Question 1
In 1920s Germany,
A) war reparations contributed to hyperinflation.
B) billion dollar loans were received from the United States, enabling the repayment of debts.
C) middle-class men and women lined up in soup kitchens.
D) personal savings were erased as a result of inflation.
E) All of these are correct.
Question 2
The Habsburg emperor was
A) archduke of Austria.
B) king of Bohemia.
C) king of Hungary.
D) Holy Roman Emperor.
E) All of these are correct.
Question 3
The sector of the U.S. economy that suffered most from credit problems during the 1920s was
A) the automobile industry.
B) mining.
C) agriculture.
D) consumer goods.
E) None of these are correct.
Question 4
Frederick William the Great Elector built Brandenburg-Prussia into a significant European power by
A) establishing religious uniformity in his kingdom, as evidenced in his eviction of the Huguenots.
B) freeing the peasants from the dominion of the nobles.
C) using his army whenever possible to gain his ends.
D) making the General War Commissariat the bureaucratic machine of his state.
E) allying Prussia with England and Russia against France and the Holy Roman Empire.