Question 1

Following World War I and the onset of the Great Depression, governments began to take a more active role in the economic life of the nation-state.
Develop an argument that evaluates how one or more governments responded to the global economic crisis of the 1930s, known as the Great Depression.
In your response you should do the following:
$\bullet$Respond to the prompt with a historically defensible thesis or claim that establishes a line of reasoning.
$\bullet$Describe a broader historical context relevant to the prompt.
$\bullet$Support an argument in response to the prompt using specific and relevant examples of evidence.
$\bullet$Use historical reasoning (e.g., comparison, causation, continuity or change) to frame or structure an argument that addresses the prompt.
$\bullet$Use evidence to corroborate, qualify, or modify an argument that addresses the prompt.

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Question 2

Describe the evolution of anticolonial activism and modernism during the first part of the twentieth century. What special challenges did anticolonial activists face and what were their visions of their future?

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Question 3

Analyze the ways in which World War I and the economic crisis of the 1920s and 1930s changed the role of the state.

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Question 4

Compare the development of Turkey under Mustafa Kemal Ataturk with the development of Brazil under Getulio Vargas. What changes were made in each country, and why? To what global events were they responding?

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Question 5

Analyze the factors that encouraged the rise of authoritarian political systems during the 1920s and 1930s and compare the governments that emerged in Italy, Germany, Japan, and the USSR.

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Question 6

What led to the rise of mass culture between 1910 and the 1930s? Why did mass culture often become synonymous with national culture?

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Quiz 12: Of Masses and Visions of the Modern 1910-1939

Describe the evolution of anticolonial activism and modernism during the first part of the twentieth century. What special challenges did anticolonial activists face and what were their visions of their future?

Analyze the ways in which World War I and the economic crisis of the 1920s and 1930s changed the role of the state.

Compare the development of Turkey under Mustafa Kemal Ataturk with the development of Brazil under Getulio Vargas. What changes were made in each country, and why? To what global events were they responding?

Analyze the factors that encouraged the rise of authoritarian political systems during the 1920s and 1930s and compare the governments that emerged in Italy, Germany, Japan, and the USSR.

What led to the rise of mass culture between 1910 and the 1930s? Why did mass culture often become synonymous with national culture?