Question 1

Which of the following was a reason why Adolf Hitler and the Nazis were popular with the German electorate?

Accepted Answer

A)  They refused to resort to force or public disturbances. 
B)  They supported the Weimar Republic. 
C)  They claimed success in restoring order and improving the economy. 
D)  They nationalized agriculture and industry. 
A)  They refused to resort to force or public disturbances. 
B)  They supported the Weimar Republic. 
C)  They claimed success in restoring order and improving the economy. 
D)  They nationalized agriculture and industry. C

Question 2

Diego Rivera's 1923 mural of the Detroit Motor Company does which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  It celebrates the gender inclusiveness of the assembly line. 
B)  It celebrates the ethnic diversity of the assembly line. 
C)  It laments the spread of bourgeois values among the workers. 
D)  It laments the alienation of the workers' labor. 
A)  It celebrates the gender inclusiveness of the assembly line. 
B)  It celebrates the ethnic diversity of the assembly line. 
C)  It laments the spread of bourgeois values among the workers. 
D)  It laments the alienation of the workers' labor. B

Question 3

Which of the following best describes the purpose of the White Wolf movement in China?

Accepted Answer

A)  A communist party initiative to radicalize peasants 
B)  A peasant uprising meant to rid the countryside of Christian missionaries 
C)  A peasant-supported band of armed men who robbed the rich to give to the poor to restore justice 
D)  Chiang Kai-shek's plan to instill moral purpose and discipline in the Chinese public 
A)  A communist party initiative to radicalize peasants 
B)  A peasant uprising meant to rid the countryside of Christian missionaries 
C)  A peasant-supported band of armed men who robbed the rich to give to the poor to restore justice 
D)  Chiang Kai-shek's plan to instill moral purpose and discipline in the Chinese public C

Question 4

Which of the following demonstrated authoritarian governments' inability to exercise total control over mass culture?

Accepted Answer

A)  Germany was unable to suppress Triumph of the Will. 
B)  Powerful radio transmitters permitted stations to reach larger national audiences. 
C)  Jazz recordings were available in Germany and the Soviet Union. 
D)  Josephine Baker was very popular after the war. 
A)  Germany was unable to suppress Triumph of the Will. 
B)  Powerful radio transmitters permitted stations to reach larger national audiences. 
C)  Jazz recordings were available in Germany and the Soviet Union. 
D)  Josephine Baker was very popular after the war.

Question 5

What led to the rise of mass culture between 1910 and the 1930s? Why did mass culture often become synonymous with national culture?

Accepted Answer

The rise of mass culture was rooted in t

Question 6

Why did Henry Ford pay his automobile factory workers more than double the usual industrial wage?

Accepted Answer

A)  High pay was the only way to entice workers to become cogs in a depersonalized labor process. 
B)  Ford employed primarily veterans of World War I and saw high wages as his patriotic duty. 
C)  Ford was influenced by modern socialist ideals. 
D)  Ford understood that consumers drove production and wanted his workers to be able to consume. 
A)  High pay was the only way to entice workers to become cogs in a depersonalized labor process. 
B)  Ford employed primarily veterans of World War I and saw high wages as his patriotic duty. 
C)  Ford was influenced by modern socialist ideals. 
D)  Ford understood that consumers drove production and wanted his workers to be able to consume.

Question 7

Italian Fascists considered themselves to be the defenders of which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Large corporations and the capitalist system in which they participated 
B)  The Italian monarchy and aristocracy 
C)  Peasants,nonsocialist workers,veterans,students,and white-collar professionals 
D)  Unionized factory workers and miners 
A)  Large corporations and the capitalist system in which they participated 
B)  The Italian monarchy and aristocracy 
C)  Peasants,nonsocialist workers,veterans,students,and white-collar professionals 
D)  Unionized factory workers and miners

Question 8

During the 1920s and 1930s,most ideas about "being modern" acknowledged that modernity implied:

Accepted Answer

A)  stylistic innovation. 
B)  realism in art. 
C)  mass production and consumption. 
D)  strong,authoritarian leadership. 
A)  stylistic innovation. 
B)  realism in art. 
C)  mass production and consumption. 
D)  strong,authoritarian leadership.

Question 9

Which of the following was a major consequence of World War I?

Accepted Answer

A)  European claims of a superior level of culture were supported by military victories. 
B)  The interdependence of global trade networks intensified in the 1920s and 1930s. 
C)  Social hierarchies in European societies were shaken up or overthrown. 
D)  States were free to act without the support of their citizens or subjects. 
A)  European claims of a superior level of culture were supported by military victories. 
B)  The interdependence of global trade networks intensified in the 1920s and 1930s. 
C)  Social hierarchies in European societies were shaken up or overthrown. 
D)  States were free to act without the support of their citizens or subjects.

Question 10

In what ways did Getulio Vargas seek support from Brazilian blacks?

Accepted Answer

A)  He supported public schools and paved roads. 
B)  He legalized candomblé dances and samba schools. 
C)  He enfranchised literate women voters. 
D)  He built steel mills and factories. 
A)  He supported public schools and paved roads. 
B)  He legalized candomblé dances and samba schools. 
C)  He enfranchised literate women voters. 
D)  He built steel mills and factories.

Question 11

Describe the evolution of anticolonial activism and modernism during the first part of the twentieth century.What special challenges did anticolonial activists face and what were their visions of their future?

Accepted Answer

Anticolonial activism and modernism face

Question 12

Which of the following models of political modernity was accepted most often in Western Europe and the Americas by the 1930s?

Accepted Answer

A)  The anticolonial model 
B)  The authoritarian model 
C)  The hybrid corporatist model 
D)  The liberal democratic model 
A)  The anticolonial model 
B)  The authoritarian model 
C)  The hybrid corporatist model 
D)  The liberal democratic model

Question 13

Introducing new types of weapons broke the stalemate on the Western Front in World War I.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points most directly influenced which provision of the Treaty of Versailles?

