Exam 27: The Interwar Years: the Challenge of Dictators and Depression

Refer to the excerpt "Cinema of the Political Left and Right." What aspects of the cinema made the Nazi and Soviet regimes so interested in film? How did the films of such artists as Leni Riefenstahl affect the regimes? Based on this excerpt,do you believe the films were art,propaganda,or both? Explain.

Which of these nations provided an exception to the authoritarian regimes that were common in eastern Europe between the wars?

Germany's struggle for economic security resulted in the ________.

Royal dictatorships were imposed in ________.

The Popular Front Ministry enacted major social and economic reforms in France despite fierce resistance from ________.

The Lateran Accord of 1929 ended approximately ________ years of hostility between the Vatican and the state of Italy.

When American ________ for Europe began to run out,a severe financial crisis struck the Continent.

On March 23,1933,the Reichstag passed an ________ that permitted Hitler to rule by decree.

________,meaning "Night of Smashed Glass," refers to the broken glass that littered German streets after the looting and destruction of Jewish homes,businesses,and synagogues across Germany on the orders of the Nazi Party in November 1938.

What were the major developments in the economy of the Soviet Union during the 1920s and 1930s? In your opinion,which (if any)Soviet economic policies truly embodied socialist principles?

Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany ________.

Which of the following contributed to the establishment of authoritarian regimes across Western Europe?

A mixed economy is ________.

When was the Irish Free State established?

The Fascists' seizure of the Italian government can be primarily attributed to the ________.

The ________ dominated the government of Yugoslavia.

The 1936 Popular Front government of France consisted of an alliance between which of the following political parties?

The replacement of private peasant farms with huge state-run and state-owned farms was called ________.

Which of these increased the impact of the Great Depression in Europe?

________ was the executor of the imprisonment and execution of millions of Soviet citizens between 1934 and 1939.