8.1 Text Reconstruction and Composition

8.1 Text Reconstruction and Composition

Order the sentences below in the order in which you believe they appeared in the original.

Order the sentences below in the order in which you believe they appeared in the original.

  • The last third of the nineteenth century and the years leading to the First World War were marked by paradox.
  • The major powers remained at peace, but there were widespread, even frenetic, preparations for war.
  • A Great Depression endured for more than twenty years (c1873-95), even though certain sectors of the economy grew at a rapid pace.
  • Democratization occurred, but the newly enfranchised masses elected governments that deprived people overseas of self-rule.
  • Women gained more rights than ever before, but almost everywhere the emancipated New Woman found herself the object of an intense critique.
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