Question

1. What role did Prussia play in the reform of education in the United States? (5 points)

War with Prussia encouraged the United States to begin reforms after realizing illiteracy was a problem for many soldiers.
Prussia sent a number of poorly educated immigrants to the U.S., which caused reforms to focus on achievement.
Reformers in the U.S. adopted the idea that students should have access to the same content at similar grade levels.
The Prussian ambassador to the U.S. was an outspoken education reformer who collaborated with Horace Mann.

Answer 1

2. Use the following excerpt taken from an abolition speech delivered by William Wilberforce to answer the question below:

"Having now disposed of the first part of this subject, I must speak of the transit of the slaves in the West Indies. This I confess, in my own opinion, is the most wretched part of the whole subject. So much misery condensed in so little room, is more than the human imagination had ever before conceived ... Let any one imagine to himself 6 or 700 of these wretches chained two and two, surrounded with every object that is nauseous and disgusting, diseased, and struggling under every kind of wretchedness! How can we bear to think of such a scene as this?"
-William Wilberforce's, 1789 Abolition Speech
Based on the above excerpt, why did Wilberforce think that slavery should be abolished? (5 points)

Slavery does not provide enough profit for the amount of suffering it causes.
Slavery causes the spread of disease, which could affect Europeans as well as Africans
No person should be submitted to the immense suffering that is perpetrated through slavery.
People who are submitted to the suffering caused by slavery might rebel against Europeans.



3. Use the following image to answer the question below:



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The above illustration was created about 1870 and is entitled "The New Fighting the Old in Early Meiji Japan." Based on this image, which of the following statements is accurate about the Meiji Restoration? (5 points)


Most Japanese supported the reforms of the Meiji Restoration.
The Meiji Restoration denied the rights of elderly people.
The Meiji Restoration was a smooth process toward reform.
Many Japanese resisted the reforms of the Meiji Restoration.



4. Which of the following reforms did a commission insist must happen in Puerto Rico before any other reforms were made? (5 points)

improve education
reduce taxes
abolish slavery
allow women to vote



5. In what way did the movement toward independence in India differ from that of Korea? (5 points)

India achieved independence much earlier than Korea.
Korea achieved independence because Japan lost the war.
India achieved independence when Britain entered the war.
Korea fought a long and violent war for independence.



6. How was the process of decolonization in Belize similar to that in Macau? (5 points)

Both Macau and Belize underwent a prolonged process of decolonization.
Both Macau and Belize went through years of violent rebellion before decolonization.
Both Macau and Belize were Portuguese colonies that were returned to China.
Both Macau and Belize saw mass economic depression shortly before decolonization.



7. What's one reason why the independence movements in Africa tended to be more violent than other places? (5 points)

African countries tended to seek independence earlier than other countries around the world.
The colonies in Africa each had very large white settler populations who resisted all attempts at independence.
The colonies in Africa had been the sight of most of the most deadly battles of the Second World War.
Africa had undergone centuries of brutal exploitation and mass slavery that broke down institutions of civil society.



8. Why might France have been more motivated to resist independence movements in Algeria than it had in French Indo-China? (5 points)

Algeria had a large settler community made up of French-speaking Europeans.
Algeria had been a part of France since the end of World War II.
The Vietnamese resistance was stronger and far more organized.
The Vietnamese independence movement appealed to Britain for help.



9. Which of the following was General Augusto Pinochet responsible for? (5 points)

the many sanctions imposed on Bolivia
the disappearance of thousands of people in Chile
the short Falkland War with Great Britain
the harsh suppression of a revolution in Algeria



10. Which of the following forced Jean-Bertrand Aristide out of power in Haiti? (5 points)

the United Nations
the Haitian aristocracy
the Haitian military
the nation of Cuba



11. How did F.W. de Klerk influence democratic reforms in South Africa? (5 points)

He restricted political rights to the white minority, ultimately extending the apartheid system.
He set up talks between the government and the ANC, ultimately contributing to the elimination of apartheid.
He encouraged the government to outlaw the ANC, ultimately extending the apartheid system.
He refused to end civil war, ultimately contributing to the elimination of apartheid.



12. In what way were the 1988 elections that voted out the Chilean dictator Pinochet initially a failure? (5 points)

He used a coup to regain power and resist democratic reforms.
He defied the election results and stayed in power for two more years.
He used the election to persecute democracy reformer Michelle Bachelet.

Answer 2

Does anyone know any of the answers? I cant find any of these..............

Answer 3

One question per thread, please! Also, you should post these questions is History!