History of USA MCQs 2011

A major difference between World War I and World War II was _____________. (CSS 2011)
A. A global involvement
B. American intervention
C. War strategy and weapons
D. All of these

Which of the following was a reason for the Great Depression? (CSS 2011)
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

The “White man’s burden” refers to _____________. (CSS 2011)
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

The North American colonies enjoyed economic success because of _____________. (CSS 2011)
A. Hardworking populations
B. The practice of mono-culture on plantations
C. The use of slave labor
D. Abundant natural resources and scarce labor and capital

During the height of European emigration between 1900 and 1910 most emigrants settled in _____________. (CSS 2011)
A. Australia
B. New Zealand
C. South America
D. All of these

The Americas changed from continents inhabited by people of mongoloid stock to _____________. (CSS 2011)
A. The most racially mixed region of the world
B. Completely Indo-European Stock
C. Majority Negroid Stock
D. All of these

Large scale African slavery began as a means of _____________. (CSS 2011)
A. Dispersing the captives of African warfare
B. Dispersing populations from overcrowded areas
C. Supplying labour for New World plantations
D. All of these

During the Cuban Crisis, President Kennedy demanded _____________. (CSS 2011)
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

The American commitment to prevent spread of Communism was expressed in _____________. (CSS 2011)
A. The Marshall Plan
B. The Truman Doctrine
C. The Yalta Declaration
D. All of these

Europe’s rapid economic recovery after World War II was mainly due to _____________. (CSS 2011)
A. Truman Doctrine
B. Big Four Conference
C. Marshall Plan
D. All of these