Question 1

How did corporatists propose organizing economies?

Accepted Answer

A) cartel-like corporations that would join companies and workers in the same organization 
B) international organizations of corporations to make decisions that governments would not 
C) laissez-faire economies that would leave greater power to corporations 
D) corporate control over national economic planning bodies 
E) worker control over corporations 
A) cartel-like corporations that would join companies and workers in the same organization 
B) international organizations of corporations to make decisions that governments would not 
C) laissez-faire economies that would leave greater power to corporations 
D) corporate control over national economic planning bodies 
E) worker control over corporations A

Question 2

Which 1919 event was an important turning point for the Indian nationalist movement?

Accepted Answer

A) the founding of the Indian National Congress 
B) the Amritsar massacre 
C) the arrest of Mahatma Gandhi for nationalist activities 
D) a British ban on Indian political groups 
E) the partition of India and Pakistan 
A) the founding of the Indian National Congress 
B) the Amritsar massacre 
C) the arrest of Mahatma Gandhi for nationalist activities 
D) a British ban on Indian political groups 
E) the partition of India and Pakistan B

Question 3

The Treaty of Sèvres dismembered what defeated Central Power?

Accepted Answer

A) Bulgaria 
B) the Turkish Ottoman Empire 
C) Austria-Hungary 
D) Germany 
E) Italy 
A) Bulgaria 
B) the Turkish Ottoman Empire 
C) Austria-Hungary 
D) Germany 
E) Italy B

Question 4

Which newly independent nation fought nearly all of its neighbors between 1918 and 1921 before signing the Peace of Riga?

Accepted Answer

A) Hungary 
B) Lithuania 
C) Poland 
D) Czechoslovakia 
E) Austria 
A) Hungary 
B) Lithuania 
C) Poland 
D) Czechoslovakia 
E) Austria

Question 5

According to the Treaty of Versailles,where did responsibility lie for the outbreak of the Great War?

Accepted Answer

A) Germany and Germany's allies' aggression 
B) the entangling alliance system of the pre-war period 
C) the growth of nationalist movements,culminating in the Black Hand's assassination of Francis Ferdinand 
D) the lack of an international institution for resolving disputes 
E) Austria-Hungary's response to the assassination of Francis Ferdinand 
A) Germany and Germany's allies' aggression 
B) the entangling alliance system of the pre-war period 
C) the growth of nationalist movements,culminating in the Black Hand's assassination of Francis Ferdinand 
D) the lack of an international institution for resolving disputes 
E) Austria-Hungary's response to the assassination of Francis Ferdinand

Question 6

In what nation did Miklós Horthy come to power in 1920s as the representative of anti-communist reactionary forces?

Accepted Answer

A) Germany 
B) Hungary 
C) Poland 
D) Romania 
E) Austria 
A) Germany 
B) Hungary 
C) Poland 
D) Romania 
E) Austria

Question 7

What gains did British women make in the years following the Great War,and what were the limits of those gains?

Accepted Answer

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Question 8

James Joyce's Ulysses,with its "stream of consciousness" narration,is perhaps the most famous novel of what artistic movement?

Accepted Answer

A) Fauvism 
B) Expressionism 
C) Dadaism 
D) Futurism 
E) Surrealism 
A) Fauvism 
B) Expressionism 
C) Dadaism 
D) Futurism 
E) Surrealism

Question 9

Why did the new German Republic choose Weimar as its capital?

Accepted Answer

A) Weimar was an important industrial center that would drive the economy of the new Germany forward. 
B) Weimar was an important military site,so choosing it signaled to the world Germany's desire to rearm. 
C) Weimar was not in Prussia,signaling a desire to move away from Prussian military and aristocratic traditions. 
D) Weimar was the birthplace of Kaiser Wilhelm II. 
E) Weimar was the center of anti-French sentiment in Germany. 
A) Weimar was an important industrial center that would drive the economy of the new Germany forward. 
B) Weimar was an important military site,so choosing it signaled to the world Germany's desire to rearm. 
C) Weimar was not in Prussia,signaling a desire to move away from Prussian military and aristocratic traditions. 
D) Weimar was the birthplace of Kaiser Wilhelm II. 
E) Weimar was the center of anti-French sentiment in Germany.

Question 10

Which party held the most seats in the Reichstag as a result of the German Republic's first elections in January 1919?

Accepted Answer

A) the Christian Social Union 
B) the German National People's Party 
C) the Social Democratic Party 
D) the National Socialist Party 
E) the German People's Party 
A) the Christian Social Union 
B) the German National People's Party 
C) the Social Democratic Party 
D) the National Socialist Party 
E) the German People's Party

Question 11

Why did David Lloyd George change his position to support the creation of a German Republic at the Paris Peace Conference?

Accepted Answer

A) He was morally opposed to punishing a nation that had already suffered so much. 
B) He wanted to have another vote that would block American plans for the League of Nations. 
C) He received bribes from German representatives. 
D) He feared that France would upset the balance of power on the continent if there was no Germany. 
E) He hoped to increase British trade with Central Europe. 
A) He was morally opposed to punishing a nation that had already suffered so much. 
B) He wanted to have another vote that would block American plans for the League of Nations. 
C) He received bribes from German representatives. 
D) He feared that France would upset the balance of power on the continent if there was no Germany. 
E) He hoped to increase British trade with Central Europe.

Question 12

Which of the following is true of Leon Blum?

Accepted Answer

A) Blum refused to support the New Economic Policy in the Soviet Union. 
B) Blum abandoned demands for worker control over the means of production,a core issue for the communists. 
C) Blum believed political control could be won through elections. 
D) Blum wanted France to join the Soviet Union. 
E) Blum refused to allow a more democratic organization of the party. 
A) Blum refused to support the New Economic Policy in the Soviet Union. 
B) Blum abandoned demands for worker control over the means of production,a core issue for the communists. 
C) Blum believed political control could be won through elections. 
D) Blum wanted France to join the Soviet Union. 
E) Blum refused to allow a more democratic organization of the party.

