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Late 19th Century Europe was characterized by A) Revolutions that overthrew governments in Germany and Britain B) A massive Asian immigration to Europe C) The restoration of monarchy in France D) Mass politics and Imperialism

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D

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Mass democracy in late 19th century Europe A) Was promoted by public education B) Was promoted by popular journalism C) Was promoted by political parties and political campaigns D) All of the above

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D

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Liberal democracy in Britain A) Was stifled by the Conservative Party B)Led to a radical revolution C)Was promoted by both the Liberal Party and the Conservative Party D)Was strongly opposed by Queen Victoria

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D

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Late 19th Century Great Britain A)Saw an aristocratic resurgence that repealed all Reform bills B)Saw a Second and a Third Reform Bill extending voting rights further C)Saw the domination of the government by the British Socialist Party D)None of the above

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B

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The Third Republic of France A)Was born after the collapse of the Second Empire B)Was overthrown by the revolt of the Parisian Commune C)Ended when General Boulanger seized power and proclaimed a Third Empire D)None of the above

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A

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The political experience of France and England in the late 19th century demonstrated that A)Monarchy was a more liberal form of government than a republic B)A republic was a more liberal form of government than a monarchy C)Both monarchies and republics could in their own way promote the cause of liberal democracy D)Any form of late 19th century government was dangerous for civil liberties

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C

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In Imperial Germany the conservative Chancellor Bismarck believed that the best way to combat the liberalism of the bourgeoisie was A)To return to the openly repressive policies of Metternich B)To reemphasize aggressive German nationalism in the hope of isolating the liberals C)To support universal male suffrage in the belief that the worker and peasant votes would outnumber the votes of the liberal bourgeoisie D)None of the above

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C

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Germany under Bismarck A)Had conflicts with both the Catholic church and the Socialists B)Started World War I C)Was more democratic that either France or Britain D)Became a republic

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A

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Late 19th century Russia under Alexander II and Alexander III A)Established a constitutional monarchy B)Went from limited reforms under Alexander II to a reactionary policy under Alexander III C)Became a well run multinational empire with little national discontent D)None of the above

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B

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Late 19th century political developments included A)The refusal of the Liberal and Conservative parties in Great Britain to go beyond the terms of the First Reform bill B)An alliance by Bismarck and the socialists against German liberals C)The collapse of monarchical movements in France and the triumph of the Third Republic D)A grudging liberalization in Russia after the assassination of Alexander II

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C

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Labor in late 19th century Europe A)Was never involved with socialism B)Developed large trade union movements in England, France and Germany C)Rejected unskilled workers as members D)Seldom went on strike

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B

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Jean Jaures was A)A supporter of Bismarck's anti-Socialist politician B)A 19th century and early 20th century French orator and Socialist politician C)A major advocate of European imperialism D)An Impressionist painter

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B

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The German Social Democratic Party A)Had little electoral success and was ignored by Bismarck B)Was brilliantly directed by Jean Jaures C)While maintaining the Marxist principle of inevitable revolution, in practice sought practical benefits for the German workers D)None of the above

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C

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Anarchism in late 19th Century Europe A)Often preferred direct action such as general strikes or political assassinations as their way to destroy capitalism B)Was more conservative than socialism C)Overthrew governments in France and Italy D)Started the Russian Revolution

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A

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Antisemitism in late 19th century Europe A)Was often tied to the anarchist movement B)Was a byproduct of militant, authoritarian, racist nationalism C)Was rejected by all political movements D)None of the above

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B

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The Dreyfus Affair in France A)Revolved around a French Jewish army officer wrongly convicted of treason B)Pitted republicans, socialists and intellectuals against conservatives, monarchists and anti-Semites C)Indirectly led to the legal separation of Church and state in France D)All of the above

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D

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The Zionist movement A)Was an effort to create a national park in the southwestern United States B)Was part of the growing European anti-Semitism C)Received no support from any European government D)Was a movement to create a Jewish homeland in Palestine

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D

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Women's suffrage movements in late 19th century Europe A)Consciously rejected the idea of feminism B)With the exception of Finland, failed to obtain voting rights for women prior to World War I C)Were probably weakest in Great Britain D)Rejected political activism as a way of obtaining women's rights

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B

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During the second half of the 19th century A)Europe was so prosperous that few people wished to leave B)Major ways created millions of refugees who could not return to their homes and who had to leave Europe C)Europeans living in less prosperous countries often left for a better life in the Americas, Australia and New Zealand D)European population declined eliminating the major cause for European immigration

