Question 1

Why was it important for Hitler to assassinate the leaders of the Nazi SA organization?

Accepted Answer

A) The existence of the Nazi SA prevented the German military from aligning with Hitler. 
B) The SA was suspicious of Hitler's intentions. 
C) The SA leaders were Jewish. 
D) The German military demanded the elimination of the SA leadership in exchange for support of Hitler's leadership. 
E) The SA was infiltrated with communists. 
A) The existence of the Nazi SA prevented the German military from aligning with Hitler. 
B) The SA was suspicious of Hitler's intentions. 
C) The SA leaders were Jewish. 
D) The German military demanded the elimination of the SA leadership in exchange for support of Hitler's leadership. 
E) The SA was infiltrated with communists.

Question 2

The period of the "Great Terror" was part of the culture of

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A) Stalinist Russia. 
B) the Great Depression in the United States. 
C) Nazi Germany. 
D) Fascist Italy. 
E) Spain under Franco. 
A) Stalinist Russia. 
B) the Great Depression in the United States. 
C) Nazi Germany. 
D) Fascist Italy. 
E) Spain under Franco.

Question 3

In place of Lenin's NEP or New Economic Policy,Stalin proposed

Accepted Answer

A) a series of Five-Year Plans. 
B) a return to capitalism. 
C) a New Deal. 
D) a decentralized economic system. 
E) spreading socialism worldwide. 
A) a series of Five-Year Plans. 
B) a return to capitalism. 
C) a New Deal. 
D) a decentralized economic system. 
E) spreading socialism worldwide.

Question 4

What group was stripped of German citizenship by the Nuremberg Laws?

Accepted Answer

A) Jews 
B) communists 
C) Catholics 
D) anyone of French or Russian ancestry 
E) homosexuals 
A) Jews 
B) communists 
C) Catholics 
D) anyone of French or Russian ancestry 
E) homosexuals

Question 5

What did Hindenberg hope would happen when he offered Hitler the Chancellorship of Germany?

Accepted Answer

A) Hitler and the Nazis would moderate their policies. 
B) The Nazis would solve all of Germany's problems. 
C) Hitler would be unable to govern and would be discredited. 
D) The Jews would be stripped of their influence. 
E) Democracy in Germany would be overthrown. 
A) Hitler and the Nazis would moderate their policies. 
B) The Nazis would solve all of Germany's problems. 
C) Hitler would be unable to govern and would be discredited. 
D) The Jews would be stripped of their influence. 
E) Democracy in Germany would be overthrown.

Question 6

The lead up to World War II began in Asia with Japan's 1931 attack on

Accepted Answer

A) Manchuria. 
B) Indonesia. 
C) the Philippines 
D) Pearl Harbor. 
E) Vietnam. 
A) Manchuria. 
B) Indonesia. 
C) the Philippines 
D) Pearl Harbor. 
E) Vietnam.

Question 7

France's attitude toward Germany after the war was

Accepted Answer

fearful an

Question 8

Which is the best explanation of deficit spending,an idea promoted by John Maynard Keynes?

Accepted Answer

A) borrowing aggressively during a time of economic contraction 
B) limiting credit to foreign entities 
C) erecting high tariffs to protect local producers 
D) cuts in government spending during economic boom times 
E) patience during a downturn to allow the market corrects itself 
A) borrowing aggressively during a time of economic contraction 
B) limiting credit to foreign entities 
C) erecting high tariffs to protect local producers 
D) cuts in government spending during economic boom times 
E) patience during a downturn to allow the market corrects itself

Question 9

Which country offered official military assistance to Franco during the Spanish Civil War?

Accepted Answer

A) Germany 
B) England 
C) United States 
D) France 
E) Denmark 
A) Germany 
B) England 
C) United States 
D) France 
E) Denmark

Question 10

Francisco Franco was the leader of the Spanish

Accepted Answer

A) Falangist Party. 
B) Popular Front. 
C) Communist Party. 
D) Democratic Workers' Party. 
E) Partida Fascista. 
A) Falangist Party. 
B) Popular Front. 
C) Communist Party. 
D) Democratic Workers' Party. 
E) Partida Fascista.

Question 11

How did Hitler use the Hitler Youth to his advantage?

Accepted Answer

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Question 12

Riefenstahl's film."The Triumph of the Will," is best described as

Accepted Answer

A) an expression of the totalitarian view of the leader and the people. 
B) evidence that not all Germans supported Hitler. 
C) a subtle critique of Hitler. 
D) shallow,unconvincing,and ineffective. 
E) showing the limits of propaganda to influence viewers. 
A) an expression of the totalitarian view of the leader and the people. 
B) evidence that not all Germans supported Hitler. 
C) a subtle critique of Hitler. 
D) shallow,unconvincing,and ineffective. 
E) showing the limits of propaganda to influence viewers.

Question 13

What conditions led to an unstable Japan in the early 1930s?

Accepted Answer

A) global depression and rising import tariff barriers 
B) burdensome deficit spending 
C) the growth of labor unions 
D) high military expenditures 
E) falling exports and crop failures 
A) global depression and rising import tariff barriers 
B) burdensome deficit spending 
C) the growth of labor unions 
D) high military expenditures 
E) falling exports and crop failures

Question 14

After Lenin died,Stalin became the Soviet leader

Accepted Answer

A) by controlling the party organization and ruthlessly destroying all his rivals. 
B) because Lenin had enthusiastically supported him. 
C) by denouncing Lenin and promising to undo all his work. 
D) in a democratic Politburo election. 
E) because he was the only native Russian among the Bolshevik leadership. 
A) by controlling the party organization and ruthlessly destroying all his rivals. 
B) because Lenin had enthusiastically supported him. 
C) by denouncing Lenin and promising to undo all his work. 
D) in a democratic Politburo election. 
E) because he was the only native Russian among the Bolshevik leadership.

