CSET Multiple Subjects Subtest I
History & Social Sciences California
History (Latest Update )
Questions & Answers | Grade A |
100% Correct
Question:
Gold Fever
Answer:
The rush to secure gold, especially alluvial gold, in order to acquire immediate
riches and the associated social status. New flood into Golden state, soon
apply to become free state, tip the balance, set off sectional debate on slavery
Question:
Transcontinental Railroad
Answer:
Completed in 1869 at Promontory, Utah, it linked the eastern railroad system
with California's railroad system, revolutionizing transportation in the west.
Chinese on the Central Pacific and Irish on the Union Pacific.
,Question:
The Compromise of 1850
Answer:
Compromise that made . . .
1. California admitted as a free state
2. Fugitive Slave Law
3. Slave Trade banned in Washington
4.Popular Sovereignty in New Mexico and Utah
Question:
Railroad's Big Four
Answer:
The Big Four was the name popularly given to the chief entrepreneurs in the
building of the Central Pacific Railroad, the western portion of the First
Transcontinental Railroad in the United States. However, the four of them
preferred to be known as "The Associates". Controlled the railroad industry
and California Politics
Question:
Bank of California
Answer:
During the California economic depression of the 1870s, the collapse of this
further weakened the California economy.
,Question:
Chinese Exclusion Act
Answer:
Law passed in 1882 that prohibited Chinese laborers from entering the
country, but did not prevent entry of those who had previously established
U.S. residence
Question:
Anti Chinese Sentiment
Answer:
Anti-Chinese sentiment only increased when the completion of the
transcontinental railroad freed up 9,000 Chinese laborers, fueling the
hostility of American workers who, like the miners before them, resented
Chinese immigrants for the economic competition they presented and
blamed them for the bad economy.
Question:
Workingmans Party
Answer:
Nativist, Anti-Chinese, and anti Big Business.
, Question:
Chinese Immigrants
Answer:
Chinese immigrants began arriving in America in significant numbers in the
1850s, most from the southern provinces of China where war, persecution and
famine caused the deaths of millions. American businessmen actively sought
Chinese laborers in mines and other industries, using them to provide much
of the labor for building the transcontinental railroads. While the Chinese
were first praised as diligent workers, praise later turned to hostility as the
railroad was completed and competition for other jobs increased. Anti-
Chinese political activity and violence erupted between 1880-1900 throughout
the West, resulting in scores of deaths.
Question:
California Land Boom 1880's
Answer:
The railroads ended the region's isolation. The railroad made transportation
cheaper and easier, causing a land boom in the 1880s. During the "Boom of
the 80s," thousands of farmers and opportunity seekers moved to southern
California.
History & Social Sciences California
History (Latest Update )
Questions & Answers | Grade A |
100% Correct
Question:
Gold Fever
Answer:
The rush to secure gold, especially alluvial gold, in order to acquire immediate
riches and the associated social status. New flood into Golden state, soon
apply to become free state, tip the balance, set off sectional debate on slavery
Question:
Transcontinental Railroad
Answer:
Completed in 1869 at Promontory, Utah, it linked the eastern railroad system
with California's railroad system, revolutionizing transportation in the west.
Chinese on the Central Pacific and Irish on the Union Pacific.
,Question:
The Compromise of 1850
Answer:
Compromise that made . . .
1. California admitted as a free state
2. Fugitive Slave Law
3. Slave Trade banned in Washington
4.Popular Sovereignty in New Mexico and Utah
Question:
Railroad's Big Four
Answer:
The Big Four was the name popularly given to the chief entrepreneurs in the
building of the Central Pacific Railroad, the western portion of the First
Transcontinental Railroad in the United States. However, the four of them
preferred to be known as "The Associates". Controlled the railroad industry
and California Politics
Question:
Bank of California
Answer:
During the California economic depression of the 1870s, the collapse of this
further weakened the California economy.
,Question:
Chinese Exclusion Act
Answer:
Law passed in 1882 that prohibited Chinese laborers from entering the
country, but did not prevent entry of those who had previously established
U.S. residence
Question:
Anti Chinese Sentiment
Answer:
Anti-Chinese sentiment only increased when the completion of the
transcontinental railroad freed up 9,000 Chinese laborers, fueling the
hostility of American workers who, like the miners before them, resented
Chinese immigrants for the economic competition they presented and
blamed them for the bad economy.
Question:
Workingmans Party
Answer:
Nativist, Anti-Chinese, and anti Big Business.
, Question:
Chinese Immigrants
Answer:
Chinese immigrants began arriving in America in significant numbers in the
1850s, most from the southern provinces of China where war, persecution and
famine caused the deaths of millions. American businessmen actively sought
Chinese laborers in mines and other industries, using them to provide much
of the labor for building the transcontinental railroads. While the Chinese
were first praised as diligent workers, praise later turned to hostility as the
railroad was completed and competition for other jobs increased. Anti-
Chinese political activity and violence erupted between 1880-1900 throughout
the West, resulting in scores of deaths.
Question:
California Land Boom 1880's
Answer:
The railroads ended the region's isolation. The railroad made transportation
cheaper and easier, causing a land boom in the 1880s. During the "Boom of
the 80s," thousands of farmers and opportunity seekers moved to southern
California.