Accepted Answer

A)  The organization of a League of Nations 
B)  The requirement that Germany pay reparations to the victorious Allied nations 
C)  The assignment of blame for World War I to Germany 
D)  The transfer of Germany's concessions in China to Japan 
A)  The organization of a League of Nations 
B)  The requirement that Germany pay reparations to the victorious Allied nations 
C)  The assignment of blame for World War I to Germany 
D)  The transfer of Germany's concessions in China to Japan

Question 15

Which of the following describes the overall impact of the New Deal?

Accepted Answer

A)  It offered a quick end to the Great Depression in the United States. 
B)  It preserved the American system of capitalism. 
C)  It caused the emergence of authoritarian rule in the United States. 
D)  It generated an extensive redistribution of wealth in American society. 
A)  It offered a quick end to the Great Depression in the United States. 
B)  It preserved the American system of capitalism. 
C)  It caused the emergence of authoritarian rule in the United States. 
D)  It generated an extensive redistribution of wealth in American society.

Question 16

Which of the following is accurate for both Hitler and Mussolini?

Accepted Answer

A)  Both began their political careers as socialists. 
B)  Neither won an electoral majority before being appointed to power. 
C)  Both were appointed chancellor by their respective kings. 
D)  Neither had actual military experience in World War I. 
A)  Both began their political careers as socialists. 
B)  Neither won an electoral majority before being appointed to power. 
C)  Both were appointed chancellor by their respective kings. 
D)  Neither had actual military experience in World War I.

Question 17

Which of the following was Mustafa Kemal's first action to create a European-style secular state in Turkey?

Accepted Answer

A)  Replacing the sultanate with a republic 
B)  Reinforcing the role of Islam in law and politics 
C)  Putting a Swiss legal code into place 
D)  Instituting Western-style dress codes for Turkish public life 
A)  Replacing the sultanate with a republic 
B)  Reinforcing the role of Islam in law and politics 
C)  Putting a Swiss legal code into place 
D)  Instituting Western-style dress codes for Turkish public life

Question 18

How did Latin American governments respond to the decline of their export economies and access to foreign capital during the 1920s and 1930s?

Accepted Answer

A)  They created their own alternative international banking system. 
B)  They worked to make domestic industry and consumption their main engine of economic growth. 
C)  They withdrew from the world economy and became entirely self-sufficient. 
D)  They convinced their citizens to accept a lower standard of living through an austerity program. 
A)  They created their own alternative international banking system. 
B)  They worked to make domestic industry and consumption their main engine of economic growth. 
C)  They withdrew from the world economy and became entirely self-sufficient. 
D)  They convinced their citizens to accept a lower standard of living through an austerity program.

Question 19

Which African leader invoked precolonial traditions as a basis for resisting British colonialism in Kenya?

Accepted Answer

A)  Blaise Diagne 
B)  Mohandas K.Gandhi 
C)  Jomo Kenyatta 
D)  Bambatha Zondi 
A)  Blaise Diagne 
B)  Mohandas K.Gandhi 
C)  Jomo Kenyatta 
D)  Bambatha Zondi

Question 20

How did Joseph Stalin plan to replace capitalist agriculture with socialist agriculture in the Soviet Union?

Accepted Answer

A)  By replacing the market for agricultural products with a subsistence economy where everyone was responsible for growing their own food 
B)  By requiring all farmers to sell their produce to state-run marketing cooperatives that would guarantee farmers a significant profit 
C)  By forcing peasant farmers to join state-run agricultural collectives 
D)  By making it illegal for anyone to profit from the sale of farm machinery or animals 
A)  By replacing the market for agricultural products with a subsistence economy where everyone was responsible for growing their own food 
B)  By requiring all farmers to sell their produce to state-run marketing cooperatives that would guarantee farmers a significant profit 
C)  By forcing peasant farmers to join state-run agricultural collectives 
D)  By making it illegal for anyone to profit from the sale of farm machinery or animals

Exam 19: Of Masses and Visions of the Modern 1910-1939

Which of the following was a reason why Adolf Hitler and the Nazis were popular with the German electorate?

Diego Rivera's 1923 mural of the Detroit Motor Company does which of the following?

Which of the following best describes the purpose of the White Wolf movement in China?

Which of the following demonstrated authoritarian governments' inability to exercise total control over mass culture?

What led to the rise of mass culture between 1910 and the 1930s? Why did mass culture often become synonymous with national culture?

Why did Henry Ford pay his automobile factory workers more than double the usual industrial wage?

Italian Fascists considered themselves to be the defenders of which of the following?

During the 1920s and 1930s,most ideas about "being modern" acknowledged that modernity implied:

Which of the following was a major consequence of World War I?

In what ways did Getulio Vargas seek support from Brazilian blacks?

Describe the evolution of anticolonial activism and modernism during the first part of the twentieth century.What special challenges did anticolonial activists face and what were their visions of their future?

Which of the following models of political modernity was accepted most often in Western Europe and the Americas by the 1930s?

Introducing new types of weapons broke the stalemate on the Western Front in World War I.

Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points most directly influenced which provision of the Treaty of Versailles?

Which of the following describes the overall impact of the New Deal?

Which of the following is accurate for both Hitler and Mussolini?

Which of the following was Mustafa Kemal's first action to create a European-style secular state in Turkey?

How did Latin American governments respond to the decline of their export economies and access to foreign capital during the 1920s and 1930s?

Which African leader invoked precolonial traditions as a basis for resisting British colonialism in Kenya?

How did Joseph Stalin plan to replace capitalist agriculture with socialist agriculture in the Soviet Union?

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