On its way to becoming a one-party state,interwar Austria
A) repeatedly demonstrated a lack of support for a union with Germany.
B) experienced continuous stress between the Viennese working class who were anticlerical and socialist, and peasants who were Catholic and antisocialist.
C) the middle class came to see themselves as partners with the Social Democrats.
D) was unable to introduce social reforms to assist the working class.
E) experienced an economic boom both in agriculture and industry.

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Interwar Austria was divided between the anticlerical and socialist Viennese working class and the Catholic and antisocialist peasants, leading to continuous stress and conflict. This division contributed to the rise of the right-wing authoritarian government which ultimately led to the one-party state.

On Its Way to Becoming a One-Party State,interwar Austria