Question 1

Why did Gandhi choose salt as the testing ground for his principles of civil disobedience?

Accepted Answer

A)  Salt, a government monopoly, symbolized Indians' subjugation to British rule. 
B)  Salt was easy to make in India and so it would not be difficult to replace British sources. 
C)  The British were not as heavily invested in the salt trade as they were in tea and opium production. 
D)  The British would likely react more leniently to civil disobedience if its purpose was to collect salt for personal use. 
A)  Salt, a government monopoly, symbolized Indians' subjugation to British rule. 
B)  Salt was easy to make in India and so it would not be difficult to replace British sources. 
C)  The British were not as heavily invested in the salt trade as they were in tea and opium production. 
D)  The British would likely react more leniently to civil disobedience if its purpose was to collect salt for personal use.

Question 2

By the end of the 1930s, how did most people perceive the liberal democratic model of governance?

Accepted Answer

A)  revolutionary and exciting 
B)  established and successful 
C)  weak and vulnerable 
D)  incompetent and disastrous 
A)  revolutionary and exciting 
B)  established and successful 
C)  weak and vulnerable 
D)  incompetent and disastrous

Question 3

Jawaharlal Nehru disagreed with Gandhi in which of the following ways?

Accepted Answer

A)  Nehru advocated for the creation of a separate Muslim state. 
B)  Nehru believed that India needed to embrace science and technology to develop as a modern nation. 
C)  Nehru wanted a revolution, not peaceful protests. 
D)  Nehru backed the industrial proletariat and class consciousness as the motivation for resistance. 
A)  Nehru advocated for the creation of a separate Muslim state. 
B)  Nehru believed that India needed to embrace science and technology to develop as a modern nation. 
C)  Nehru wanted a revolution, not peaceful protests. 
D)  Nehru backed the industrial proletariat and class consciousness as the motivation for resistance.

Question 4

How did World War I affect the status of women in Europe and the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  It opened factory jobs to women, which they kept after the war. 
B)  It led to the first integration of women in the infantry. 
C)  It contributed to expanding voting rights to women in several countries. 
D)  It led to a return to more conservative gender norms. 
A)  It opened factory jobs to women, which they kept after the war. 
B)  It led to the first integration of women in the infantry. 
C)  It contributed to expanding voting rights to women in several countries. 
D)  It led to a return to more conservative gender norms.

Question 5

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.

Why did Gandhi choose salt as the testing ground for his principles of civil disobedience?

By the end of the 1930s, how did most people perceive the liberal democratic model of governance?

Jawaharlal Nehru disagreed with Gandhi in which of the following ways?

How did World War I affect the status of women in Europe and the United States?

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

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

Why did Gandhi choose salt as the testing ground for his principles of civil disobedience?

By the end of the 1930s, how did most people perceive the liberal democratic model of governance?

Jawaharlal Nehru disagreed with Gandhi in which of the following ways?

How did World War I affect the status of women in Europe and the United States?

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

Becoming Human

Rivers, Cities, and First States, 3500-2000 Bce

Nomads, Chariots, Territorial States, and Microsocieties, 2000-1200 Bce

First Empires and Common Cultures in Afro-Eurasia, 1250-325 Bce

Worlds Turned Inside Out, 1000-350 Bce

Shrinking the Afro-Eurasian World, 350 Bce-250 Ce

Han Dynasty China and Imperial Rome, 300 Bce-300 Ce

The Rise of Universal Religions, 300-600 Ce

New Empires and Common Cultures, 600-1000 Ce

Becoming the World, 1000-1300 Ce

Crises and Recovery in Afro-Eurasia, 1300-1500

Contact, Commerce, and Colonization, 1450-1600

Worlds Entangled, 1600-1750

Cultures of Splendor and Power, 1500-1780

Reordering the World, 1750-1850

Alternative Visions of the Nineteenth Century

Nations and Empires, 1850-1914

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