History of USA 2008

(1)The colony of Virginia was founded in 1607 by :

(a) Captain Robert
(b) Christopher Columbus
(c) Johan Smith
(d) Scott Barlow

(2)The colony of New Netherland, founded by the Dutch in 1621, came under English rule in 1664 and was renamed:

(a) New Hampshire
(b) New Found Land
(c) New York
(d) New Mexico

(3)The first ten amendments to the American Constitution are known as:

(a) Bill of rights
(b) Citizen demands
(c) Governments regulations

(4)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:

(a) First amendment
(b) Second amendment
(c) Tenth amendment

(5) The confusion at the time of Jefferson’s election was corrected by the adoption in 1804 of the:

(a) First amendment
(b) Eleventh amendment
(c) Twelveth amendment
(d) Thirteenth amendment

(6) The Navigation Act was passed in:

(a) 1660
(b) 1760
(c) 1860

(7) The PENDLIETON Act, an act to regulate and improve the civil service of the United States, was enacted on:

(a) May 11, 1871
(b) June 19, 1872
(c) September 20, 1881
(d) January 16, 1883

(8) President Roosevelt proclaimed an unlimited emergency on:

(a) May 27, 1941
(b) May 27, 1942
(c) May 27, 1945

(9) The Atlantic Charter of August 14, 1941 was a statement of common war aims formulated between:

(a) Roosevelt and Hitler
(b) Roosevelt and Degaulle
(c) Hiter and Degaulle
(d) Roosevelt and Winston Churchill

(10) The United States of America formally declared war on Germany on:

(a) December 8, 1941
(b) December 12, 1941
(c) January 20, 1942
(d) None of these

(11)The BAY of PIGs invasion of Cuba happened during the Presidency of:

(a) Dwight D Eisenhower
(b) John F Kenedy
(c) Richard Nixon

(12) Herbert Hoover became President of the USA in:

(a) 1928
(b) 1929
(c) 1930

(13) The National security of the USA is a document prepared by the:

(a) Senate
(b) House of representative
(c) Executive Branch

(14) The first President of USA from 1787-1797 was:

(a) George Washington
(b) John Adams
(c) James Maclison

(15) William Harrison was the president of US in the period:

(a) 1817-1825
(b) 1829-1837
(c) 1841-1850
(d) 1850-1853

(16) The 40th President of the USA was:

(a) George Bush
(b) Gerald Rudolph Ford
(c) Jimmy Carter
(d) Ronald Wilson Reagon

(17) Dwight D Eisenhower served two terms in office from 1953-1961. Who was his vice-President?

(a) Christian A. Herter
(b) Gerald R. Ford
(c) John Foster Dulles
(d) Richard Nixon

(18) Which President of the USA resigned from the office in his second term?

(a) Abraham Lincoln
(b) Jimmy Carter
(c) Richard Nixon
(d) Zachary Taylor

(19) United States of America joined with Western European nations to form North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in:

(a) 1949
(b) 1951
(c) 1954

(20) The 25th amendment providing for Presidential succession was ratified by states in:

(a) 1965
(b) 1966
(c) 1967
(d) 1976

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