CARS practice test

The author would most likely approve of which of the following policies enacted by the German Empire?

• A. Shortly after enacting universal male suffrage, the empire enacted a policy requiring any legislation passed by elected members of the Reichstag to be approved by the Bundesrat, a legislative body consisting of unelected landowning nobles.

• B. The imperial treasury paid companies for expenses incurred providing free housing to workers.

• C. Males living in Kingdoms, Grand Duchies, and Duchies of the Empire could vote, but those living in Principalities and Free Cities could vote only in local politics and had no representation in Imperial assemblies.

• D. Areas which embraced Germanization and had near 100% adoption of the German language for schools and businesses saw significant improvements in quality of life due to subsidized investments by large industrial firms.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

The passage suggests that the Empire's violent authoritarianism in foreign policy was:

• A. primarily due to Emperor Wilhelm.

• B. Primarily due to Chancellor Bismarck.

• C. crafted by Chancellor Bismarck and executed by Emperor Wilhelm.

• D. an outgrowth of policies of worker support and control in domestic policy.

The author of this passage is most likely:

• A. a social conservative who favors limiting entitlement spending.

• B. a historian discussing his area of expertise.

• C. a journalist who specializes in studying the after-effects of European colonialism.

• D. A Catholic scholar who examines the suppression of the Catholic faith around the world.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

The passage suggests that Chancellor Bismarck's role in aggressive domestic policies like the kulturkampf and Germanization was:

• A. at least passive approval, if not active support and direction.

• B. ignorance, as the Chancellor was only concerned with foreign policy.

• C. one of active disapproval, with the Chancellor using his political influence to oppose the Emperor.

• D. nonexistent, as Bismarck was not Chancellor of the German Empire during those two initiatives.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

The author discusses the rail system in order to:

• A. demonstrate the superiority of the German industrial base as compared to its continental neighbors.

• B. provide proof that had the German Empire continued into the twentieth century, it would soon have outstripped even the U.S. in its advancement.

• C. compare Germany's successes at expanding its rail system with its failure to develop other technologies.

• D. provide supporting detail about the swiftness of Germany's industrial expansion.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

The author's respect for the achievements of the German Empire is:

• A. founded in an ideological respect for the top-down organization of the various Germanic kingdoms into a single quasi-federal Empire

• B. unreflective and thoughtlessly positive, suggesting that the author himself is a German nationalist.

• C. tempered by an appreciation for the negative consequences that came with achievements made possible by strong authoritarian control.

• D. balanced by his awareness that the authoritarian styal of German governance paved the way for the atrocities of World War II.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6