UPSC World History – Chapter 8: The Americas in the Nineteenth Century (20 MCQs)

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UPSC World History – Chapter 8: The Americas in the Nineteenth Century (20 MCQs) – 20 questions, subject: History. Every question has the correct answer with a one-line explanation; tap "Show Answer". Free practice for TNPSC, UPSC, SSC, Bank and RRB exams – Shanmugam IAS Academy, Coimbatore.

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1.  

The first independent Black republic in the world was:

Correct Answer: D [Haiti]

Explanation:

1804.

2.  

"The Liberator" who created Gran Colombia was:

Correct Answer: D [Simón Bolívar]

Explanation:

Simón Bolívar, 'the Liberator', won at Boyacá (1819) and created Gran Colombia, covering present-day Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Panama.

3.  

The Monroe Doctrine was announced in:

Correct Answer: C [1823]

Explanation:

President James Monroe announced the doctrine in his annual message to Congress in December 1823.

4.  

Brazil became independent in 1822 under:

Correct Answer: B [Dom Pedro I]

Explanation:

Dom Pedro I, son of the Portuguese king João VI, declared Brazil independent in 1822 and became its emperor.

5.  

The Louisiana territory was purchased by the United States from:

Correct Answer: A [France]

Explanation:

1803.

6.  

Slavery was abolished throughout the United States by the:

Correct Answer: C [Thirteenth Amendment]

Explanation:

1865.

7.  

The "Cry of Dolores" (1810) began the independence movement in:

Correct Answer: A [Mexico]

Explanation:

Hidalgo.

8.  

The battle that ended Spanish power in South America was fought at:

Correct Answer: C [Ayacucho]

Explanation:

1824.

9.  

Alaska was bought by the United States in 1867 from:

Correct Answer: B [Russia]

Explanation:

The United States bought Alaska from the Russian Empire in 1867 for 7.2 million dollars.

10.  

Consider the following statements:

1. Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
2. The Emancipation Proclamation was issued on 1 January 1863.
3. The Confederacy won the battle of Gettysburg.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Correct Answer: B [1 and 2 only]

Explanation:

Lincoln was elected in November 1860 and issued the Emancipation Proclamation on 1 January 1863; the Union won at Gettysburg.

11.  

Assertion (A): The Spanish colonies in America rose in revolt after 1808.

Reason (R): Napoleon's occupation of Spain weakened the authority of the Spanish Crown.

Correct Answer: A [Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A]

Explanation:

Napoleon's occupation of Spain (1808) removed the Spanish king's authority, so creole juntas and risings followed from 1810.

12.  

After the Spanish–American War (1898), the Philippines came under the control of:

Correct Answer: D [the United States]

Explanation:

By the Treaty of Paris (1898) Spain ceded the Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico to the United States.

13.  

The Panama Canal was opened in:

Correct Answer: D [1914]

Explanation:

The Panama Canal, built by the United States after Panama's 1903 separation from Colombia, opened on 15 August 1914.

14.  

The last country in the Americas to abolish slavery was:

Correct Answer: B [Brazil]

Explanation:

1888.

15.  

Canada became a self-governing Dominion under the British North America Act of:

Correct Answer: C [1867]

Explanation:

The British North America Act, 1867, united Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick as the self-governing Dominion of Canada.

16.  

Arrange the following in chronological order:

1. Independence of Haiti
2. Emancipation Proclamation
3. Monroe Doctrine
4. Spanish–American War

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Correct Answer: C [1-3-2-4]

Explanation:

1804, 1823, 1863, 1898.

17.  

The idea of "Manifest Destiny" was used to justify:

Correct Answer: D [US expansion across North America]

Explanation:

Manifest Destiny was the belief that the United States was destined to expand across the North American continent.

18.  

The leader of the slave revolt in Saint-Domingue was:

Correct Answer: A [Toussaint Louverture]

Explanation:

Toussaint Louverture emerged as leader of the 1791 Saint-Domingue revolt and drove out Spanish and British forces before his capture in 1802.

19.  

The American Civil War led to a boom in the export of which commodity from India?

Correct Answer: D [Raw cotton]

Explanation:

Bombay cotton boom.

20.  

Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, declaring enslaved people in the rebel areas free, was issued on:

Correct Answer: B [1 January 1863]

Explanation:

Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on 1 January 1863, freeing enslaved people in areas in rebellion against the Union.

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