US Depression and the New Deal
What year did the US stock market crash, sending the nation into the Great Depression?
1929
In 1922, this British political party was born from the old Liberal party. In the 1930s, it will attempt to lift Britain out of its own Depression
Labour
Benito Mussolini served as a private in this early 20th century war
WWI
One of Hitler's dislike with Vienna, Austria lied with this royal family, which lived a plush lifestyle, out of touch with the needs of common people
Habsburg
This Act passed by FDR is a federal program that provides pension for primarily retirement-age and disabled Americans. The current age to collect is 66.
Social Security
Which president is associated with the phrase "rugged individualism"?
Herbert Hoover
A term for Britain's political association with many member nations, colonies, and territories
Commonwealth
In the Spring of 1922, Mussolini and his armed followers, called this on account of their uniforms, marched on Rome. They would later be given political power by Italian Parliament.
blackshirts
In 1913, after failing to gain entry to Austria's art school, Hitler departed his home country for this German city. Soon after, he would enlist in the German army.
Munich
The president who appointed Hitler as chancellor. Also the namesake of an ill-fated blimp
von Hindenburg
Franklin D. Roosevelt was first elected in this year
1932
In the early 20th century, British rule extended to this many people globally, roughly a quarter of the world population at the time.
500,000,000
This socialist minority party leader was assassinated for bringing up accusations against Mussolini. Mussolini would later take credit for his death
Matteotti
Following WWI, the newly coined German republic, called this, failed to make war reparation payments on time. Its foreign loans would halt, and superinflation would take place as the nation printed money
Weimar
This "night of broken glass" in 1938 Germany was violence directed towards Jewish citizens. Many Jewish-owned shop fronts would be smashed and vandalized
Kristallnacht
The "three R's" of FDR's New Deal program was this
Relief, Recovery, Reform
This "Question" was an issue debated by the British ruling class in the early 20th century of how to respond to issues of nationalism found here
Ireland
Mussolini assumed this title after becoming 'Leader' of Italy in 1925
il Duce
This term, from older German idealism, means the "national spirit". It would be a term used by Hitler in his speeches to stir up support of the masses.
volkgeist
A 40-hour work week, minimum hourly wage, and the end of child labor were all items included in this Act passed by FDR
Fair Labor Standards Act
In 1936, FDR won a sweeping reelection over this Republican governor from Kansas
Alf Landon
This was the political party of Irish separatists in the late 19th and early 20th century
Sinn Fein
Fascism is a political ideology that is marked by ultranationalist sentiment and this, a term which means absolute, centralized rule by the government
Totalitarianism
These laws passed by Hitler's regime in 1935 took away citizenship from all Jewish citizens. It would lead to rampant anti-semitism and violence across Germany
Nuremberg laws
This was the full name of Hitler's political party formed shortly after WWI, later shortened to the "nazis"
National Socialist German Workers' party