Question 1

In post-war Europe,__________ emerged as political interest groups,facilitating the emergence of the welfare state in the 1920s.

Accepted Answer

A) veterans' organizations 
B) communist parties 
C) church organizations 
D) trade unions 
E) corporations 
A) veterans' organizations 
B) communist parties 
C) church organizations 
D) trade unions 
E) corporations

Question 2

How did Chancellor Friedrich Ebert defeat the Kapp Putsch in 1920?

Accepted Answer

A) He received military support from France and the United Kingdom to defeat the rebels. 
B) He recalled demobilized soldiers from the Great War. 
C) He asked workers for help,and they staged a general strike that shut most of Germany down. 
D) He agreed to suspend reparations payments,satisfying the demands of the Putsch's organizers. 
E) He resigned from office and called new elections,which returned a conservative government. 
A) He received military support from France and the United Kingdom to defeat the rebels. 
B) He recalled demobilized soldiers from the Great War. 
C) He asked workers for help,and they staged a general strike that shut most of Germany down. 
D) He agreed to suspend reparations payments,satisfying the demands of the Putsch's organizers. 
E) He resigned from office and called new elections,which returned a conservative government.

Question 3

As the 1919 Paris Peace Conference began,what were the goals of Britain,France,and the United States for those negotiations,and to what extent did each nation succeed in obtaining its goals?

Accepted Answer

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Question 4

What was new about Mahatma Gandhi's nationalist movement in India,as opposed to earlier movements?

Accepted Answer

A) It excluded Muslims from the future independent India. 
B) Its primary tactic was violent resistance against British police and soldiers. 
C) It aimed for complete independence from the British Empire rather than greater autonomy. 
D) It aimed for Indian independence while retaining membership in the British Commonwealth. 
E) It tried to work with foreign powers to undermine the United Kingdom. 
A) It excluded Muslims from the future independent India. 
B) Its primary tactic was violent resistance against British police and soldiers. 
C) It aimed for complete independence from the British Empire rather than greater autonomy. 
D) It aimed for Indian independence while retaining membership in the British Commonwealth. 
E) It tried to work with foreign powers to undermine the United Kingdom.

Question 5

Why did the U.S.Senate refuse American membership in the League of Nations?

Accepted Answer

A) It feared membership would commit the United States to future entanglements in European conflicts. 
B) It opposed the exclusion of Germany from membership in the League. 
C) It opposed the creation of an international peacekeeping force under the League's control. 
D) It feared the League would overstep its authority in former German colonies. 
E) It opposed the membership fees charged for participation in the League. 
A) It feared membership would commit the United States to future entanglements in European conflicts. 
B) It opposed the exclusion of Germany from membership in the League. 
C) It opposed the creation of an international peacekeeping force under the League's control. 
D) It feared the League would overstep its authority in former German colonies. 
E) It opposed the membership fees charged for participation in the League.

Question 6

What name did the Zurich circle of artists who rejected artistic convention in response to the Great War adopt for their movement?

Accepted Answer

A) De Stijl 
B) Bauhaus 
C) Dada 
D) Neue Sehen 
E) Der Blaue Reiter 
A) De Stijl 
B) Bauhaus 
C) Dada 
D) Neue Sehen 
E) Der Blaue Reiter

Question 7

After becoming president of the Republic of Turkey,what action did Atatürk take?

Accepted Answer

A) He attempted to rule through the traditional authority of the Ottoman sultanate. 
B) He declared himself caliph,the protector of all Muslims. 
C) He introduced secular and westernizing reforms. 
D) He invested heavily in Turkey's military. 
E) He refused to sign the Treaty of Lausanne. 
A) He attempted to rule through the traditional authority of the Ottoman sultanate. 
B) He declared himself caliph,the protector of all Muslims. 
C) He introduced secular and westernizing reforms. 
D) He invested heavily in Turkey's military. 
E) He refused to sign the Treaty of Lausanne.

In post-war Europe,__________ emerged as political interest groups,facilitating the emergence of the welfare state in the 1920s.

How did Chancellor Friedrich Ebert defeat the Kapp Putsch in 1920?

As the 1919 Paris Peace Conference began,what were the goals of Britain,France,and the United States for those negotiations,and to what extent did each nation succeed in obtaining its goals?

What was new about Mahatma Gandhi's nationalist movement in India,as opposed to earlier movements?

Why did the U.S.Senate refuse American membership in the League of Nations?

What name did the Zurich circle of artists who rejected artistic convention in response to the Great War adopt for their movement?

After becoming president of the Republic of Turkey,what action did Atatürk take?

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

In post-war Europe,__________ emerged as political interest groups,facilitating the emergence of the welfare state in the 1920s.

How did Chancellor Friedrich Ebert defeat the Kapp Putsch in 1920?

As the 1919 Paris Peace Conference began,what were the goals of Britain,France,and the United States for those negotiations,and to what extent did each nation succeed in obtaining its goals?

What was new about Mahatma Gandhi's nationalist movement in India,as opposed to earlier movements?

Why did the U.S.Senate refuse American membership in the League of Nations?

What name did the Zurich circle of artists who rejected artistic convention in response to the Great War adopt for their movement?

After becoming president of the Republic of Turkey,what action did Atatürk take?

Medieval Legacies and Transforming Discoveries

The Renaissance

The Two Reformations

The Wars of Religion

The Rise of the Atlantic Economy: Spain and England

England and the Dutch Republic in the Seventeenth Century

The Age of Absolutism,16501720

The New Philosophy of Science

Enlightened Thought and the Republic of Letters

Eighteenth-Century Economic and Social Change

Eighteenth-Century Dynastic Rivalries and Politics

The French Revolution

Napoleon and Europe

The Industrial Revolution

Liberal Challenges to Restoration Europe

The Revolutions of 1848

The Era of National Unification

Three Powers in the Age of Liberalism: Parliamentary Britain, Tsarist Russia, and Republican France

Rapid Industrialization and Its Challenges, 18701914

Political and Cultural Responses to a Rapidly Changing World

The Age of European Imperialism

The Great War

Revolutionary Russia and the Soviet Union

The Europe of Economic Depression and Dictatorship

World War Ii

Rebuilding Divided Europe

The Cold War and the End of European Empires

Transitions to Democracy and the Collapse of Communism

Global Challenges: the War Against Terror and the Uncertainties of a New Age

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