May Fourth Movement Basics

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What sparked the May 4th student protests in Beijing?

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News that Shandong would go to Japan at Versailles

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On May 4, 1919, students gathered where, and in about what number?

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Nanjing’s Presidential Palace; roughly 2,000 students

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Which immediate political outcome followed the nationwide protests?

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China refused to sign the Treaty of Versailles

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Which pair of slogans aligns with the movement’s agenda? Options: “Externally, struggle for sovereignty” / “Internally, throw out the traitors”, “Long live the emperor” / “Defend the rites of Confucius”, “Resist the Great Powers” / “Trust the warlords for stability”, “Support isolationism” / “Expel modern science from schools”

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“Externally, struggle for sovereignty” / “Internally, throw out the traitors”

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Which medium most effectively spread New Culture/May Fourth ideas? Options: Royal proclamations circulated by provincial yamen, Radio bulletins from commercial stations in Shanghai, Foreign missionary tracts translated into classical prose.

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Periodicals and new vernacular literature among youth

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The 21 Demands (1915) are best described as:

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A bid for expansive Japanese control and political leverage

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Why did the 21 Demands matter so much by 1919?

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They accelerated a vigorous nationalism against subjugation.

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In social terms, May Fourth reformers challenged: Confucian filial hierarchy, footbinding, arranged marriage

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Confucian filial hierarchy, footbinding, arranged marriage

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A durable political legacy of May Fourth was that it:

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Set the tone for cultural politics into the 1930s

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What context framed New Culture debates in the mid-1910s?

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Fragmented warlord politics and frequent cabinet changes