CSS Past Papers 2011- History of the USA - 2

CSS Past Papers 2011- History of the USA - 2

1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. In 1989 Summit meeting between Bush and Gorbachev was held in?

a) Yalta
b) Malta
c) Camp David
d) Tehran
e) None of these

6. Civil Rights Act was passed in?

a) 1962
b) 1966
c) 1862
d) 1866
e) None of these

7. In March 2001 George Bush announced rejection of Kyoto Protocol of?

a) 1995
b) 1996
c) 1997
d) 1998
e) None of these

8. 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

9. 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

10. First shipload of Negroes landed in Virginia in?
a) 1619
b) 1570
c) 1487
d) 1729

e) None of these

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