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C

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Late 19th century European imperialism A)Was driven by a combination of economic causes and 19th century nationalism B)Was an entirely new phenomenon in history C)Failed to control Africa which remained free of European domination D)Established British rule over China as well as India

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A

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An important factor that enabled Europeans to undertake imperial expansion in the 19th century was A)Transportation: steamships and the Suez Canal B)Force: breech-loading rifles and machine guns C)Medicine: the conquest of diseases such as malaria that otherwise might have killed many European soldiers and officials D)All of the above

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D

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The most dramatic expression of late 19th century imperialism was A)The Conquest of Australia B)The Mexican war C)The Annexation of Japan D)The Scramble for Africa

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D

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One of the few places in Africa that succeeded in maintaining independence from European imperialism was A)The Boer republic of the Transvaal B)Ethiopia C)Sudan D)Congo

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B

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The Scramble for Africa A)Started with the British takeover of Egypt and the Suez canal B)Was strongly opposed by France C)Permitted the Boers to conquer the southern part of Africa from the British D)Left the Congo completely untouched by European powers

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A

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British Imperialism in India A)Was overthrown by the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 B)Used Indian elites to enforce British rule but would not give those elites a voice in running the country C)Had little effect on traditional Indian society and economy D)None of the above

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B

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The British in India A)Spread democratic values as part of their rule B)Tried to achieve Indian economic independence even at the coast of restricting the British economy C)Lived apart from the native Indians and expected the latter to adjust British ways D)Attempted to establish a thoroughly integrated British-Indian society

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C

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At the beginning of the 19th century the Chinese government A)Welcomed traders and missionaries because they brought goods that China could not produce B)Desired better diplomatic relations was Britain and France C)Was seriously concerned about its naval forces which it feared might be inferior to that of the West D)Was convinced that China did not need foreign trade because it produced an abundance of goods for its own markets

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D

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China during the late 19th Century A)Totally defeated European invaders in the Opium and Taiping wars B)Underwent its own industrial revolution C)Suffered from both foreign invasion and domestic uprisings D)Was able to conquer Korea,Vietnam and Japan

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C

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Imperialism in China had different results from Imperialism in India because A)India staged a successful revolt against Britain in 1857 while China was conquered by a joint French-German expedition B)Although China was forced to rant concessions to European in the "Treaty Ports" government remained entirely in the hands of Chinese officials unlike India C)India was forced to accept opium shipments from British controlled territories while China successfully banned the drug entirely D)India underwent a major industrial revolution while China remained a traditional society

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B

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Prior to the 19th century, Japan A)Was a feudal society ruled by a military governor called the shogun B)Had an Emperor but he had only limited powers C)Was influenced strongly by Chinese culture but maintained a sharp sense of Japanese identity D)All of the above

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D

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When Japan found itself compelled to open the country up to western trade A)The Emperor was overthrown establishing a republic B)Japan quickly developed modern western industry and even engaged in its own imperial expansion C)Violently resisted western influences in the boxer rebellion D)None of the above

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B

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Pick out the statement that best describes the legacy of European Imperialism A)Although producing benefits such as preventing local wars and abolishing slavery in Africa imperialism promoted a condescending and often racist outlook among westerners B)European countries tried to introduce new European style industries into the countries they controlled C)Although destroying the political independence of non western areas European countries tried to introduce democratic procedures and habits into these areas D)Imperialists tried to respect and uphold local cultural traditions even though European culture was placing great pressure on these cultures to make major changes

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A

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World War I A)Led to troops from several continents fighting in Europe B)Led to trench warfare and very high casualties C)Was a factor in causing the Russian Revolution D)All of the above

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D

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The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand the immediate trigger of World War I took place in A)Sarajevo B)Vienna C)Istanbul D)Berlin

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A

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Of all the "isms" of the 19th century the one most directly involved in the onset of World War I was A)Liberalism B)Socialism C)Conservatism D)Nationalism

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D

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The era preceding the outbreak OF WWI A)Saw a decline of nationalist sentiment B)Saw the formation of an alliance system that pitted Germany, Austria and Italy against Great Britain France ans Russia C)Saw Scandinavia become a dangerous flash point for unrestricted nationalism D)Saw a strong tendency towards international disarmament

