World History Chapter 22 – Flashcards
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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 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 troops of which country turned the tide of the war in 1918?
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US
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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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The Siberian peasant who had great influence on the Russian tsarina was
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Rasputin
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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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The Provisional Government that took power after the tsar abdicated was headed by
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Alexander Kerensky.
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The soviets were
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councils of workers' and soldiers' deputies.
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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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Lenin's new secret police were known as the
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Cheka
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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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During the Russian Civil War
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the White armies almost captured the country, but proved unable to develop unified political plans or adequately coordinate military activities.
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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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The Versailles Treaty
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. established a League of Nations, the agency ardently desired by President Wilson
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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 a manifestation of American isolationism?
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failure of the United States to join the League of Nations
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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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As a result of the Great Depression,
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Marxism and fascism gained in popularity.
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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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The immediate cause of the Great Depression
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the New York stock market collapses.
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The Weimar Republic
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faced great economic challenges such as runaway inflation.
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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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