE SUBTEST 2 2024-2025 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
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Famous Romantic authors included John Keats, William Wordsworth, Victor Hugo, and Goethe
Realism - (answer) A 19th century artistic movement in which writers and painters sought to show life
as it is rather than life as it should be
Famous realists include Dickens, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and Twain
Impressionism - (answer) An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel, or
impression, of the piece they were drawing
Famous impressionists include Monet, Degas, van Gogh, Manet, Cezanne, Renoir
Cubism - (answer) an early 20th-century style and movement in art, especially painting, in which
perspective with a single viewpoint was abandoned and use was made of simple geometric shapes,
interlocking planes, and, later, collage.
Famous Cubists include Pablo Picasso
Dadaism - (answer) An artistic movement of the 1920s and 1930s that attacked all accepted standards
of art and behavior and delighted in outrageous conduct.
Pop Art - (answer) an American school of the 1950s that imitated the techniques of commercial art (as
the soup cans of Andy Warhol) and the styles of popular culture and the mass media
Franco-Prussian War - (answer) This was a major war between the French and the Germans in 1871
that brought about the unification of Germany. It was caused by Otto Von Bismarck altering a telegram
from the Prussian King to provoke the French into attacking Prussia, thus hoping to get the independent
German states to unify with Prussia (which they did, thus creating Germany).
European Imperialism - (answer) (19th century) The political and economic control by European
powers of areas in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific.
, CSET SOCIAL SCIENCE SUBTEST 2 2024-2025 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
was the harsh and urgent demand for the raw materials needed to fuel and feed the great Industrial
Revolution --> in turn, the colonies would buy these finished manufactured goods
Europeans justified imperialism by their technological superiority and Christianity to civilize savages
which gave them a right to rule and educate Africans.
Manifest Destiny - (answer) A notion held by a nineteenth-century Americans that the United States
was destined to rule the continent, from the Atlantic the Pacific. westward expansion in the United
States
Czars - (answer) Rulers of Russia until 1917; were supposedly appointed by God and saw themselves as
"Gods" of Russia.
1905 Revolution - (answer) The revolution that began January 1905 with Bloody Sunday and ended
with Nicholas II creating the October Manifesto.
Russo-Japanese War - (answer) (1904-1905) War between Russia and Japan over imperial possessions.
Japan emerges victorious because of poor Russian leadership, starving troops, and inferior training and
weaponry.
Winter Palace - (answer) Peter the Great in Russia built in St. Peterburg largely on influence of
Versailles
Father Gapon - (answer) Leader of the factory workers who assembled before the czar's palace to
petition him on January 1905 (Bloody Sunday). The protests were crushed by the Palace Guards. Gapon
wanted the Czar to end the Russo-Japanese War. Eventually, Czar Nicholas II signed the October
Manifesto which created a constitutional monarchy
October Manifesto - (answer) Issued in Russia because of fear of a general strike. Granted full civil
rights and a popular parliament- Duma.
Created a constitutional monarchy, some civil rights, and gave the parliament limited legislative power
ANSWERS
American Revolution (1775-1783) - (answer) A period when 13 colonies gained independence from
England. Based on disapproval by colonists of several taxes and other unpopular laws. Protests lead to
fighting in 1775, and after two main British armies were captured in 1777 and 1781 and an alliance of
the colonists with the French, the Treaty of Paris was signed.
French Revolution (1789) - (answer) Reacting to the oppressive aristocracy, the French middle and
lower classes overthrew the king and asserted power for themselves in a violent and bloody revolution.
This uprising was inspired by America's independence from England and the Enlightenment ideas.
Differences between the French Revolution and American Revolution - (answer) The British colonists
were striking back against unwanted taxation and other sorts of government interference by the British.
