History of Europe Questions
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What form of government was created with the Constitution of 1791?
-everyone has natural rights- believed in life, liberty, and property- believed in social contract
- unalienable rights- life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness- concent(harmony) of the government
- citizens have rights, which the government must protect- even the head of the government must obey the law- taxes can not be raised without the consent of the people- elections should be held frequently
After Hitler came to power, German Jewslost their rights overnight.gradually lost their rights.left their homeland immediately.gained the right of citizenship.
After the Nazis conquered territory in Europe, they forced Jewish people tomove to the United States.serve in the armed forces.live in ghettos.move to the countryside.
What were the Nuremberg Trials?trials in which Nazi leaders were charged with "crimes against humanity"trials in which leading Nazi generals were accused of having lost the war on purposetrials in which Adolf Hitler was ordered to return the stolen property of German Jewstrials in which German Jews were charged with having started World War II
To isolate them from the general population, Jews in Hitler's Germany were required toserve in the armed forces.take their vacations in winter.wear yellow stars.live in the countryside.
Which of the following helped Hitler and other Nazi leaders make it easier to carry out the Holocaust?They carefully explained to the German people their plans for extermination.They promised equal rights for all Germans for most of the 1930s.They made anti-Semitism an everyday part of life in Germany.They opened up the extermination camps to inspection by the German public.
The Nazis' plan for mass murder was aimed at which of the following groups of people? Check all that apply.the disabled and mentally illCatholicsRomaJewshomosexualsJehovah's WitnessesProtestants
Which of the following is the most accurate description of the Nazi camp built at Auschwitz, Poland?work campvacation campdeath campmilitary camp
Which are examples of the discrimination that European Jews endured throughout history? Check all that apply.European Jews were forced to live in segregated communities.European Jews were prohibited from owning land.European Jews were barred from certain professions.European Jews were subject to physical abuse, even murder.European Jews were forced to marry outside of their religion against their will.European Jews were subject to arbitrary deportations.European Jews were offered free transportation to leave Europe.
Martin Luther published his Ninety-Five Theses to attack the Catholic Church for its...
Who is mad about loss of rights and monarchy?
This new order created many schools for boys. Were the schools open to both rich and poor?
Pope Paul III also set up a series of meetings known as the Council of Trent. What were the two goals of the Council of Trent?
Most Protestants in the Netherlands were Calvinists, and their Calvinism inspired them to challenge their Catholic king, Philip II, the king of Spain and son of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. How did Calvinists and Lutherans differ on whether a subject should be loyal to his/her king?
Which European country supported the Dutch independence movement, and as result, was subject to an attempted invasion by the Spanish Armada?
Henry IV, ruling as a strong monarch, brought peace and stability to France at the end of the 16th century. As a result of his effectiveness, what did he pave the way for?
In the 16th and 17th centuries, approximately how many people were executed as a result of witch trials?