LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – HISTORY
LT 43
FIFTH SEMESTER – APRIL 2007
HT 5502 - HISTORY OF U.S.A.
Date & Time: 30/04/2007 / 1:00 - 4:00
Dept. No.
Max. : 100 Marks
Part – A
Answer any TEN of the following in TEN lines each.
10 x 2 = 20
1. French and Indian war
2. Declaration of Independence
3. Emancipation Proclamation
4. New Immigrants
5. Populist Party
6. Muckrakers
7. Platt Amendment
8. Black Thursday
9. Truman Doctrine
10. Gulf of Tonkin incident
11. Missile crisis
12. Watergate
Part – B
Answer any FOUR of the following in ONE page each:
4 x 10 = 40
13. Write briefly on the ‘New England Colonies’.
14. Mention the causes that led to the sectional conflict (Civil war).
15. Estimate the role of trade unions in protecting the interest of American labour.
16. Define progressivism and highlight the reforms introduced by La Follette.
17. Examine the developments Depression between 1929 – 1932.
18. Assess the presidency of John F Kennedy.
Part – C
Answer any TWO of the following in FOUR pages each:
2 x 20 = 40
19. Give an account of the Reconstruction that followed Civil war.
20. Elaborate on the conditions of religion, education and immigration during the period of
Reform.
21. Describe the New Deal legislations introduced by FDR and highlight his court-packing
programme.
22. Explain the transformation that had taken place in the Civil Rights Movement from ‘Protest’
to ‘Participation’.
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