Theodor Herzl's Zionism was the direct result of

A) his shock at a government order revoking the citizenship of all French Jews.
B) his shock at the army's persecution of Alfred Dreyfus.
C) his frustrated desire to emigrate to America.
D) a religious revelation that European Jews should return to the Holy Land.
E) a wave of persecution against Jews living in the Ottoman empire.


Answer: B) his shock at the army's persecution of Alfred Dreyfus.

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A) railroads B) textiles C) socialism D) agriculture

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The power of the state increased in Western Europe largely because of improvements in

a. military technology. b. the philosophy of government. c. relations with the church. d. communications.

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How did Governor Francis Wyatt wage the Second Anglo-Powhatan War?

A) He ordered all captured Indians enslaved. B) He made an alliance with Chippewa Indians to overwhelm the Powhatan Indians. C) He used ruthless tactics like destroying food supplies to cause starvation and driving Indians from their homes during winter. D) He attempted to minimize bloodshed by offering generous concession to the Indians if they stopped fighting. E) He laid siege to the Indians' villages and then negotiated.

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Seventeenth-century Europe saw the emergence of a group of intellectuals known as the "ancients" who emphasized the authority of

a. the Bible.
b. Plato.
c. human reason.
d. Aristotle.
e. Joseph Banks.

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