Why did the Dreyfus Affair divide French society?
Few people believed in the innocence of Alfred Dreyfus.
Émile Zola delivered false testimony against Alfred Dreyfus.
The royalists and the military refused to give Alfred Dreyfus a public trial.
Anti-Semitic officials convicted Alfred Dreyfus based on secret evidence.
Anti-Semitic officials convicted Alfred Dreyfus based on secret evidence, causing the Dreyfus Affair to divide French society. Many believed that Dreyfus was being targeted solely because of his Jewish heritage. The controversy sparked debates about freedom of speech, the role of the military in politics, and the justice system. The affair also created deep divisions between left-wing intellectuals and conservative nationalists, further polarizing French society.
Why did the Dreyfus Affair divide French society?
A. Few people believed in the innocence of Alfred Dreyfus.
B. Émile Zola delivered false testimony against Alfred Dreyfus.
C. The royalists and the military refused to give Alfred Dreyfus a public trial.
D. Anti-Semitic officials convicted Alfred Dreyfus based on secret evidence.
D. Anti-Semitic officials convicted Alfred Dreyfus based on secret evidence, causing the Dreyfus Affair to divide French society.
We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; that to secure these rights governments are instituted, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.
–presented at the Seneca Falls Convention, 1848
Use the excerpt to answer the question.
Which statement describes the document excerpted?
A. The authors used language from the Declaration of Independence to call for the abolition of slavery.
B. The authors used language from the Declaration of Independence to demand suffrage for women.
C. The authors used language from the Constitution to justify equal voting rights for African-American men and women.
D. The authors used language from the Constitution to oppose the passage of Jim Crow laws in the United States.
B. The authors used language from the Declaration of Independence to demand suffrage for women.
Which technologies and conditions made World War I a new kind of war? Select all that apply.
A. trench warfare
B. field hospitals and medics
C. gunpowder and cannons
D. heavy naval combat
E. poison gas
F. rapid-fire machine guns
A. Trench warfare
E. Poison gas
F. Rapid-fire machine guns
How did European competition for colonies affect Africa?
A. Countries were created without regard for traditional ethnic groupings.
B. Competition ended the West African and East African slave trades.
C. European colonies treated African colonies with respect.
D. The division of Africa by European countries stopped the spread of Islam.
A. Countries were created without regard for traditional ethnic groupings.
I know you would not mind if we could fight and wrest the scepter from your hands. You know that we are powerless to do that, for you have ensured our incapacity to fight in open and honorable battle. Bravery on the battlefield is thus impossible for us. Bravery of the soul still remains open to us. I know you will respond to that also. I am engaged in evoking that bravery. Non-cooperation means nothing less than training in self-sacrifice. Why should we co-operate with you when we know that, by your administration of this great country, we are being daily enslaved in an increasing degree.
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Use the excerpt to answer the question.
This statement reflects the beliefs and efforts of which individual?
A. Fidel Castro
B. Mohandas Gandhi
C. Ruhollah Khomeini
D. Yitzhak Rabin
B. Mohandas Gandhi
Which event enabled the formation of a democratic government in Argentina in 1983?
A. Defeat in the Falklands War weakened the military regime.
B. Disappearances of political activists motivated a political revolution.
C. Juan Peron’s autocratic methods led to social unrest.
D. Socialist reforms spurred a conservative backlash.
A. Defeat in the Falklands War weakened the military regime.
The palace at Versailles demonstrates which aspect of Louis XIV’s rule in France?
A. extravagance
B. isolationism
C. religious tolerance
D. social justice
A. Extravagance
Which impact did Napoleon’s invasions have on both Germany and Italy?
A. caused absolute monarchs to seize more power
B. encouraged more liberal democratic governments
C. inspired nationalist movements for unification
D. weakened efforts to strengthen national militaries based on Realpolitik
C. Inspired nationalist movements for unification
Which of the following statements is true?
A. Allied forces bombed railroad lines to slow the transport of Jews to concentration camps.
B. Allied leaders believed Nazi ghettoes and camps kept civilians out of the worst of the war’s violence.
C. Allied nations encouraged open Jewish immigration as soon as they learned of the Holocaust.
D. Allied powers knew about Nazi death camps but focused their efforts on the defeat of Germany.
D. Allied powers knew about Nazi death camps but focused their efforts on the defeat of Germany.
How did the policy of appeasement influence the beginning of World War II?
A. The policy emboldened Hitler to further acts of aggression.
B. The policy delayed the entry of the United States into the war.
C. The policy encouraged China to resist Japanese aggression.
D. The policy promoted Allied intervention to protect European Jews.
A. The policy emboldened Hitler to further acts of aggression.
Which historical event is known for the following motto, "A rich country, a strong military"?
A. Boer War
B. Meiji Restoration
C. Boxer Rebellion
D. Sino-Japanese War
B. Meiji Restoration
Civil war breaks out between the Reds and Whites.
A communist government forms the USSR.
Lenin and the Bolsheviks seize power.
Tsar Nicholas II gives up the throne.
Use the list to answer the question.
Which event occurred first?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
D. 4
Which environmental challenge does the image illustrate?
A. acid rain destruction as a result of harmful emissions
B. deforestation as a result of development
C. desertification from global warming
D. ground and water pollution from factory runoff
B. deforestation as a result of development.
Which leaders led nationalist revolutions that freed much of South America from Spanish rule? Select all that apply.
A. Dom Pedro
B. Father José Morelos
C. Father Miguel Hidalgo
D. José de San Martín
E. Simón Bolívar
F. Toussaint L’Ouverture
D. José de San Martín
E. Simón Bolívar
Which characteristics of government did the U.S. Constitution codify in 1787? Select all that apply.
A. election of representatives to a lawmaking body
B. establishment of limited government
C. centralization of power in a strong executive
D. equality of citizens under the law
E. a system of checks and balances among branches of government
F. primacy of state and local governments over federal authorities
A. Election of representatives to a lawmaking body
B. Establishment of limited government
D. Equality of citizens under the law
E. A system of checks and balances among branches of government
Which events helped draw people to support Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Party? Select all that apply.
A. collapse of the Soviet Union
B. establishment of an Israeli nation
C. harsh reparations from World War I
D. rise of the Bolsheviks in Russia
E. spread of the Great Depression
C. Harsh reparations from World War I
E. Spread of the Great Depression
East and West Germans tear down the Berlin Wall.
Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania break away from the Soviet Union.
Mikhail Gorbachev implements economic and political reforms.
The Soviet Union dissolves.
Use the list to answer the question.
Which event occurred last?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
D.4
Which circumstance posed the greatest challenge to Indian independence and led to the partition plan?
A. China’s invasion of Tibet
B. Muslim-Hindu tensions
C. Tamil guerrilla movement
D. territorial disputes with Pakistan
B. Muslim-Hindu tensions.
Which answers best complete the chart? Select all that apply.
A. access to international trade ports
B. radical groups’ rejections of Israel’s right to exist
C. Israeli settlements in the West Bank
D. ownership of the Sinai Peninsula
E. possession of disputed oil reserves
F. recognition for Israel by the UN
B. Radical groups’ rejections of Israel’s right to exist
C. Israeli settlements in the West Bank
F. Recognition for Israel by the UN