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Many political theorists were taken aback by the 1992 "velvet divorce", as it has come to be called, when Czechoslovakia dissolved into The Czech Republic and Slovakia. The theorists had considered Czechoslovakia to be one of the biggest success stories of Eastern Europe both politically and economically. Unfortunately, the longstanding rift between the Czech and Slovak people proved stronger than the Czechoslovak political and economic structure. Although Czechs and Slovaks may have shared cultural and linguistic roots, they did not share a common conception of nationhood. Ultimately, the "divorce" may have been inevitable.
Some argue that Czechoslovakia was conceived artificially as an experiment in creating an Eastern European nation based on the principles of parliamentary democracy. The intrepid founders of Czechoslovakia therefore attempted to unite the multi-ethnic region by engendering loyalty not to a common history, but to a conjoint government. Disparate nationalities attempted to merge themselves into a contrived identity on the basis of this union, and what resulted was a political and economic tug of war.
In 1919, when Czechoslovakia was founded, both Czech and Slovakia had been occupied by larger empires, which largely subverted Czech and Slovak cultures. Since both lands were too small and lacking in resources to exist as individual independent states, both Czech and Slovak nationalists viewed the Czechoslovak union as a way to maintain self-determination in the tumultuous Post-war political and economic climate of Eastern Europe.
Ironically, the very reasons why Czechoslovakia was formed may ultimately have led to its dissolution. The nationalist movements that initially supported the formation of Czechoslovakia soon turned against the concept of a conjoined state, demanding complete self-determination. The economic, religious, and cultural discrepancies between Czechs and Slovaks produced discontent, particularly among Slovaks, with the structure of the new state. Therefore, the successful creation of a unified Czechoslovak national consciousness that could have held the country together was never fully realized.
The passage supports which of the following statements about nationalist movements in Czechoslovakia?
(A) After the velvet divorce, Czech and Slovak nationalists ceased to be concerned with self-determination.
(B) Slovak nationalists were more critical of the economic discrepancies than Czech nationalists.
(C) In the late twentieth century, neither Czech nor Slovak nationalists supported the Czechoslovak state.
(D) Czech nationalists did not play as instrumental a role in the velvet divorce as Slovak nationalists did.
(E) Unlike Slovak nationalists, Czech nationalists were not significantly affected by the economic discrepancies.
Many political theorists were taken aback by the 1992 "velvet divorce", as it has come to be called, when Czechoslovakia dissolved into The Czech Republic and Slovakia. The theorists had considered Czechoslovakia to be one of the biggest success stories of Eastern Europe both politically and economically. Unfortunately, the longstanding rift between the Czech and Slovak people proved stronger than the Czechoslovak political and economic structure. Although Czechs and Slovaks may have shared cultural and linguistic roots, they did not share a common conception of nationhood. Ultimately, the "divorce" may have been inevitable.
Some argue that Czechoslovakia was conceived artificially as an experiment in creating an Eastern European nation based on the principles of parliamentary democracy. The intrepid founders of Czechoslovakia therefore attempted to unite the multi-ethnic region by engendering loyalty not to a common history, but to a conjoint government. Disparate nationalities attempted to merge themselves into a contrived identity on the basis of this union, and what resulted was a political and economic tug of war.
In 1919, when Czechoslovakia was founded, both Czech and Slovakia had been occupied by larger empires, which largely subverted Czech and Slovak cultures. Since both lands were too small and lacking in resources to exist as individual independent states, both Czech and Slovak nationalists viewed the Czechoslovak union as a way to maintain self-determination in the tumultuous Post-war political and economic climate of Eastern Europe.
Ironically, the very reasons why Czechoslovakia was formed may ultimately have led to its dissolution. The nationalist movements that initially supported the formation of Czechoslovakia soon turned against the concept of a conjoined state, demanding complete self-determination. The economic, religious, and cultural discrepancies between Czechs and Slovaks produced discontent, particularly among Slovaks, with the structure of the new state. Therefore, the successful creation of a unified Czechoslovak national consciousness that could have held the country together was never fully realized.
The passage supports which of the following statements about nationalist movements in Czechoslovakia?
(A) After the velvet divorce, Czech and Slovak nationalists ceased to be concerned with self-determination.
(B) Slovak nationalists were more critical of the economic discrepancies than Czech nationalists.
(C) In the late twentieth century, neither Czech nor Slovak nationalists supported the Czechoslovak state.
(D) Czech nationalists did not play as instrumental a role in the velvet divorce as Slovak nationalists did.
(E) Unlike Slovak nationalists, Czech nationalists were not significantly affected by the economic discrepancies.
