Question 1

define the following term:
-the Popular Front

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The Popular Front was a political allian

Question 2

define the following term:
-Treaty of Locarno

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The Treaty of Locarno, signed in 1925, w

Question 3

What explains the collapse of Weimar Germany? What does the Weimar Republic's failure suggest about the fragility of democracy in western Europe after World War I?

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The collapse of Weimar Germany can be at

Question 4

Nazi ideas about appropriate work for women encouraged them to pursue occupations in

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A) heavy industry. 
B) medicine. 
C) university teaching. 
D) social work. 
E) law. 
A) heavy industry. 
B) medicine. 
C) university teaching. 
D) social work. 
E) law.

Question 5

The Dawes Plan

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A) gave formal American approval to the French occupation of the Ruhr valley. 
B) increased Germany reparations' payments in the face of fear Germany would default. 
C) was a failed treaty between Germany and Austria over Germany's southern border. 
D) granted a $200 million loan for Germany recovery. 
E) was a treaty guaranteeing the border between Germany and Poland. 
A) gave formal American approval to the French occupation of the Ruhr valley. 
B) increased Germany reparations' payments in the face of fear Germany would default. 
C) was a failed treaty between Germany and Austria over Germany's southern border. 
D) granted a $200 million loan for Germany recovery. 
E) was a treaty guaranteeing the border between Germany and Poland.

Question 6

define the following term:
-Atatürk

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Atatürk, also known as Mustafa Kemal Ata

Question 7

The Nazis proved to be effective in the realm of politics by

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A) securing many small donations from large German corporations. 
B) making the Nazi program appeal to every segment of German society. 
C) persuading the average German that their program was the only alternative to the inept Weimar regime. 
D) forcing the poorer Germans to vote for Nazi candidates through intimidation. 
E) unconstitutionally seizing power by force. 
A) securing many small donations from large German corporations. 
B) making the Nazi program appeal to every segment of German society. 
C) persuading the average German that their program was the only alternative to the inept Weimar regime. 
D) forcing the poorer Germans to vote for Nazi candidates through intimidation. 
E) unconstitutionally seizing power by force.

Question 8

define the following term:
-Schutzstaffeln

Accepted Answer

The Schutzstaffeln, also known as the SS

Question 9

Following Germany's failure to pay its war reparations, France occupied Germany's Ruhr valley, resulting in

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A) a policy of passive resistance by the German government and German resort to printing money to pay war debts. 
B) an alliance concluded between Germany and Russia. 
C) the election of Raymond Poincaré's French government in 1924. 
D) an increase in the size of the German military. 
E) Germany's decision to leave the League of Nations. 
A) a policy of passive resistance by the German government and German resort to printing money to pay war debts. 
B) an alliance concluded between Germany and Russia. 
C) the election of Raymond Poincaré's French government in 1924. 
D) an increase in the size of the German military. 
E) Germany's decision to leave the League of Nations.

Question 10

define the following term:
-Dawes Plan

Accepted Answer

The Dawes Plan was an economic plan firs

Question 11

define the following term:
-fascism

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Fascism is a form of far-right, authorit

Question 12

During the worst year of the depression, 1932, German unemployment stood at

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A) 80 percent of the workforce. 
B) 65 percent of the workforce. 
C) 45 percent of the workforce. 
D) 25 percent of the workforce. 
E) 20 percent of the workforce. 
A) 80 percent of the workforce. 
B) 65 percent of the workforce. 
C) 45 percent of the workforce. 
D) 25 percent of the workforce. 
E) 20 percent of the workforce.

Question 13

What were Hitler's core ideas or assumptions? What were the methods used to implement them once he and the Nazis had established the Nazi state in Germany?

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Adolf Hitler's core ideas and assumption

Question 14

How do the cultural and intellectual trends of the 1920s and 1930s reflect a crisis of confidence in Western civilization?

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The cultural and intellectual trends of

Question 15

define the following term:
-"stream of consciousness" and James Joyce's Ulysses

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"Stream of consciousness" is a narrative

Question 16

Hitler's anti-Semitic policies in the 1930s

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A) included the Nuremberg laws, which centered on the forced emigration of all Jews from Germany. 
B) were emulated in France by the Popular Front. 
C) did not exclude Jews from legal, medical, and teaching positions. 
D) would remain minimal and unorganized until World War II. 
E) reached their most violent phase during Kristallnacht, with attacks on Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues. 
A) included the Nuremberg laws, which centered on the forced emigration of all Jews from Germany. 
B) were emulated in France by the Popular Front. 
C) did not exclude Jews from legal, medical, and teaching positions. 
D) would remain minimal and unorganized until World War II. 
E) reached their most violent phase during Kristallnacht, with attacks on Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues.

Question 17

The Stalinist era in the 1930s witnessed

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A) the decline of industrialization in favor of the collectivization of agriculture. 
B) real wages and social conditions for the industrial labor force improve dramatically. 
C) millions of ordinary citizens arrested and sent into force labor camps. 
D) an abundance of permissive social legislation. 
E) an activist foreign and military policy, bent upon immediately making Eastern Europe a satellite region to the Soviet Union. 
A) the decline of industrialization in favor of the collectivization of agriculture. 
B) real wages and social conditions for the industrial labor force improve dramatically. 
C) millions of ordinary citizens arrested and sent into force labor camps. 
D) an abundance of permissive social legislation. 
E) an activist foreign and military policy, bent upon immediately making Eastern Europe a satellite region to the Soviet Union.

Question 18

After World War I, Italy

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A) was satisfied with the peace agreement, having received all of the territory it demanded. 
B) was the only European state not plagued by inflation. 
C) faced high unemployment. 
D) possessed an efficient and effective government. 
E) believed it had been cheated of its just rewards by the other victors. 
A) was satisfied with the peace agreement, having received all of the territory it demanded. 
B) was the only European state not plagued by inflation. 
C) faced high unemployment. 
D) possessed an efficient and effective government. 
E) believed it had been cheated of its just rewards by the other victors.

Question 19

define the following term:
-New Economic Policy

Accepted Answer

The New Economic Policy (NEP) was a set

Question 20

define the following term:
-"Germany Awake"

Accepted Answer

"Germany Awake" was a slogan used by the

Exam 26: The Futile Search for Stability: Europe Between the Wars, 1919-1939

define the following term: -the Popular Front

define the following term: -Treaty of Locarno

What explains the collapse of Weimar Germany? What does the Weimar Republic's failure suggest about the fragility of democracy in western Europe after World War I?

Nazi ideas about appropriate work for women encouraged them to pursue occupations in

The Dawes Plan

define the following term: -Atatürk

The Nazis proved to be effective in the realm of politics by

define the following term: -Schutzstaffeln

Following Germany's failure to pay its war reparations, France occupied Germany's Ruhr valley, resulting in

define the following term: -Dawes Plan

define the following term: -fascism

During the worst year of the depression, 1932, German unemployment stood at

What were Hitler's core ideas or assumptions? What were the methods used to implement them once he and the Nazis had established the Nazi state in Germany?

How do the cultural and intellectual trends of the 1920s and 1930s reflect a crisis of confidence in Western civilization?

define the following term: -"stream of consciousness" and James Joyce's Ulysses

Hitler's anti-Semitic policies in the 1930s

The Stalinist era in the 1930s witnessed

After World War I, Italy

define the following term: -New Economic Policy

define the following term: -"Germany Awake"

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