Description : The „Gold Rush‟ of California occurred in: (a) 1848 (b) 1862 (c) 1865 (d) 1914
Last Answer : (a) 1848
Description : What happened in California gold Rush in 1849?
Last Answer : Need answer
Description : Where was the 1849 American gold rush?
Last Answer : California
Description : Which of the following States in the United States of America was famous for its gold mines? (a) Maryland (b) Vermont (c) California (d) Massachusetts
Last Answer : (c) California
Description : California was settled most rapidly after_____________ was discovered in 1848: (a) gold (b) coal (c) natural gas
Last Answer : (a) gold
Description : The treaty of 1819 with Spain, that resulted in Spain‟s cession of East Florida, Sabine Free State and surrender of Spain‟s claim to Oregon State was called the: (a) Rush-Bagot Agreement (b) Adams-Onis Treaty (c) Missouri Compromise (d) Panama Congress
Last Answer : (b) Adams-Onis Treaty
Description : With which country U.S.A. signed the rush-Bagot Treaty? (a) Britain (b) France (c) spain
Last Answer : (a) Britain
Description : The Boston Massacre took place in _________ (a) 1763 (b) 1770 (c) 1773
Last Answer : (b) 1770
Description : Attack on Pearl Harbour took place in: (a) 1918 (b) 1941 (c) 1939
Last Answer : (b) 1941
Description : The XYZ affairs took place between: (a) US-England (b) US- Russia (c) US-France
Last Answer : (c) US-France
Description : The Boston Tea Incident took place in: (a) 1770 (b)1773 (c) 1789
Last Answer : (b)1773
Description : Which state was known as Lone Star Republic? (a) California (b) Texas (c) Ore gone
Last Answer : b) Texas
Description : _____________ state is known as sunshine state: (a) California (b) Nebraska (c) Florida
Last Answer : (c) Florida
Description : What effects did the California gold rush have on Mexican californians?
Last Answer : they lost most of their land
Description : Why was the U.S lucky in the timing of the California gold rush?
Last Answer : What is the answer ?
Description : How did the California gold rush affect African Americans?
Description : When the California Gold Rush how did newcomers from the eastern US assert their dominance over California?
Last Answer : They didn’t. I don’t know why you would think the east woulddominate California, but years after gold was discovered Californiabecame a state on September 9, 1850.
Description : What was results of the California gold rush?
Last Answer : California became a state 2 years after the finding of gold.Sept. 9, 1850 is when CA was admitted to the union.
Description : What businesses started during the California Gold rush?
Last Answer : Miners and merchants
Description : What caused many American settlers to go to california in 1849?
Last Answer : The discovery of Gold
Description : Which US president was behind the “Star Wars” program?
Last Answer : President Ronald Reagan
Description : First shipload of Negroes landed in Virginia in: (a) 1619 (b) 1570 (c) 1487 (d) 1729 (e) None of these
Last Answer : (a) 1619
Description : The Fair Deal was name, given to ____ programme of Harry Truman. (a) Foreign (b) Security (c) Domestic (d) All of these (e) None of these
Last Answer : (c) Domestic
Description : President Carter secured senate ratification of treaties to return Panama Canal to Panama by: (a) 1997 (b) 1999 (c) 2000 (d) 2001 (e) None of these
Last Answer : (c) 2000
Description : In March 2001 George Bush announced rejection of Kyoto Protocol of: (a) 1995 (b) 1996 (c) 1997 (d) 1998 (e) None of these
Last Answer : (c) 1997
Description : Civil Rights Act was passed in: (a) 1962 (b) 1966 (c) 1862 (d) 1866 (e) None of these
Last Answer : (d) 1866
Description : In 1989 Summit meeting between Bush and Gorbachev was held in: (a) Yalta (b) Malta (c) Camp David (d) Tehran (e) None of these
Last Answer : (b) Malta
Description : Fourteenth amendment pertained to: (a) Definition of citizenship (b) Appointment of Representatives in Congress (c) Validity of public debt (d) All of these (e) None of these
Last Answer : (a) Definition of citizenship
Description : Eighteenth amendment pertained to: (a) Abolition of slavery (b) Extension of suffrage to women (c) Popular election of senators (d) Right to keep and bear arms (e) None of these
