Question 1

What prevented the republic established in China in 1911 from gaining legitimacy?

Accepted Answer

A)  opposition from the Guomindang 
B)  opposition from Chiang Kai-shek 
C)  factional and regional conflicts 
D)  lack of support from the military or rural elites 
A)  opposition from the Guomindang 
B)  opposition from Chiang Kai-shek 
C)  factional and regional conflicts 
D)  lack of support from the military or rural elites C

Question 2

What did the authoritarian political systems of Germany, Japan, and Italy have in common?

Accepted Answer

A)  All were defeated in World War I. 
B)  All of them lost their colonies after the Versailles Treaty was signed. 
C)  All were excluded from the League of Nations. 
D)  All disliked the left-wing government that emerged in the Soviet Union. 
A)  All were defeated in World War I. 
B)  All of them lost their colonies after the Versailles Treaty was signed. 
C)  All were excluded from the League of Nations. 
D)  All disliked the left-wing government that emerged in the Soviet Union. D

Question 3

Under what circumstances did Benito Mussolini initially gain control of the Italian government?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Fascist Party achieved a large majority of the vote in national elections. 
B)  The Fascist Party overthrew the Italian government in a violent coup d'état. 
C)  Mussolini was appointed prime minister by the Italian king. 
D)  Mussolini used intimidation tactics to force the prime minister to do his bidding. 
A)  The Fascist Party achieved a large majority of the vote in national elections. 
B)  The Fascist Party overthrew the Italian government in a violent coup d'état. 
C)  Mussolini was appointed prime minister by the Italian king. 
D)  Mussolini used intimidation tactics to force the prime minister to do his bidding. C

Question 4

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 5

How did the French Popular Front government respond to threats of a rightist coup in the 1930s?

Accepted Answer

A)  It instituted a 40-hour workweek, the right to collective bargaining, and a minimum wage. 
B)  It called up the military in Paris to suppress riots. 
C)  It ejected the French Communist Party from its national coalition. 
D)  It made the fascist party illegal in France and reaffirmed its adherence to liberal capitalism. 
A)  It instituted a 40-hour workweek, the right to collective bargaining, and a minimum wage. 
B)  It called up the military in Paris to suppress riots. 
C)  It ejected the French Communist Party from its national coalition. 
D)  It made the fascist party illegal in France and reaffirmed its adherence to liberal capitalism.

Question 6

In contrast to Europe, the political system in the postwar United States did not receive attacks from the right and left.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

How did the goals of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt differ from those of the Wafd?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Muslim Brotherhood wanted to use the nation-state as a means of returning to a pure form of Islam, while the Wafd was primarily a secular nationalist group. 
B)  The Muslim Brotherhood advocated using western weapons as they undertook a traditional Islamic holy war, while the Wafd wanted to use civil disobedience to achieve their goals. 
C)  The Wafd was a peasant group, while the Muslim Brotherhood was composed of merchants and military leaders. 
D)  The Wafd argued that Egypt should embrace liberal capitalism, while the Muslim Brotherhood supported socialism. 
A)  The Muslim Brotherhood wanted to use the nation-state as a means of returning to a pure form of Islam, while the Wafd was primarily a secular nationalist group. 
B)  The Muslim Brotherhood advocated using western weapons as they undertook a traditional Islamic holy war, while the Wafd wanted to use civil disobedience to achieve their goals. 
C)  The Wafd was a peasant group, while the Muslim Brotherhood was composed of merchants and military leaders. 
D)  The Wafd argued that Egypt should embrace liberal capitalism, while the Muslim Brotherhood supported socialism.

Question 8

Following World War I, Indian nationalists embraced which of the following methods of combating colonial control?

Accepted Answer

A)  Indians joined forces with other colonized peoples in Africa and Asia to wage war against all western domination. 
B)  Indians cooperated with British rule to prove that they were ready for self-government. 
C)  Indians supported the actions of educated elite lawyers and merchants in the Indian National Congress. 
D)  Indians boycotted British goods, refused to pay taxes, and refused to send their children to British schools. 
A)  Indians joined forces with other colonized peoples in Africa and Asia to wage war against all western domination. 
B)  Indians cooperated with British rule to prove that they were ready for self-government. 
C)  Indians supported the actions of educated elite lawyers and merchants in the Indian National Congress. 
D)  Indians boycotted British goods, refused to pay taxes, and refused to send their children to British schools.

Question 9

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 10

Analyze the ways in which World War I and the economic crisis of the 1920s and 1930s changed the role of the state.

