Instability After WWI
A depression is a period of. . .
a. high economic activity and low unemployment
b. high economic activity and high unemployment
c. low economic activity and low unemployment
d. low economic activity and high unemployment
d. low economic activity and high unemployment
In a totalitarianism state, individual freedoms are
a. voted on every four years
b. promoted through propaganda
c. central to government laws and regulations
d. denied in favor of strict government control
d. denied in favor of strict government control
What name was given to Mussolini, meaning "The Leader?"
Il Duce
The right of superior nations to living space through expansion is . . .
a. lebensraum
b. Schutzstaffeln
c. collectivization
d. Enabling Act
a. lebensraum
What set of laws made life in Germany extremely difficult and unfair for Jews?
The Nuremberg Laws
What was the Popular Front?
a. a British program meant to cut deficit spending
b. a French program that gave the workers a right to collective bargaining
c. a program that enforced the Treaty of Versailles
d. a U.S. program associated with the New Deal
b. a French program that gave the workers a right to collective bargaining
Which of the following is a political philosophy that glorifies the state above the individual by emphasizing the need for a strong government led by a dictator?
a. Communism
b. Nazism
c. Fascism
d. Social Darwinism
c. Fascism
Which of the following is NOT a method used by Mussolini to establish his totalitarian state?
a. he created a secret police force called the OVRA
b. he used propaganda
c. he worked through youth organizations
d. he criticized the Catholic Church
d. he criticized the Catholic Church
Hitler's goal was to create a. . .
a. Third Worker's Party
b. Third Reichstag
c. Third Reich
d. Third Race
c. Third Reich
In addition to distrusting democracy, why did many Germans support Nazism?
a. they were scared of Fascism
b. Hitler had been popular in Germany since he was a child
c. they were scared of Communism
d. Mussolini threatened to invade Germany if they didn’t support Hitler
c. they were scared of Communism
How did Franklin D. Roosevelt respond to the Great Depression?
a. he initiated a series of penalties for people who did not save money
b. he raised taxes and lowered wages
c. he gave loans to Germany and other countries in need
d. he instituted a policy of active government intervention in the economy (The New Deal)
d. he instituted a policy of active government intervention in the economy (The New Deal)
Which of the following is NOT a cause for Europeans to turn to Fascist governments in the years following WWI?
a. it was studied by many students in universities
b. people were scared of communism
c. people distrusted democracy
d. economic depression made people desperate
a. it was studied by many students in universities
Stalin’s Five Year Plans were intended to transform Russia into
a. a democracy
b. a monarchy
c. an industrial nation
d. an agricultural nation
c. an industrial nation
What event resulted in the imprisonment of Hitler?
Beer Hall Putsch
The Enabling Act gave the government the power to
a. ignore the Constitution for four years
b. get rid of the office of President and the Reichstag
c. dissolve all trade unions and political parties except the Nazis
d. adopt the "Strength Through Joy" program
a. ignore the Constitution for four years
The League of Nations was not effective because . . .
a. President Wilson did not support the idea
b. the United States was too involved with European affairs
c. the United States ratified the Treaty of Versailles
d. league members could not agree to use force against aggression
d. league members could not agree to use force against aggression
Which of the following is TRUE about a totalitarian state?
a. the central state's power is limited
b. the state is led by a single leader and single party
c. individual freedoms are guaranteed
d. media is not regulated
b. the state is led by a single leader and single party
In Stalinist Russia, what was the system in which private farms were eliminated and the government owned all the land?
Collectivization
Hitler's ideas included all of the following EXCEPT
a. Social Darwinism
b. Anti-Semitism
c. Nationalism
d. Communism
d. Communism
What is the violent night of anti-Jewish destructive activities that means "night of shattered glass?"
Kristallnacht
Which is true about the Dawes Plan?
a. it changed borders after WWI
b. reduced reparations that Germany had to pay
c. regulated natural resources
d. it allowed French workers to negotiate
b. reduced reparations that Germany had to pay
The first Fascist movement began in
a. The Soviet Union
b. Spain
c. Germany
d. Italy
d. Italy
Which of the following is NOT a cost of Stalin's programs?
a. millions of workers lived in miserable conditions
b. famine was widespread
c. ordinary people were sent to the Gulags
d. agricultural production increased
d. agricultural production increased
The Schutzstaffeln, or SS, maintained order through the use of. . .
a. law enforcement
b. terror and ideology
c. surveillance cameras
d. community groups
b. terror and ideology
What is the English translation of Hitler's Mein Kampf?
My Struggle