Weimar
India
South Africa
United States
Mish Mash
100
This political party was the first to hold power in the Weimar Republic.
What is the SDP (Social Democrats)?
100
This term refers to the splitting of the Indian subcontinent after the UK released control over it.
What is partition?
100
This term refers to the official racially-based segregation between 1948-1994.
What is apartheid?
100
This is the correct order of the US presidents in the case study.
Who are Eisenhower, JFK, Johnson, & Nixon?
100
This electoral system is sometimes called "winner take all" and the person or party who wins the majority of the votes wins all of the power.
What is First Past the Post?
200
These occured between 1924-1929.
What are the Golden Years?
200
This became a series of legislative acts that allowed women to inherit property, divorce their husbands, and banned dowries.
What is the Hindu Code Bill?
200
This 1960 massacre caused the African National Congress to form a military wing called the MK.
What is the Sharpeville Massacre?
200
This president was known for having progressive domestic policies that were negated because of his foreign involvements.
Who is Johnson?
200
The Military Industrial Complex, the NAACP, NOW, BP Oil, and the Teamsters Union are all examples of what?
What are pressure groups?
300
This paramilitary group was formed in 1918 and helped put down the Spartacus revolt.
What is the Freikorps?
300
This system was technically outlawed in the Indian constitution; however, it was still followed, particularly in more rural areas.
What is the caste system?
300
This proved that even the majority of white South Africans were ready to reform the government.
What is the 1992 Referendum?
300
This president promised to restore order domestically while improving relations abroad; he was successful in using ping-pong diplomacy with China.
Who is Nixon?
300
Nixon was forced to resign because of this scandal.
What is Watergate?
400
This treaty simultaneously mandated the creation of Weimar while also creating the initial challenges it faced.
What is Versailles?
400
Other than religion, name one of the key socio-political struggles in India?
What are: language, gender, social class (caste system), ethnicity.
400
This South African leader's stance on AIDS has been greatly criticized because he refused to acknowledge the crisis, believing it to be a tool of Westerners.
Who is Mbecki?
400
This president reluctantly enforced civil rights rulings by the Supreme Court because he saw it as his duty; however, he would have preferred a smooth path to desegregation.
Who is Eisenhower?
400
Name and order the four major assassinations in the US.
Who are JFK, Malcolm X, Dr. King, & RFK.
500
This leader is well known for introducing the rentenmark, signing the Locarno Treaty, agreeing to the Dawes Plan, and joining the League of Nations.
Who is Stresemann?
500
These two people were the leaders of the independence movement and the Congress Party.
Who are Nehru and Gandhi?
500
These TWO programs were intended to redistribute wealth and reduce unemployment in the new government; but both were unsuccessful and South Africa's unemployment level reached 40% at its peak.
What are RDP (Reconstruction & Development Programme) and GEAR (Growth, Employment, and Redistribution).
500
This president was deeply concerned about rising poverty in the US and passed the Equal Pay Act, which reduced the pay gap between men and women.
Who is Kennedy?
500
He was the leader of South Africa's Communist Party and warned Mbecki not to ignore the AIDS crisis. He was later assassinated.
Who is Chris Hani?
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