CSET Subtest 1 United States History

Question 1

America (New World) to Europe (Old World)

Answer 1

Corn, Canoe, Native American slaves, Syphilis,

Question 2

Europe (Old World) to America (New World)

Answer 2

Smallpox, Christianity, Horses

Question 3

Norse Explorers

Answer 3

Preceded Columbus, did not establish settlements, Leif Eriksson

Question 4

First voyage to America for England

Answer 4

John Cabot

Question 5

Explorer of the American Southwest

Answer 5

Coronado

Question 6

What part of North America did this explorer explore?

Answer 6

Coronado Island: Coronado
Hudson: Hudson River Ohio

Question 7

Begin Colonial Era Deck

Question 8

Shipbuilding and Commerse

Answer 8

New England Colonies

Question 9

Farming and commerce

Answer 9

Middle Colonies

Question 10

Tobacco and Cotton, and Indigo

Answer 10

Southern Colonies

Question 11

First Permanent British Settlement

Answer 11

Jamestown Settlement Virginia: London Company

Question 12

Massachusetts Bay Colony

Answer 12

Puritans, Bible commonwealth, Pilgrims
went onto Rhode Island, Connecticut

Question 13

New York

Answer 13

Established by Duke of York

Question 14

Pennsylvania

Answer 14

Quakers

Question 15

French and Indian war

Answer 15

French and Indians were fighting British colonists, because of this, they acquired debt, and had difficulty controlling large new territory

Question 16

Begin the war for independence deck

Question 17

3 reasons for war of independence

Answer 17

Tariffs- stamp act
Townsend acts- taxed goods including tea
Lack of representation- No representation in British government
Cornering of British soldiers- Boston massacre

Question 18

Intollerable acts

Answer 18

Expanded requirements to house british soldiers

Question 19

Battle of Saratoga

Answer 19

War the French backed the patriots economically against the british

Question 20

Battle of Yorktown

Answer 20

Patriots won decisive victory against the british. Battle that secured patriot victgory to win revolutionary war

Question 21

The United States Political System Deck

Question 22

3 benefits of Articles of Confederation

Answer 22

1. Raising an army
2. Fund the war efforts; needed money
3. Resolve territorial disputes

Question 23

Legislative
Executive
Judicial

Answer 23

1. Congress- bicameral legislature: Makes laws
2. President and his cabinet: Enforce laws
3. Supreme court and all other courts: Interpret laws

Question 24

Marbury vs Madison

Answer 24

Judicial Review- Supreme court ability to declare law unconstitutional

Question 25

Federalists vs Anti-Federalists

Answer 25

Federalists- Strong central government/ Alexander Hamilton
Anti-Federalists- Thomas Jefferson