The French people were starving and destitute and were striking back against an autocratic regime that
cared more for high fashion and courtly love than bread and circuses
The American Revolution involved a years long campaign with bloody battles and skirmishes while the
French Revolution was bloody to a degree but mainly an overthrow of society and its outdated traditions
The American Revolution resulted in a republican government/democracy while the French revolution
resulted in a consulship, a generalship, and an emperor
Nationalism - (answer) Loyalty and devotion to a particular nationality
Industrial Revolution - (answer) A period of rapid growth in the use of machines in manufacturing and
production that began in the mid-1700s
began in Great Britain in the 1700s
The industrial nations seized and claimed parts of Africa and Asia in an effort to control and provide the
raw materials needed to feed the industries and machines in the mother country
,CSET SOCIAL SCIENCE SUBTEST 2 2024-2025 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
a process of change from an agrarian handicraft economy to one dominated by industry and machine
manufacture
new inventions such as the telegraph, railroad, steam boat, spinning jenny, cotton gin, use of coal as
energy
Many people moved to urban cities where factories were built for new jobs and manufacturing sites
were --> led to overcrowding, pollution, and inadequate sanitation
feature of the IR was working-class movements to demand better work environments, better benefits,
and better pay
Liberalism - (answer) A political ideology that emphasizes the civil rights of citizens, representative
government, and the protection of private property. This ideology, derived from the Enlightenment, was
especially popular among the property-owning middle classes.
Colonization - (answer) The expansion of countries into other countries where they establish
settlements and control the people.
European powers carved up Africa in the search of greater resources and influence over their neighbors -
-> they eventually did this to Asian and parts of Central and South America
Communism - (answer) a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a
society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their
abilities and needs.
Communist states controlled nearly every aspect of society including religion and economics. The
government owned factories and ports, machines and ships. The income from these goods went to state
controlled coffers.
Romanticism - (answer) 19th century artistic movement that appealed to emotion rather than reason
,CSET SOCIAL SCIENCE SUBTEST 2 2024-2025 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Famous Romantic authors included John Keats, William Wordsworth, Victor Hugo, and Goethe
Realism - (answer) A 19th century artistic movement in which writers and painters sought to show life
as it is rather than life as it should be
Famous realists include Dickens, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and Twain
Impressionism - (answer) An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel, or
impression, of the piece they were drawing
Famous impressionists include Monet, Degas, van Gogh, Manet, Cezanne, Renoir
Cubism - (answer) an early 20th-century style and movement in art, especially painting, in which
perspective with a single viewpoint was abandoned and use was made of simple geometric shapes,
interlocking planes, and, later, collage.
Famous Cubists include Pablo Picasso
Dadaism - (answer) An artistic movement of the 1920s and 1930s that attacked all accepted standards
of art and behavior and delighted in outrageous conduct.
Pop Art - (answer) an American school of the 1950s that imitated the techniques of commercial art (as
the soup cans of Andy Warhol) and the styles of popular culture and the mass media
Franco-Prussian War - (answer) This was a major war between the French and the Germans in 1871
that brought about the unification of Germany. It was caused by Otto Von Bismarck altering a telegram
from the Prussian King to provoke the French into attacking Prussia, thus hoping to get the independent
German states to unify with Prussia (which they did, thus creating Germany).
European Imperialism - (answer) (19th century) The political and economic control by European
powers of areas in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific.
, CSET SOCIAL SCIENCE SUBTEST 2 2024-2025 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
was the harsh and urgent demand for the raw materials needed to fuel and feed the great Industrial
Revolution --> in turn, the colonies would buy these finished manufactured goods
Europeans justified imperialism by their technological superiority and Christianity to civilize savages
which gave them a right to rule and educate Africans.
Manifest Destiny - (answer) A notion held by a nineteenth-century Americans that the United States
was destined to rule the continent, from the Atlantic the Pacific. westward expansion in the United
States
Czars - (answer) Rulers of Russia until 1917; were supposedly appointed by God and saw themselves as
"Gods" of Russia.
1905 Revolution - (answer) The revolution that began January 1905 with Bloody Sunday and ended
with Nicholas II creating the October Manifesto.
Russo-Japanese War - (answer) (1904-1905) War between Russia and Japan over imperial possessions.
Japan emerges victorious because of poor Russian leadership, starving troops, and inferior training and
weaponry.
Winter Palace - (answer) Peter the Great in Russia built in St. Peterburg largely on influence of
Versailles
Father Gapon - (answer) Leader of the factory workers who assembled before the czar's palace to
petition him on January 1905 (Bloody Sunday). The protests were crushed by the Palace Guards. Gapon
wanted the Czar to end the Russo-Japanese War. Eventually, Czar Nicholas II signed the October
Manifesto which created a constitutional monarchy
October Manifesto - (answer) Issued in Russia because of fear of a general strike. Granted full civil
rights and a popular parliament- Duma.
Created a constitutional monarchy, some civil rights, and gave the parliament limited legislative power
