History of USA MCQs 2008

The 40th President of the USA was _____________. (CSS 2008)
A. George Bush
B. Gerald Rudolph Ford
C. Jimmy Carter
D. Ronald Wilson Reagan

Dwight D Eisenhower served two terms in office from 1953-1961. Who was his vice-President? (CSS 2008)
A. Christian A. Herter
B. Gerald R. Ford
C. John Foster Dulles
D. Richard Nixon

Which President of the USA resigned from the office in his second term? (CSS 2008)
A. Abraham Lincoln
B. Jimmy Carter
C. Richard Nixon
D. Zachary Taylor

United States of America joined with Western European nations to form North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in _____________. (CSS 2008)
A. 1949
B. 1951
C. 1954
D. None of these

A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed, is the _____________. (CSS 2008)
A. First amendment
B. Second amendment
C. Tenth amendment
D. None of these

The 25th amendment providing for Presidential succession was ratified by states in _____________. (CSS 2008)
A. 1965
B. 1966
C. 1967
D. 1976

The confusion at the time of Jefferson’s election was corrected by the adoption in 1804 of the _____________. (CSS 2008)
A. First amendment
B. Eleventh amendment
C. Twelfth amendment
D. Thirteenth amendment

The Navigation Act was passed in _____________. (CSS 2008)
A. 1660
B. 1760
C. 1860
D. None of these

The Pendleton Act, an act to regulate and improve the civil service of the United States, was enacted on _____________. (CSS 2008)
A. May 11, 1871
B. June 19, 1872
C. September 20, 1881
D. January 16, 1883

President Roosevelt proclaimed an unlimited emergency on _____________. (CSS 2008)
A. May 27, 1941
B. May 27, 1942
C. May 27, 1945
D. None of these