2022
BA VI Semester Examination
HISTORY
Paper : BHIS–621
[ History of USA (1776–1945) ]
Full Marks : 80
Pass Marks : 35%
Time : Three Hours
Note : 1. Answer all questions full marks for the questions.
2. The figures in the margin indicate
SECTION—I
Answer any five of the following questions : 2×5=10
1. When and who drafted the American Declaration of Independence?
2. Which two states were added to the Union under Missouri of 1820?3. What was Dred Scott decision?
4. Write a short note on Dollar Diplomacy.
5. What do you understand by Franklin D. Roosevelt's Court Packing Plan?
Section-II
Answer any four of the following questions : 5×4=20
6. What were the causes of American War of Independence?
7. What was Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?
8. Why was Platt Amendment significant?
9. Write a brief note on American Imperialism in Far-East.
10. What were the causes of Great Depression?
Section-III
11. Discuss the career and achievements of George Washington.
12. Analyse briefly the principles of Monroe Doctrine.
13. Discuss in brief the life and career of Abraham Lincoln.
14. What were the causes of the American Civil War?
15. Trace the development of American policy towards Latin American countries.
16. Give a critical assessment of the foreign policy of Theodore Roosevelt.
17. Why did USA enter into the World War II? Explain.
