CSS Past Papers 2011- History of the USA - 1

CSS Past Papers 2011- History of the USA - 1

1. During the Cuban Crisis, President Kennedy demanded?

a) None of these
b) Both of these
c) The removal of Russian strategic missiles
d) A “quarantine” to stop ships carrying offensive weapons to Cuba

2. The American commitment to prevent spread of Communism was expressed in?

a) The Yalta Declaration
b) All of these
c) None of these
d) The Truman Doctrine
e) The Marshal Plan

3. Europe‟s rapid economic recovery after World War II was mainly due to?

a) Truman Doctrine
b) All of these
c) Marshall Plan
d) None of these
e) Big Four Conference

4. Which of the following pertains to American involvement in World War II?

a) Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbour
b) None of these
c) Lend Lease Act
d) Atlantic Charter
e) All of these

5. A major difference between World War I and World War II was?

a) All of these
b) None of these
c) War strategy and weapons
d) A global involvement
e) American intervention

6. Which of the following was a reason for the Great Depression?

a) None of these
b) All of these
c) Weakness in American Banking System
d) International Economic imbalance of trade
e) Low American wages gave inadequate purchasing power to support excessive capital investment

7. The “White man‟s burden” refers to?

a) A belief in the equality of all races of man
b) European isolation policies (d) All of these (e) None of these
c) The assumed “Superiority of the white race with obligation to guide and develop “inferior” races

8. The North American colonies enjoyed economic success because of?

a) None of these
b) Hardworking populations
c) All of these
d) The use of slave labour
e) The practice of monoculture on plantations

9. The Americas changed from continents inhabited by people of mongoloid stock to?

a) Completely Indo-European Stock
b) The most racially mixed region of the world
c) Majority Negroid Stock
d) None of these
e) All of these

10. During the height of European emigration between 1900 and 1910 most emigrants settled in?
a) All of these
b) New Zealand
c) None of these
d) Australia

e) South America

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