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AP European History

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What was the Jewish journalist Theodor Herzl best known for?
  1. Demanding public apologies from Germany for the Holocaust
  2. Pushing for a Jewish state in Palestine
  3. He wrote the first large expose on the tragedies of the Holocaust.
  4. He fought against ghettos in Eastern Europe.
Explanation
Answer - B - Theodor Herzl, a Jewish journalist, is best known for pushing for a Jewish state in Palestine.

Key Takeaway: Theodor Herzl was an Austro-Hungarian journalist and the father of modern political Zionism. After witnessing anti-Semitic activities in France and throughout Europe in the 1890s, Herzl began to promote the idea of Jews leaving Europe to create their own state. A Jewish homeland in the historic land of Israel was not supported by Western powers until 1905. The State of Israel was not established until 1948.
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