Description : Which of the American Presidents won four consecutive presidential elections and remained president for the longest period of time: (a) Theodore Roosevelt (b) Woodrow Wilson (c) Franklin Delano Roosevelt (d) Harry S. Truman
Last Answer : (c) Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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 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 : 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
Last Answer : (d) All of these
Description : Truman Doctrine was a document about: (a) England (b) Russia (c) Germany
Last Answer : (b) Russia
Description : The slogan of „Fair Deal‟ was given by _________. (a) President Truman (b) President Nixon (c) President Andrew Jackson.
Last Answer : a) President Truman
Description : The Truman Doctrine was mainly designed to extend economic assistance to: (a) Turkey-Iraq (b) Turkey-Egypt (c) Turkey-Greec
Last Answer : (c) Turkey-Greec
Description : Which American President received the Nobel Prize for peace in 1906? (a) Andrew Jackson (b) Harry S. Truman (c) Theodore Roosevelt
Last Answer : (c) Theodore Roosevelt
Description : The 40th President of the USA was: (a) George Bush (b) Gerald Rudolph Ford (c) Jimmy Carter (d) Ronald Wilson Reagon
Last Answer : d) Ronald Wilson Reagon
Description : Which American president was elected for two non-consecutive terms: (a) Chester A. Arthur (b) Benjamin Harrison (c) Grover Cleveland (d) Woodrow Wilson
Last Answer : c) Grover Cleveland
Description : Name the president famous for his fourteen points: (1) Jefferson (2) Jackson (3) Wilson
Last Answer : (3) Wilson
Description : To which political party did President Woodrow Wilson belong? (a) Whig (b) Republican (c) Democratic
Last Answer : (c) Democratic
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 : In 1947, US President Truman announced the “Truman Doctrine” to look at the benefits of communism for the US. True or False?
Last Answer : False
Description : First _________ amendments were passed by the congress on September 25, 1789. (a) Ten (b) Fourteen (c) Four
Last Answer : (a) Ten
Description : The only President to enjoy four terms: (a) George Washington (b) Thomson Jefferson (c) Andrew Jackson (d) Franklin D. Roosevelt
Last Answer : d) Franklin D. Roosevelt
Description : The Great Depression of 1929 lasted for: (a) Three years (b) Four years (c) A decade
Last Answer : (c) A decade
Description : The Virgin Islands were bought for US $: (a) 25 (b) 250 (c) 2500 (d) 25000 (e) None of these
Last Answer : e) None of these
Description : Virgin Islands were purchased from: (a) Spain (b) Denmark (c) Portugal (d) Great Britain (e) None of these
Last Answer : (b) Denmark
Description : Intolerable acts were introduced in: (a) 1772 (b) 1774 (c) 1775
Last Answer : (b) 1774
Description : Philippine Islands were acquired by US in _________. (a) 1909 (b) 1799 (c) 1899
Last Answer : (c) 1899
Description : Virgin Island were purchased from: (a) Spain (b) Denmark (c) Portuga
Last Answer : b) Denmark
Description : “Muckrakers” were: (a) Black city workers (b) White Racists (c) Journalists
Last Answer : (c) Journalists
Description : In 1800 most of the Americans were: (a) Veterans (b) Hunters (c) Tradesmen (d) Farmers
Last Answer : (d) Farmers
Description : Who were called indentured servants? (a) Indians (b) Europeans (c) Black (d) British
Last Answer : (b) Europeans
Description : Complete diplomatic relations between US and China were established in: (a) 1979 (b) 1981 (c) 1982
Last Answer : a) 1979
Description : The total number of the British Colonies founded in Colonial America were: (a) Thirteen (b) Fifteen (c) Twenty
Last Answer : a) Thirteen
Description : Who were carpetbaggers?
Last Answer : Carpetbaggers were Northern businessmen who arrived in the South in the early days of Reconstruction (1865–77) period after the Civil War in the United States.
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 : 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 : 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
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 : 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