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TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS MAXIMUM MARKS: 100 NOTE: Attempt any FIVE questions in
all, including QUESTION No.8 which is COMPULSORY. All questions carry EQUAL marks.
1. - Explain the characteristics of Colonial assemblies and representative government from 1776 to 1789.
2. Discuss Jefferson's decision to purchase the Louisiana Territory, and explain the political and economic
impact of this decision on the United States.
3. What are the Salient features of Andrew Jackson's Presidency and Democracy?
5. Woodrow Wilson had said, "We had a chance to gain the leadership for the world. We have lost it, and
soon we shall be witnessing the tragedy of it all". Comment upon America's attitude towards Treaty of
Versailles.
6. After World War-II the dominant focus of the U.S. policy had been anti-Communism on global scale.
Discuss.
NOTE: Attempt FIVE questions in all, including Question No.8,which is Compulsory. All questions
carry equal marks.
1. President John Adams inherited George Washington’s policy problems but not his aura of leadership.
Elaborate.
2. The American Civil War brought revolutionary dangers in warfare, but more important, produced
significant economic and political reconstruction in the country. Discuss.
3. Monroe Doctrine was a Charter of America’s Isolation. Still what circumstances compelled U.S.A. to
plunge into the World Wars.
5. J.F. Kennedy was many men. He was a statesman and politician. Analyze his domestic reforms.
6. What are the sources of government Revenues and Funds in U.S.A.? Is it true to say that the Americans
pay taxes for civilized society?
8. Write only the correct answers in the Answer Book. Don’t reproduce the questions.
(2) How many British Colonies declared independence from England in 1776 to form the United States?
(4) California was settled most rapidly after_____________ was discovered in 1848:
Which American President received the Nobel Prize for peace in 1906?
Who was the President of U.S.A. when Russia invaded Afghanistan in early 1980?
Morris, Richard and Commager (b) Rubin, Barry (c) Siring, Lawrence.