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B

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After the assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand A)Germany gave Austria an unconditional offer of support the "blank check" B)Russia immediately declared war on France C)The US entered the war on the side of Germany D)An international Congress was held in Vienna to resolve the tensions

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A

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At the beginning of WWI A)Socialists who had always declared their opposition to any war strongly supported established governments and even cancelled strikes B)Young men went enthusiastically to war expecting the thrill of a lifetime and a return home by Christmas C)Feminists suspended their political demands and supported the all male governments D)All of the above

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D

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The Schlieffen Plan A)Was a last minute effort to avoid war in 1914 B)Led to the German capture of Paris in 1914 C)Was the plot to assassinate the Archduke Ferdinand of Austria D)None of the above

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D

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The Western Front during WWI A)Saw a quick German victory over the outnumbered British B)Saw trench warfare and high casualties C)was not decisive; Russian victories in the east ended the war D)Saw the french defeat austria

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B

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In 1916 Germans tried to bleed french manpower through a massive assault on A)Verdun B)Tannenberg C)The marne D)Paris

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A

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Russia in WWI A)Switched sides joining Austria and Germany B)Suffered a series of defeats by Germany and ultimately collapsed C)Rescued Serbia from Austrian domination D)Conquered the Ottoman Empire

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B

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WWI is often considered a total war before A)Every nation in the world was involved B)Because of the great variety of weapons used C)The war had major effects on the home front as well as on the battlefield D)Because all European countries became totalitarian dictatorships, anticipating Hitler and Stalin

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C

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The home front during WWI A)Was irrelevant to the battlefield B)Saw governments end economic regulation in order to stimulate wartime production C)Saw government undertake major regulations of production consumption wages and prices D)Saw women confined to their homes ostensibly in order to protect them from the war

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C

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WWI affected women by A)Giving them jobs previously reserved for men B)Causing many women to feel torn between the demands of service to the country and to the family C)Making the idea of female suffrage more palatable to men D)All of the above

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D

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Germany ultimately lost WWI because A)The US entry into the war gave the British French alliance enough manpower and material to halt the final Germany offensive and stage a winning counterattack B)The British succeeded through the convoy system in frustrating German U boat attacks in the atlantic C)The collapse of the austrian and ottoman empires in october and november of 1918 left germany dangerously isolated D)All of the above

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D

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Kathe Kollwitz was A)an important german female musician of the early 20th century B)an important german artist doing propaganda a work for the german government during WWI C)A german artist who erected memorials to the fallen of WWI D) none of the above

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C

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WWI was ended by the A)peace of westphalia B)peace of versailles C)the congress of vienna D)the council of trent

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B

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The american president who participated at the peace conference of versailles was A)abe lincoln B)dwight D eisenhower C)woodrow wilson D)JFK

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C

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woodrow wilson advocated all of the following at the versailles conference except A)open [diplomatic] convenants openly arrived at B)a permanent american presence in europe C)a general association [league] of nations to insure the maintenance of peace D)a just nonvindictive peace with germany

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B

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at the peace settlement of Versailles after WWI A)clemenceau, the french prime minister desired a harsh peace to keep germany harmless B)wilson wished to divide germany into several smaller republics C)austria emerged with the greatest territorial gains D)germany was declared not guilty for starting WWI

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A

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the league of nations after WWI A)failed to include germany and russia as initial members B)was warmly supported by the US C)had a small but well trained peace keeping force D)all of the above

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A

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which of the following best connects the russian revolutions of the 1905 and 1917 A)lenin and the bolsheviks carefully planned both; 1905 was really a dress rehearsal for 1917 B)nicolas II basically went back on his liberal promises of 1905 and did nothing to change russia's basic social and economic problems C)both revolutions started with military coups by disaffected generals D)none of the above

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B

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the russian revolution of 1905 resulted in A)the abdication of Tsar nicolas II B) the seizure of power by the bolsheviks C)the calling of the duma a parliament D)none of the above

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C

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during the first world war A)nicolas II took command of the russian armies but only made the desperate military situation worse B)denin ordered the bolsheviks to support the war and the russian government C)nicholas II liberalized the duma in order to obtain support for the government D)russian troops defeated the germans permitting russian generals to state a coup against nicholas II

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A

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the russian revolution of march 1917 began A)in part because of russian government failures during WWI B)with riots in petrograd [st. petersburg] because of food shortages C)in march 1917 the bolshevik seizure of power making russia communist occured later in november D0 all of the above

