Question 1

Which world leader attempted a plan to stimulate economic growth called the New Deal?

Accepted Answer

A) Franklin Delano Roosevelt 
B) Leon Blum 
C) King George V 
D) Stanley Baldwin 
E) Josef Stalin 
A) Franklin Delano Roosevelt 
B) Leon Blum 
C) King George V 
D) Stanley Baldwin 
E) Josef Stalin

Question 2

What percentage of Americans controlled one-third of the total personal wealth in America during the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

A) 5 percent 
B) 35 percent 
C) 25 percent 
D) 15 percent 
E) 45 percent 
A) 5 percent 
B) 35 percent 
C) 25 percent 
D) 15 percent 
E) 45 percent

Question 3

What was the root cause of the hyperinflation of the German mark under the Weimar Republic?

Accepted Answer

A) the unrestricted printing of additional paper money 
B) the humiliating Versailles Treaty 
C) the leadership of the Social Democrats 
D) the great debt incurred by the former government 
E) the collapse of the German banks 
A) the unrestricted printing of additional paper money 
B) the humiliating Versailles Treaty 
C) the leadership of the Social Democrats 
D) the great debt incurred by the former government 
E) the collapse of the German banks

Question 4

Unlike most contemporary European leaders,Hitler was actually successful at

Accepted Answer

A) jump-starting the economy and pulling Germany out of the Depression. 
B) maintaining international peace in a period of conflict. 
C) living up to the terms of the Treaty of Versailles. 
D) winning repeated democratic elections. 
E) keeping Germany out of other nation's problems 
A) jump-starting the economy and pulling Germany out of the Depression. 
B) maintaining international peace in a period of conflict. 
C) living up to the terms of the Treaty of Versailles. 
D) winning repeated democratic elections. 
E) keeping Germany out of other nation's problems

Question 5

What was the primary objective in the alliance between France and Poland,Yugoslavia,Czechoslovakia,and Romania?

Accepted Answer

A) to isolate Germany and the Soviet Union 
B) to develop economic ties throughout Europe 
C) to participate in international peace talks 
D) to promote socialism in Europe 
E) to keep the United States out of European affairs 
A) to isolate Germany and the Soviet Union 
B) to develop economic ties throughout Europe 
C) to participate in international peace talks 
D) to promote socialism in Europe 
E) to keep the United States out of European affairs

Question 6

Who fled to Mexico and was assassinated in 1940?

Accepted Answer

A) Leon Trotsky 
B) Joseph Stalin 
C) Nikolai Bukharin 
D) Sergei Eisenstein 
E) Alexander Kerensky 
A) Leon Trotsky 
B) Joseph Stalin 
C) Nikolai Bukharin 
D) Sergei Eisenstein 
E) Alexander Kerensky

Question 7

Which nation did France consider the greatest threat to its security during the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

A) Germany 
B) Russia 
C) Britain 
D) Italy 
E) Spain 
A) Germany 
B) Russia 
C) Britain 
D) Italy 
E) Spain

Question 8

What was the significance of Picasso's famous work Guernica?

Accepted Answer

A) The work showed the horror of the atrocities committed by both sides during the Spanish Civil War. 
B) The work showed the righteousness of the republican cause in the Spanish Civil War. 
C) Spaniards on both sides of the civil war demanded peace. 
D) The work blamed all of the violence in Spain on the Soviets. 
E) The work glorified Franco and helped him seize power. 
A) The work showed the horror of the atrocities committed by both sides during the Spanish Civil War. 
B) The work showed the righteousness of the republican cause in the Spanish Civil War. 
C) Spaniards on both sides of the civil war demanded peace. 
D) The work blamed all of the violence in Spain on the Soviets. 
E) The work glorified Franco and helped him seize power.

Question 9

What was the result of Hitler's attempt to overthrow the state government of Bavaria?

Accepted Answer

A) He failed and was imprisoned. 
B) He assumed leadership of Bavaria. 
C) He was exiled to Russia. 
D) He was appointed chancellor of Germany. 
E) The Nazi Party was dissolved. 
A) He failed and was imprisoned. 
B) He assumed leadership of Bavaria. 
C) He was exiled to Russia. 
D) He was appointed chancellor of Germany. 
E) The Nazi Party was dissolved.

Question 10

Who successfully gained power after Lenin's death?

Accepted Answer

A) Joseph Stalin 
B) Leon Trotsky 
C) Nikolai Bukharin 
D) Sergei Eisenstein 
E) Adolf Hitler 
A) Joseph Stalin 
B) Leon Trotsky 
C) Nikolai Bukharin 
D) Sergei Eisenstein 
E) Adolf Hitler

Question 11

What was the effect on Europe when the United States increased tariffs on imported goods?

