[QUOTE=ursula;904533]one of the leading causes of federal govt as follow
1.confederate vs unionist tug of war
2.Rapid expansion in the west and south and state's political configuration issue
3.issue of slavery in south vs north
4.political awareness among the masses
5.unequal wealth generation(since north was more progressive and generate more revenues they wanted to have greater contribution in legislation and executives,while south was uncompromising on particular issue)
6.organized and specialized departments for policing and defense purposes
7.spirit of federalism and territorization
8.Administrative reforms(like actions against kkk wouldnt be possible without
federal government initiatives

[B](from current perspective) [/B]
1.international surveillance and pretext for the creation of cia
2.democratic reforms (federal officers are responsible infront of congress)
3.implementation of legislation

you can deduce more importance by considering the following equation in mind
Federal government=congress+legislative+establishment+other working
bodies[/QUOTE]

@Ursala
The us history paper of 2015 seems much tough.
Kindly recommend books which cover all syllabus of the subject.
Are the two books by majumdar sufficient for preparation?

[QUOTE=Bookaholic;942160]@Ursala
The us history paper of 2015 seems much tough.
[/QUOTE]
It was tough in a sense that it was a if not wholly then partially bookish leaned paper, which I am not expecting in such exams.
Anyhow, syllabus is being revised and conceptual studies were seen in ce-16 paper.
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Kindly recommend books which cover all syllabus of the subject.[/QUOTE]
Nice brother!
I already mentioned some books, just check out us history portion of this forum.
Also consult Wikipedia, it could be a good source of learning.Since , I myself had consulted wiki for cias operation I.e from operation ajex to operation desert storm.( I roughly studied14+operation related to American expansionsim )
For covert actions like cold war, ww-ll and Obama's pivot to Asia, TTIP, I consulted many sites and American channels.
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Are the two books by majumdar sufficient for preparation?[/QUOTE]
I am afraid I didn't study this book.
But again history and with single book, brother its bit stereo.
P.S. that'd my personal opinion, may be other seniors could have a better plan in this regard.:unsure

Plz somebody throw light on ist Q of paper 2015 about westward expansion.
Iska answer ma kon sy state sy start hoga.kya hoga iska jwab

Thankyou bro.

anyone knows about the rest of the mcqs?

Thankyou brother.