FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT TO POSTS IN BPS-17 UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 2004
HISTORY OF U.S.A.
NOTE: Attempt FIVE questions in all, including question No. 8 which is COMPULSORY. All questions carry EQUAL marks.
-
- Explain the characteristics of Colonial assemblies and representative government from 1776 to 1789.
- Discuss Jefferson’s decision to purchase the Louisiana Territory, and explain the political and economic impact of this decision on the United States.
-
What are the Salient features of Andrew Jackson’s Presidency and Democracy?
-
Account for America’s emergence as an imperialist -colonialist power after 1898.
-
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.
-
After World War-II the dominant focus of the U.S. policy had been anti-Communism on global scale. Discuss.
-
Write short but analytical notes on any TWO of the following:
(a) Progressive Movement. (b) Watergate Scandal. (c) President F.D. Roosevelt. (d) Issue of Slavery in America.