Accepted Answer

A) Demand for European goods declined. 
B) Demand for European goods increased. 
C) Manufacturers had to open more factories to compete. 
D) European manufacturers became the financial hub of the global community. 
E) Europe was able to avoid the worst effects of the Depression. 
A) Demand for European goods declined. 
B) Demand for European goods increased. 
C) Manufacturers had to open more factories to compete. 
D) European manufacturers became the financial hub of the global community. 
E) Europe was able to avoid the worst effects of the Depression.

Question 12

Approximately what fraction of Germany's Jewish population fled Germany by the start of World War II?

Accepted Answer

A) one-half 
B) one-third 
C) one-quarter 
D) three-quarters 
E) one-tenth 
A) one-half 
B) one-third 
C) one-quarter 
D) three-quarters 
E) one-tenth

Question 13

What fraction of the labor force was out of work in Britain and the United States in 1933?

Accepted Answer

A) one fourth 
B) one half 
C) one tenth 
D) one third 
E) three-quarters 
A) one fourth 
B) one half 
C) one tenth 
D) one third 
E) three-quarters

Question 14

What was the only serious institutional rival to Mussolini's Fascist program?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What was the only serious institutional rival...

Question 15

What was the style of art imposed by Soviet authorities dedicated to eliminating decadent bourgeois themes?

Accepted Answer

A) socialist realism 
B) socialist romanticism 
C) Soviet impressionism 
D) natural Bolshevism 
E) democratic expressionism 
A) socialist realism 
B) socialist romanticism 
C) Soviet impressionism 
D) natural Bolshevism 
E) democratic expressionism

Question 16

What term collectively describes the governments that arose between the wars in Germany,Italy,Russia,and Japan?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What term collectively describes the governments that...

Question 17

What was the main job of the propaganda minister under Hitler?

Accepted Answer

A) the control of the media in support of the Nazi ideals 
B) the demonization of foreign influences 
C) the demonization of worldwide Jewry 
D) communicating the social realism of the Depression 
E) the promotion of industry 
A) the control of the media in support of the Nazi ideals 
B) the demonization of foreign influences 
C) the demonization of worldwide Jewry 
D) communicating the social realism of the Depression 
E) the promotion of industry

Question 18

In reversing the New Economic Policy implemented by Lenin,Stalin

Accepted Answer

A) destroyed the landowning peasant class. 
B) shifted focus from industry to agriculture. 
C) abandoned orthodox Marxism. 
D) all but destroyed the Russian economy. 
E) ensured that all Russians shared equally in economic progress. 
A) destroyed the landowning peasant class. 
B) shifted focus from industry to agriculture. 
C) abandoned orthodox Marxism. 
D) all but destroyed the Russian economy. 
E) ensured that all Russians shared equally in economic progress.

Question 19

Finish the analogy: German Nazis are to worldwide Jewry as Soviets under Stalin are to

Accepted Answer

A) capitalists. 
B) Fascists. 
C) collectivists. 
D) artists. 
E) socialists. 
A) capitalists. 
B) Fascists. 
C) collectivists. 
D) artists. 
E) socialists.

Question 20

Who organized the Italian Fascist Party in 1919?

Accepted Answer

A) Benito Mussolini 
B) Vittorio Emanuele Orlando 
C) Miklos Horthy 
D) Adolf Hitler 
E) Josef Stalin 
A) Benito Mussolini 
B) Vittorio Emanuele Orlando 
C) Miklos Horthy 
D) Adolf Hitler 
E) Josef Stalin

Exam 23: The Troubled Interwar Years

Which world leader attempted a plan to stimulate economic growth called the New Deal?

What percentage of Americans controlled one-third of the total personal wealth in America during the 1920s?

What was the root cause of the hyperinflation of the German mark under the Weimar Republic?

Unlike most contemporary European leaders,Hitler was actually successful at

What was the primary objective in the alliance between France and Poland,Yugoslavia,Czechoslovakia,and Romania?

Who fled to Mexico and was assassinated in 1940?

Which nation did France consider the greatest threat to its security during the 1920s?

What was the significance of Picasso's famous work Guernica?

What was the result of Hitler's attempt to overthrow the state government of Bavaria?

Who successfully gained power after Lenin's death?

What was the effect on Europe when the United States increased tariffs on imported goods?

Approximately what fraction of Germany's Jewish population fled Germany by the start of World War II?

What fraction of the labor force was out of work in Britain and the United States in 1933?

What was the only serious institutional rival to Mussolini's Fascist program?

What was the style of art imposed by Soviet authorities dedicated to eliminating decadent bourgeois themes?

What term collectively describes the governments that arose between the wars in Germany,Italy,Russia,and Japan?

What was the main job of the propaganda minister under Hitler?

In reversing the New Economic Policy implemented by Lenin,Stalin

Finish the analogy: German Nazis are to worldwide Jewry as Soviets under Stalin are to

Who organized the Italian Fascist Party in 1919?

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