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League of Nations
League of Nations
Roaring Twenties
The Great Depression
Hyperinflation and
Totalitarianism
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After which impactful event was the League of Nations created?
World War I.
100
Which country was most notably missing from the entire League of Nations?
The U.S.A.
100
Describe a typical Roaring Twenties woman (three characterisitics).
Bobbed hair, short skirt, drinking, smoking and saying unladylike things.
100
When was the Stock Market Crash? (Year and day)
Black Tuesday, 1929.
100
What was the name for Germany after World War I.
The Weimar Republic.
200
When and by whom was the League of Nations invented?
1919, Woodrow Wilson.
200
Name the two countries that fought over 'Aland'.
Sweden and Finland.
200
Name three new inventions in the Roaring Twenties.
Jazz, cars, birth control, dishwashers, vacuum cleaners etc.
200
What is the reason for the bank failures during the Great Depression?
Banks made risky loans to people and many went bankrupt. This meant that banks had to pay back their loans with nonexistent money, making them bankrupt and making them 'fall'.
200
Name four different facts about Hitler's youth
1. Born April 20, 1889, 2. Born in Austria (not Germany), 3. Father worked at customs, 4. Mother was a housewife. 5. Intelligent in Primary School. 6. Dropped out of Middle School at age 15. 7. Moved to Vienna to become an artist, but was rejected, etc.
300
Which countries were present at the Treaty of Versailles? (Name all countries)
France, England, U.S.A. and Germany.
300
Why did people lose faith in the League of Nations? (2 reasons)
1. It didn't act quickly enough and made bad decisions, 2. strong countries could do whatever they wanted. Weaker countries followed them.
300
Name a development that was possible for the first time in the Roaring Twenties.
Consumer debts - spending money you didn't own yet.
300
What were the four consequences for the Stock Market Crash?
1. Debts, 2. Failing banks, 3. Unemployment, 4. Poverty.
300
Thoroughly(!) explain what political cartoons are.
Political cartoons (or editorial cartoons) are cartoons that comment upon current events and/or personalities to draw attention to social problems, mostly in a comical manner using exaggeration, stereotypes, sarcasm, cynicism, symbolism and artistic skills.
400
Give the name of two of the three allied presidents that were present at the Treaty of Versailles.
David Lloyd George, George Clemenceau and Woodrow Wilson.
400
Name three successes of the League of Nations.
1. Helped to control some diseases 2. Helped to return half a million POW’s after World War I 3. Helped to arrest slave traders and drug dealers 4. Intervened in two possible wars
400
Name three positive developments for women in the Roaring Twenties.
More (sexual) freedom, often a job and voting rights.
400
Explain the cycle of the poor people as a reason for the Stock Market Crash.
Too many poor people —> not enough people can buy produced goods
. Factories cut back on their production = less jobs = more poor people etc.
400
Explain the hyperinflation (thorougly!).
What's supposed to be included is: - printing more money because of reparations - decrease of value of money - rise of prices All with a good and clear explanation.
500
What was the goal of the U.S. during the Paris Peace Treaties?
1. Enable cooperation between countries, 2. disarmament, 3. achieve world peace, 4. improve social conditions around the world.
500
Which diseases were countered by the League of Nations and which island disputes were settled (name the islands).
Malaria and Lepra, Corfu and the Aland islands.
500
What was the biggest problem in the U.S. during the Roaring Twenties? Explain this as well.
An uneven spread of prosperity. There were very rich persons who enjoyed the Roaring Twenties and very poor persons who had to live in 'Hoovervilles'.
500
Thoroughly(!) explain the working of the Stock Market including reasons for the rise and decrease of prices, as well as explaining the crash.
Included in the explanation should be: - supply (people selling stocks) and demands (people buying stocks) - consequences of only selling goods
500
Name the leaders of Italy, Russia and Germany during the totalitarian regimes, as well as 3 other characteristics per country.
Included should be: - Mussolini, Stalin, Hitler Included besides that could be: - party, major beliefs, how did they gain power?, how did they stay into power?