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Return to Politics in the European Union 5e Student Resources
Chapter 6 Multiple choice questions
The 'Other' European Communities and the Origins of the EEC (the early 1950s to the 1960s)
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What was the Pleven Plan?
A plan to create a European Coal and Steel Community
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A plan to create a European Political Community
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A plan to create a European Defence Community
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All of the above
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What event triggered the proposal of a European Defence Community?
The Korean War
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The Berlin Blockade
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The completion of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC)
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All of the above
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True or false: The European Defence Community was linked to the European Coal and Steel Community.
True
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False
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What happened to the European Defence Community?
It was narrowly ratified in 1953
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It was ratified after amendments to remove references to the European Political Community
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The treaty was signed but never ratified
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The governments failed to agree on a text of the treaty
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True or false: After the failure of the European Defence Community (EDC), Europe's security dilemma was addressed by the Western European Union.
True
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False
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What was the purpose of the conference in Messina in June 1955?
To encourage a European Political Community
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To develop a common market
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To revive the European Defence Community
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To launch Euratom
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Which of the following was
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an area in which the French demanded a concession at Messina?
Euratom
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Agriculture
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External relations
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Regional development
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True or false: In the early days of the ECSC, national governments insisted that the High Authority be given a wide range of powers.
True
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False
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What triggered crisis in the ECSC in 1959?
An acute shortage of coal
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Widespread industrial action by coal and steel workers
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The shift from coal to nuclear power
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A fall in demand for coal
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Why was agriculture included in the Treaty of Rome?
Germany insisted: they needed to rebuild their agricultural production
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It was regarded as a vital dimension of the common market
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It was politically important for securing French support
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All of the above
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