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D

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the bolsheviks A)were a faction of the russian social democratic party B)Were only a minor party in russia until the revolution of march 1917 C)were led by vladimir ilich ulyanov who used the revolutionary name of lenin D)all of the above

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D

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the provisional government in russia in 1917 failed because A)nicholas II staged a successful countercoup restoring autocratic rule B)the austrian army captured petrograd [st petersburg] dispersing the revolutionary government C)it could neither get out of an unpopular war nor satisfy the demands of the peasants for land D)none of the above

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C

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the bolsheviks in 1917 A)replaced the provisional government by winning democratic elections B)seized power from the weak provisional government by a coup organized by Trotsky C)rejected Lenin as their leader and turned to stalin instead D)joined with the german army in an effort to defeat the triple entente

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B

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to consolidate bolshevik power lenin did all of the following except A)expropriate all the lands of the russian orthodox church B)nationalize the land for distribution to the peasants C)take over the system of soviets or councils democratic in theory but in practice dominated by a communist minority D)call a constituent assembly which provided a constitution giving the bolsheviks a monopoly of political power

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D

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the communist primarily responsible for the bolshevik military victory in the civil war that followed the Russian revolution was A)trotsky B)lenin C)stalin D)kerensky

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A

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the bolshevik seizure of power in russia in november 1917 was followed by A)a civil war won by the bolsheviks who consolidated their victory B)an alliance between russia and germany dividing eastern europe between them C)the total collapse of the communist regime D)the establishment of democracy in russia

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A

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In the years after WWI A)both victors and vanquished enjoyed great prosperity with low inflation B)democratic governments were established throughout all of europe C)european colonial empires ended D)the unresolved problems of the time helped lead to WWII

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D

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in the immediate aftermath of WWI A)german reparations payments prevented any serious economic difficulties in Britain and France B)international trade was quickly reestablished C)the major currencies of the victorious powers retained most of their pre WWI purchasing power D)none of the above

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D

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the german government established in the aftermath of WWI was known as the A)third reich B)Third republic C)weimar republic D)holy roman empire

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C

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of the major countries after WWI the one which suffered the worse inflation was A)britain B)germany C)the US D)france

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D

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during the 1920's germany A)seemed to be prosperous and peaceful joining the league of nations and signing treaties with belgium and france B)adopted hitler's ideas C)restored its pre WWI boundaries D)none of the above

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A

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A leading institution for the development of modern architecture was the Bauhaus located in A)britain B)germany C)italy D)france

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B

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Eastern european countries in the 1920s A)overcame their nationality problems B)for the most part became monarchies C)for the most part became nationalistic dictatorships D)usually became strong democracies

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C

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the anti liberal political ideology that arose in italy after WWI was A)fascism B)communism C)nazism D)utopianism

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A

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after WWI italy A)became a democratic republic B)saw its monarchy replaced by the rule of the pope C)became strongly communist D)suffered from a weak economy and considerable political and social unrest

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D

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the founder of Facism was A)mussolini B)cavour C)victor emmanuel D)Garibaldi

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A

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fascist italy under mussolini A)saw greater economic opportunities for women B)undertook a radical attack on the catholic church and pope C)saw labor exalted at the expense of employers D)was concerned more with the appearance of power than with political and economic reality

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D

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after the russian revolution lenin A)voluntarily resigned his powers to stalin B)permitted small scale capitalism with the NEP C)undertook an invasion of western europe in the hope of establishing communist regimes everywhere D)all of the above

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B

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before stalin the soviet union in the 1920's A)emphasized traditional family life B)in spite of its proclaimed equality permitted communist party members, the military and the intellectual elite to enjoy higher standard of living C)forced all peasants to work for the state D)none of the above

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B

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after several years of political maneuvering ______ emerged as the successor of Lenin A)Stalin B)trotsky C)burkharin D)rasputin

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A

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the 5 year plans were A)mussolini's ideas for italian agriculture development B)stalin's ideas for rapid increase of industrial production in the soviet union C)the means by which the US ended the great depression D)Hitler's plans for german rearmament

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B

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The collectivization of agriculture in the soviet union A)led to peasant resistance and a famine that took 4-6 million lives B)was abandoned by stalin because of its lack of success C)was supported by the kulaks D) none of the above

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A

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stalin's great purge A) was directed against the remaining supporters of the tsar B)was directed especially against members of the communist party C)resulted in trotsky replacing stalin D)all of the above

