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The Germans disliked the Versailles Treaty because

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Article 231 said that Germany (and Austria) bore sole responsibility for starting the war.

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Which of the following was NOT a promise of the Bolsheviks on obtaining power?

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A constitutional monarchy

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All of the following took place in the nations of Europe during World War I except

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Italy finally joined the Central Powers in early 1918.

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The significant disadvantage of Germany's Zeppelins was

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they were extremely flammable when hit with anti-aircraft guns.

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The radical Serbian group that assassinated Archduke Francis Ferdinand was the

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Black Hand

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On June 28, 1914, the Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian throne, was assassinated in the Bosnian city

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Sarajevo

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Which of the following nations were created by the 1919 Paris Peace Conference?

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Czechoslovakia and Poland

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The largest European army using conscription just prior to the outbreak of war was:

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Russia

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As a result of the Great Depression,

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Marxism and fascism gained in popularity.

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The Treaty of Locarno

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guaranteed the new German borders with Belgium and France in the west.

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Changes in middle-class attitudes during the 1920s included

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the popularity of short skirts, short hair, and the use of previously risqué cosmetics.

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The MAIN reason for the United States' entry into World War I was:

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German refusal to refrain from unrestricted submarine warfare.

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Leon Trotsky

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led the Left group in the Politburo after Lenin's death.

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The first serious threat to the Red Army during the Russian Civil War came from

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White army factions in Siberia.

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The treaty negotiated by the US, Britain, and France to conclude World War I with Germany was the Treaty of

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Versailles

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The crisis stemming from German non-payment of its 1922 reparations installment

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led to severe hyperinflation, as Germany's "passive resistance" made the mark worthless.

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War on the Western front was marked by

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little movement by troops bogged down in trenches.

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The Battle of the Somme

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killed more than 21,000 British soldiers in a single day.

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In what way was Japan involved in World War I?

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On the side of the Triple Entente to take control of German territories in Asia.

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The New Deal was the attempt by the Roosevelt administration to

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have the federal government participate more actively in the economy.

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In early November 1917, Lenin's Bolsheviks

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successfully took power from the Provisional Government in a coup.

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The Popular Front in France

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initiated a program of workers' rights, but its policies failed to end the Depression.

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The British officer T. E. Lawrence focused his campaigns on inciting colonial rebellion by

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Arabs against Ottomans.

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By 1917, the progress of World War I had

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forced the Germans into waging unrestricted submarine warfare against Great Britain.

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In a failed effort to open a Balkan front, in 1915 the British launched an attack on

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Gallipoli

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The Weimar Republic

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faced great economic challenges such as runaway inflation and later the Great Depression.

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Using the Schlieffen Plan,

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Germany invaded France by way of Belgium.

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The final German offensive was stopped on July 18, 1918 at the

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Second Battle of the Marne

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The British prime minister who had won a decisive electoral victory on a platform committed to making the Germans pay for the war was

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David Lloyd George

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Which of the following is an accurate description of Middle Eastern mandates instituted after World War I?

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Britain took control of Iraq and Palestine

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The Dawes Plan was all of the following except it

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permanently solved all of Germany's economic problems.

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Among the major factors leading to the outbreak of war in mid-1914 was

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Nationalism and internal dissent

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Among the major illusions held by civilians and military leaders early in World War I was

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the belief of most military leaders that the use of still larger numbers of troops would allow them to get their troops beyond the enemy trenches and gain a quick victory.

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The most visible social impact of total war was

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incorporation of women into professional positions.

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The soviets were

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councils of workers' and soldiers' deputies

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Which of the following was NOT a significant reason for Russia's lack of preparedness for war in 1914?

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Lack of consensus in the voting parties of the Parliament.

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In 1918, Lenin signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, in which Russia gave up all of the following except

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Muscovy

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The Provisional Government that took power after the tsar abdicated was headed by

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Alexander Kerensky.

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As a young revolutionary in Imperial Russia, Lenin affiliated with which political party?

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Social Democrats

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Lenin's new secret police were known as the

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Cheka

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As part of the Triple Alliance, what role did Italy play in the outset of World War I?

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They attacked Austria in 1915

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Tsar Nicholas II abdicated his throne as a result of strikes that broke out

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after working-class women staged a massive food march in Petrograd.

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After Lenin's death,

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the Politburo split into a Left group, wishing to pursue of rapid industrialization and World revolution, and a Right group, desiring to construct a socialist state in Russia.

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England's engagement in Africa started with

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seizing the German colony of Togoland.

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All of the following statements are correct about the Great Depression except

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economic depressions were a new phenomena in the European experience.

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Which of the following reflected new artistic trends of the 1920s?

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James Joyce's Ulysses.

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The new economic views of John Maynard Keynes held that

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government public works spending would cut unemployment and revive an economy.

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Under Lenin's New Economic Policy,

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individuals were permitted to own small retail stores and peasants to sell their produce.

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The general attitude toward the prospect of a Europe-wide war among the people of Europe in the summer of 1914 was one of

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naively romantic enthusiasm for the adventure of war.

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The British government

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sharply limited free speech when it implemented the Defense of the Realm Act.

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