Question 13

Which group,founded in the wake of the Easter Sunday massacre,became the driving force behind the Irish independence movement?

Accepted Answer

A) the Irish Republican Army 
B) the Ulster Resistance 
C) the Black and Tans 
D) the Royal Ulster Constabulary 
E) the Ulster Volunteer Force 
A) the Irish Republican Army 
B) the Ulster Resistance 
C) the Black and Tans 
D) the Royal Ulster Constabulary 
E) the Ulster Volunteer Force

Question 14

Which German author penned the classic pacifist novel All Quiet on the Western Front?

Accepted Answer

A) Heinrich Mann 
B) Hermann Hesse 
C) Erich Maria Remarque 
D) Bertolt Brecht 
E) Thomas Mann 
A) Heinrich Mann 
B) Hermann Hesse 
C) Erich Maria Remarque 
D) Bertolt Brecht 
E) Thomas Mann

Question 15

What political solution to Irish independence demands resulted in part from Sinn Féin members refusing to sit in Parliament?

Accepted Answer

A) British recognition of an independent,unified Ireland 
B) British police attacks on Irish civilians 
C) the start of increased fighting,known as "The Troubles" 
D) a ban on Irish political participation 
E) the division of Ireland between the Catholic South and Protestant North 
A) British recognition of an independent,unified Ireland 
B) British police attacks on Irish civilians 
C) the start of increased fighting,known as "The Troubles" 
D) a ban on Irish political participation 
E) the division of Ireland between the Catholic South and Protestant North

Question 16

What was Woodrow Wilson's primary goal at the Paris Peace Conference?

Accepted Answer

A) to force Germany to pay reparations to make up for the sinking of American shipping by U-boats 
B) the creation of a League of Nations to mediate future disputes 
C) the demilitarization of the Rhineland to prevent Germany from invading its neighbors again 
D) international recognition for the Soviet Union 
E) an American base on the European continent to keep the peace in the future 
A) to force Germany to pay reparations to make up for the sinking of American shipping by U-boats 
B) the creation of a League of Nations to mediate future disputes 
C) the demilitarization of the Rhineland to prevent Germany from invading its neighbors again 
D) international recognition for the Soviet Union 
E) an American base on the European continent to keep the peace in the future

Question 17

Which British economist's The Economic Consequences of the Peace warned that charging Germany high reparations would have negative consequences?

Accepted Answer

A) Friedrich Hayek 
B) Adam Smith 
C) Irving Fisher 
D) John Maynard Keynes 
E) Thomas Malthus 
A) Friedrich Hayek 
B) Adam Smith 
C) Irving Fisher 
D) John Maynard Keynes 
E) Thomas Malthus

Question 18

What artistic movement,led by André Breton,developed from distrust of the rationality and reason that its adherents believed had led to the Great War?

Accepted Answer

A) Fauvism 
B) Expressionism 
C) Dadaism 
D) Futurism 
E) Surrealism 
A) Fauvism 
B) Expressionism 
C) Dadaism 
D) Futurism 
E) Surrealism

Question 19

In which nation was women's legal position the strongest in the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

A) France 
B) the United Kingdom 
C) Germany 
D) Poland 
E) Italy 
A) France 
B) the United Kingdom 
C) Germany 
D) Poland 
E) Italy

Question 20

What did Georges Clemenceau,France's prime minister,most want in the Treaty of Versailles?

Accepted Answer

A) to punish Germany for its role in starting the conflict 
B) an international organization to settle future disputes peacefully 
C) a peace that was not overly punitive,to ensure it would last 
D) control of Germany's African colonies 
E) assurances of future military aid from the United States 
A) to punish Germany for its role in starting the conflict 
B) an international organization to settle future disputes peacefully 
C) a peace that was not overly punitive,to ensure it would last 
D) control of Germany's African colonies 
E) assurances of future military aid from the United States

Exam 24: The Elusive Search for Stability in the 1920s

How did corporatists propose organizing economies?

Which 1919 event was an important turning point for the Indian nationalist movement?

The Treaty of Sèvres dismembered what defeated Central Power?

Which newly independent nation fought nearly all of its neighbors between 1918 and 1921 before signing the Peace of Riga?

According to the Treaty of Versailles,where did responsibility lie for the outbreak of the Great War?

In what nation did Miklós Horthy come to power in 1920s as the representative of anti-communist reactionary forces?

What gains did British women make in the years following the Great War,and what were the limits of those gains?

James Joyce's Ulysses,with its "stream of consciousness" narration,is perhaps the most famous novel of what artistic movement?

Why did the new German Republic choose Weimar as its capital?

Which party held the most seats in the Reichstag as a result of the German Republic's first elections in January 1919?

Why did David Lloyd George change his position to support the creation of a German Republic at the Paris Peace Conference?

Which of the following is true of Leon Blum?

Which group,founded in the wake of the Easter Sunday massacre,became the driving force behind the Irish independence movement?

Which German author penned the classic pacifist novel All Quiet on the Western Front?

What political solution to Irish independence demands resulted in part from Sinn Féin members refusing to sit in Parliament?

What was Woodrow Wilson's primary goal at the Paris Peace Conference?

Which British economist's The Economic Consequences of the Peace warned that charging Germany high reparations would have negative consequences?

What artistic movement,led by André Breton,developed from distrust of the rationality and reason that its adherents believed had led to the Great War?

In which nation was women's legal position the strongest in the 1920s?

What did Georges Clemenceau,France's prime minister,most want in the Treaty of Versailles?

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