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B

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The great depression A)occurred after WWII B)occurred only in the US; europe was spared serious economic problems C)was caused by stalin's 5 year plans D)none of the above

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D

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european and american governments during the great depression A)did nothing believing that all economic cycles should be permitted to run their natural course B)tried to emulate stalin's 5 year plans C)usually tried the unsuccessfully policy of balancing budgets and raising tariffs to protect domestic jobs D)lowered tariffs to promote greater international trade

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C

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the national socialist german workers party A)was in spite of its name not traditionally socialist nor did it appeal much to urban workers B)was founded by hitler C)was a pre WWI political party that collapsed in 1920 D)none of the above

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A

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which of the following was not a doctrine of the nazi party A)strong hatred of jewish elements in german society B)undoing the unjust treaty of versailles C)making germany a truly democratic state D)the exaltation of germans as the great example of the aryan race

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C

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Hitler came to power in germany A)through the beer hall putsch in 1923 B)because the nazi party had become the largest political party in germany by 1930 C)through secret help from stalin through hitler later turned on him D)none of the above

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B

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the appeal of the nazi party in germany A)was exclusively to the german working class B)was based solely upon nazi racism C)was surprisingly broad to youth displaced WWI veterans and the lower middle class D)was especially to german intellectuals

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C

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As part of the effort to control germany the nazi party did all of the following except A)encourage women to become homemakers with large #s of children B)undertake persecution of jews C)organize spectacular political rallies to present the image of hitler as a heroic leader D)promote jazz and modern art

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D

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as part of his plans for military expansion hitler A)developed a secret 4 year plan for german rearmament B)took germany out of the league of nations and the geneva disarmament conference C)abolished independent labor unions and created the nazi labor front D)all of the above

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D

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The conflicts that led to WWII began outside of europe with A)the japanese invasion of manchuria B)the chinese invasion of japan C)the korean war D)the egyptian invasion of israel

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A

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the civil war in spain A)ended with a victory for the spanish republic B)became an international war when hitler and mussolini sent men and equipment to aid franco C)was fought at the same time as american civil war D)all of the above

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B

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between 1936 and 1939 hitler invaded or annexed all of the following areas except A)the rhineland B)manchuria C)austria D)czechoslovakia

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B

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the european country that was partially dismembered at the munich conference was A)czechoslocakia B)austria C)poland D)hungary

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A

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fear of another great war led Britain and france in 1938 A)to renew the triple entente B)to appease hitler at munich, giving him part of czechoslavakia C)to forge and effective alliance with the US directed at germany D)to declare that they would be neutral in any future war

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B

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WWII started on September 1 1939 with the german invasion of A)austria B)czechoslovakia C)poland D)hungary

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C

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the term blitzkreig developed during WWII because A)new weapons were developed that cast fatal bolts of lightning at enemy troops B)strategic bombing was directed at electric power plants C)germany developed tactics of air strikes and rapid penetration of opponents lines with tanks D)all of the above

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C

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France in WWII A)was overwhelmed by german forces early in the war leaving britain isolated B)invaded germany and occupied in rhineland C)proclaimed neutrality at the beginning of the war D)easily repulsed hitler's attacks

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A

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WWII took a decisive turn in june 1941 when hitler invaded A)rumania B)yogoslavia C)russia D)france

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C

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the text attributes japan's military behavior in asia especially A)as a response to attack by US B)to the domination of the japanese government by the ultranationalists and the military C)to japanese response to chinese aggression D)as a response by european attempts to reduce japan to colonial status

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B

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the most important target of hitlers racist program were A)jews B)french C)dutch D)slavs

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A

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during WWII auschwitz became famous as A)hitlers HQs for planning all major invasions B)the center for german research on atomic weapons C)the site a major battle that was the turning point of the war D)the largest of the famous extermination camps

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D

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on the home front in WWII A)the US increased its military production by 400% in 2 years B)russia dismantled factories threatened by germany invasion and rebuilt them elsewhere C)germany relied on spoils from its conquests and labor conscripted there, not turning to full war mobilization until 1942 D)all of the above

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D

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probably the greatest battle of WWII leading to the total destruction of the germany army engaged there took pace at A)stalingrad B)the marne C)pearl harbor D)verdun

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A

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the famous D-day invasion took place at A)antwerp B)normandy C)el alamein D)sicily

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B

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the japanese city destroyed by the 1st atomic bomb was A)tokyo B)hong kong C)hiroshima D)leyte

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C

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