Last Answer : (e) None of these
Description : In addition to natural harbours and a hospitable climate, America was easily accessible because of its: (a) Well developed interior waterways (b) Exclusive Western deserts (c) Well travelled interior routes (d) All of these (e) None of these
Last Answer : (a) Well developed interior waterways
Description : Large scale African slavery began as a means of: (a) Dispersing the captives of African warfare (b) Dispersing populations from overcrowded areas (c) Supplying labour for New World plantations (d) All of these (e) None of these
Last Answer : c) Supplying labour for New World plantations
Description : The Americas changed from continents inhabited by people of mongoloid stock to: (a) The most racially mixed region of the world (b) Completely Indo-European Stock (c) Majority Negroid Stock (d) All of these (e) None of these
Last Answer : (d) All of these
Description : During the height of European emigration between 1900 and 1910 most emigrants settled in: (a) Australia (b) New Zealand (c) South America (d) All of these (e) None of these
Description : The North American colonies enjoyed economic success because of: (a) Hardworking populations (b) The practice of monoculture on plantations (c) The use of slave labour (d) All of these (e) None of these
Last Answer : (c) The use of slave labour
Description : The “White man‟s burden” refers to: (a) A belief in the equality of all races of man (b) The assumed “Superiority of the white race with obligation to guide and develop “inferior” races (c) European isolation policies (d) All of these (e) None of these
Last Answer : (b) The assumed “Superiority of the white race with obligation to guide and develop “inferior” races
Description : Which of the following was a reason for the Great Depression? (a) Weakness in American Banking System (b) International Economic imbalance of trade (c) Low American wages gave inadequate purchasing power to support excessive capital investment (d) All of these
Last Answer : d) All of these
Description : A major difference between World War I and World War II was: (a) A global involvement (b) American intervention (c) War strategy and weapons (d) All of these (e) None of these
Last Answer : (c) War strategy and weapons
Description : Which of the following pertains to American involvement in World War II? (a) Lend Lease Act (b) Atlantic Charter (c) Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbour (d) All of these (e) None of these ese
Last Answer : (c) Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbour
Description : Europe‟s rapid economic recovery after World War II was mainly due to: (a) Truman Doctrine (b) Big Four Conference (c) Marshall Plan (d) All of these (e) None of these
Last Answer : (c) Marshall Plan
Description : The American commitment to prevent spread of Communism was expressed in: (a) The Marshal Plan (b) The Truman Doctrine (c) The Yalta Declaration (d) All of these (e) None of these
Description : During the Cuban Crisis, President Kennedy demanded: (a) A “quarantine” to stop ships carrying offensive weapons to Cuba (b) The removal of Russian strategic missiles (c) Both of these (d) None of these
Last Answer : (b) The removal of Russian strategic missiles
Description : American Troops finally left Vietnam after the end of the war in: (a) 1970 (b) 1973 (c) 1975
Last Answer : (b) 1973
Description : Martin Luther King won the Novel Peace Prize in: (a) 1958 (b) 1960 (c) 1964
Last Answer : (c) 1964
Description : Who had said, „Ask not what your country do for you‟, say what you can do for your country? (a) George Washington (b) Abraham Lincoln (c) John F. Kennedy
Last Answer : (c) John F. Kennedy
Description : D. David Eisenhower was elected U.S. President (I term) in: (a) 1950 (b) 1952 (c) 1953
Last Answer : (b) 1952
Description : Korean war started in: (a) 1948 (b) 1950 (c) 1953
Last Answer : (b) 1950
Description : Elijah Muhammad assumed leadership of the Black Muslims Movement in: (a) 1930 (b) 1934 (c) 1936
Last Answer : a) 1930
Description : Alva Edison invented Phonograph in: (a) 1872 (b) 1876 (c) 1878 (d) None of these
Last Answer : (d) None of these