PSC 100 Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass

PSC 100 Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass 1.The first explorer(s) to accurately map and document the geographic features of present day Nevada was/were: - Answer- Fremont 2.The concept of Manifest Destiny involved the idea that - Answer- the United States had a duty and obligation to inhabit all land lying between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans 3. The first two groups of English speakers to enter the Great Basin for a signicant amount of time were led by - Answer- Jedediah Smith and Peter Skene Ogden 4. What was the name of the route that became the primary emigrant route across Nevada? - Answer- The Humboldt Trail 5. What was the first permanent settlement in Nevada? - Answer- Mormon Station (later called Genoa) 6. According to the historian quoted in Chapter One (James Hulse), Nevada's history began as - Answer- a struggle to exploit the resources of the land as rapidly as possible 7. Which of the following is NOT true about John C Fremont and the Fremont Expedition? - Answer- he was the first Euro-American to see the Humbolt River 8. The first English speaking parties that entered and explored the Great Basin were primarily interested in - Answer- fur trapping 1. Which one of the following was NOT a motivating factor of the bill to establish Nevada, Nebraska, and Colorado as states? - Answer- the Union needed Nevada's silver 2. President Abraham Lincoln appointed the first Territorial Governor for the new Nevada Terroritory. He was: - Answer- James W. Nye 3. Why was the Nevada Constitution wired to Washington, D.C. at great expense? - Answer- in order to get it accepted before the 1864 national elections 4. What action did the Nevada Territorial government take on gambling? - Answer- they made gambling illegal in Nevada 5. The Nevada Terrority became a State on October 31,________ - Answer- 1864 6. Both the 1863 and 1864 versions of the Nevada Constitution were based on the constitution of which state? - Answer- California 7. Nevada's 1863 Constitution - Answer- was defeated by the voters due to concerns about a mining tax and William Stewart's role in the new government 8. Which one of the following is NOT a reason why Congress was able to establish a separate Nevada territory in 1861? - Answer- the assassination of Abraham Lincoln provided an opportunity to create a separate territory without attracting attention 1. Regarding racial segregation in Nevada after 1930, - Answer- Nevada had no statutes mandating racial segregation, but private citizens often enforced racial segregation in housing and employment 2. Before 1881, the Chinese in Nevada - Answer- experienced numerous acts of discrimination, including being prohibited from owning pr