Accepted Answer

World War I and the economic crisis of t

Question 11

What was the Russian motivation for signing the 1918 Treaty of Brest-Litovsk?

Accepted Answer

A)  Lenin believed that Germany was ripe for communism and should be a partner. 
B)  Lenin wanted Russia to focus on defending socialism at home. 
C)  Lenin envisioned a pacifist international policy for Bolshevik Russia. 
D)  Lenin wanted to secretly industrialize Russia for a full-scale attack on Germany. 
A)  Lenin believed that Germany was ripe for communism and should be a partner. 
B)  Lenin wanted Russia to focus on defending socialism at home. 
C)  Lenin envisioned a pacifist international policy for Bolshevik Russia. 
D)  Lenin wanted to secretly industrialize Russia for a full-scale attack on Germany.

Question 12

Which of the following was a reason why 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.

Question 13

How did World War I change the role of states?

Accepted Answer

A)  It made them afraid of overstepping and causing another war. 
B)  It led to an increase in the size and scope of their role in society. 
C)  It encouraged them to cooperate more closely with one another after the war. 
D)  It led to more autonomy for individual citizens and subjects. 
A)  It made them afraid of overstepping and causing another war. 
B)  It led to an increase in the size and scope of their role in society. 
C)  It encouraged them to cooperate more closely with one another after the war. 
D)  It led to more autonomy for individual citizens and subjects.

Question 14

Like other authoritarian movements, the Bolsheviks first acquired power through legal, electoral means.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

What role did African people play in governing Europe's African colonies in the post-World War I period?

Accepted Answer

A)  Africans had a significant voice in colonial administration and governance. 
B)  People of African descent were often elected to the legislative bodies of their colonizer. 
C)  African traditions provided the templates that Europeans used to rule their colonies. 
D)  Africans had little voice in colonial governance and made their opinions known through protest. 
A)  Africans had a significant voice in colonial administration and governance. 
B)  People of African descent were often elected to the legislative bodies of their colonizer. 
C)  African traditions provided the templates that Europeans used to rule their colonies. 
D)  Africans had little voice in colonial governance and made their opinions known through protest.

Question 16

Which of the following is the reason why Tsar Nicholas II abdicated in February 1917?

Accepted Answer

A)  His generals believed that protests against the tsar in the capital threatened the war effort along the Eastern Front. 
B)  His generals believed that the troops along the Eastern Front were needed to fight the Ottomans, but the tsar did not agree. 
C)  The tsar abdicated because his son was desperately ill and needed his father's care. 
D)  The tsar abdicated in protest over the failures of the Russian military against the German army. 
A)  His generals believed that protests against the tsar in the capital threatened the war effort along the Eastern Front. 
B)  His generals believed that the troops along the Eastern Front were needed to fight the Ottomans, but the tsar did not agree. 
C)  The tsar abdicated because his son was desperately ill and needed his father's care. 
D)  The tsar abdicated in protest over the failures of the Russian military against the German army.

Question 17

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, and students 
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, and students 
D)  unionized factory workers and miners

Question 18

The tension in Europe that led to World War I was partly caused by a growing nationalist rivalry between which two states?

Accepted Answer

A)  Great Britain and Germany 
B)  Great Britain and France 
C)  France and Russia 
D)  Russia and Great Britain 
A)  Great Britain and Germany 
B)  Great Britain and France 
C)  France and Russia 
D)  Russia and Great Britain

Question 19

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 20

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.

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

What prevented the republic established in China in 1911 from gaining legitimacy?

What did the authoritarian political systems of Germany, Japan, and Italy have in common?

Under what circumstances did Benito Mussolini initially gain control of the Italian government?

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

How did the French Popular Front government respond to threats of a rightist coup in the 1930s?

In contrast to Europe, the political system in the postwar United States did not receive attacks from the right and left.

How did the goals of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt differ from those of the Wafd?

Following World War I, Indian nationalists embraced which of the following methods of combating colonial control?

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

Analyze the ways in which World War I and the economic crisis of the 1920s and 1930s changed the role of the state.

What was the Russian motivation for signing the 1918 Treaty of Brest-Litovsk?

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

How did World War I change the role of states?

Like other authoritarian movements, the Bolsheviks first acquired power through legal, electoral means.

What role did African people play in governing Europe's African colonies in the post-World War I period?

Which of the following is the reason why Tsar Nicholas II abdicated in February 1917?

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

The tension in Europe that led to World War I was partly caused by a growing nationalist rivalry between which two states?

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

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

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