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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 600 034
B.A.DEGREE EXAMINATION -ENGLISH LITERATURE
SECOND SEMESTER APRIL 2018
17/16UHT2AL01 HT 2106 AMERICAN HISTORY
Date: 28-04-2018 Dept. No. Max. 100 Marks
Time: 01:00-04:00
PART-A (10X2= 20 MARKS)
ANSWER ANY TEN OF THE FOLLOWING IN EXCEEDING FIVE LINES EACH;
1. Christopher Columbus
2. Mercantile Theory
3. Boston Tea Party
4. Black Code of 1865
5. Abraham Lincoln
6. Muckrakers.
7. Big Stick Policy
8. Lend Lease Act
9. Sanfrancisco Conference
10. Pearl Harbour
11. Popular Culture
12. Hispanics
PART B(4X10 =40 MARKS)
ANSWER ANY FOUR OF THE FOLLOWING NOT EXCEEDING ONE PAGEEACH;
13. Write a note on the American war of independence.
14. Explain the causes for the Civil War in America.
15. Give an account of the Great Depression.
16. Bring out the main features of Truman Doctrine.
17. What were the peace efforts taken by America during the Second World War?
18. Brief the consequences of multiculturalism.
PART (2X20 =40 MARKS)
ANSWER ANY TWO OF THE FOLLOWING NOT EXCEEDING FOUR PAGES EACH;
19. Examine the life in thirteen American colonies
20. Write an essay on the Post-Civil war Re-construction programmes of USA.
21. Discuss the Relief, Recovery and Reform measures of Roosevelt.
22. Describe the circumstances that led USA to participate in the Second World War