Question 15

What happened when Mussolini offered compensation to the Catholic Church for property the Italian government had seized as well as taxation concessions and other favors to win their support?

Accepted Answer

A) The Church officially recognized Mussolini's government. 
B) The Church demanded change in the anti-Semitic laws. 
C) The Church rejected his overtures. 
D) The Church withdrew from any role in public life. 
E) Mussolini was forced to concede that Italians were more loyal to the Church than the state. 
A) The Church officially recognized Mussolini's government. 
B) The Church demanded change in the anti-Semitic laws. 
C) The Church rejected his overtures. 
D) The Church withdrew from any role in public life. 
E) Mussolini was forced to concede that Italians were more loyal to the Church than the state.

Question 16

What inference can you make about the lesson that Europeans took from the League of Nation's reaction to Japan's invasion of Manchuria?

Accepted Answer

A) They learned that the League would not interfere in their own territorial grabs. 
B) They learned that the leaders of the League of Nations could be easily bribed. 
C) They learned that the League of Nations would cost the European governments more money than it was worth. 
D) They learned that the League of Nations was a force to be reckoned with if they planned a similar power grab. 
E) They learned that the League of Nations had little interest in Asian power struggles. 
A) They learned that the League would not interfere in their own territorial grabs. 
B) They learned that the leaders of the League of Nations could be easily bribed. 
C) They learned that the League of Nations would cost the European governments more money than it was worth. 
D) They learned that the League of Nations was a force to be reckoned with if they planned a similar power grab. 
E) They learned that the League of Nations had little interest in Asian power struggles.

Question 17

How did Hitler's policies,after coming to power,confirm the predictions of Jose Ortega y Gasset?

Accepted Answer

A) Those who did not conform to Nazi ideals were destroyed. 
B) The Nazis struggled to impose their ideas on a mass society. 
C) Germans successfully resisted Nazi racial policies. 
D) Hitler was forced to make concessions to democratic parties. 
E) Hitler could only remain in power by protecting personal freedoms from state interference. 
A) Those who did not conform to Nazi ideals were destroyed. 
B) The Nazis struggled to impose their ideas on a mass society. 
C) Germans successfully resisted Nazi racial policies. 
D) Hitler was forced to make concessions to democratic parties. 
E) Hitler could only remain in power by protecting personal freedoms from state interference.

Question 18

How did Soviet farmers react to the first of the Five-Year Plans?

Accepted Answer

A) They resisted strongly and destroyed their crops. 
B) They resisted weakly and then succumbed to government pressures. 
C) They supported the program out of economic self-interest. 
D) They left the agricultural regions and moved to cities. 
E) They wholeheartedly supported the measure and worked according to the political directives. 
A) They resisted strongly and destroyed their crops. 
B) They resisted weakly and then succumbed to government pressures. 
C) They supported the program out of economic self-interest. 
D) They left the agricultural regions and moved to cities. 
E) They wholeheartedly supported the measure and worked according to the political directives.

Question 19

Who backed Admiral Miklos Horthy when he took power in Hungary?

Accepted Answer

A) military and church leaders 
B) German nationalists 
C) the poor and middle classes 
D) Hungarian Jews 
E) the unemployed 
A) military and church leaders 
B) German nationalists 
C) the poor and middle classes 
D) Hungarian Jews 
E) the unemployed

Question 20

Where was Hitler when he wrote his autobiography,Mein Kampf?

Accepted Answer

A) in prison 
B) in the hospital 
C) in exile in Russia 
D) serving in the Reichstag 
E) fighting in World War I 
A) in prison 
B) in the hospital 
C) in exile in Russia 
D) serving in the Reichstag 
E) fighting in World War I

Exam 23: The Troubled Interwar Years

Why was it important for Hitler to assassinate the leaders of the Nazi SA organization?

The period of the "Great Terror" was part of the culture of

In place of Lenin's NEP or New Economic Policy,Stalin proposed

What group was stripped of German citizenship by the Nuremberg Laws?

What did Hindenberg hope would happen when he offered Hitler the Chancellorship of Germany?

The lead up to World War II began in Asia with Japan's 1931 attack on

France's attitude toward Germany after the war was

Which is the best explanation of deficit spending,an idea promoted by John Maynard Keynes?

Which country offered official military assistance to Franco during the Spanish Civil War?

Francisco Franco was the leader of the Spanish

How did Hitler use the Hitler Youth to his advantage?

Riefenstahl's film."The Triumph of the Will," is best described as

What conditions led to an unstable Japan in the early 1930s?

After Lenin died,Stalin became the Soviet leader

What happened when Mussolini offered compensation to the Catholic Church for property the Italian government had seized as well as taxation concessions and other favors to win their support?

What inference can you make about the lesson that Europeans took from the League of Nation's reaction to Japan's invasion of Manchuria?

How did Hitler's policies,after coming to power,confirm the predictions of Jose Ortega y Gasset?

How did Soviet farmers react to the first of the Five-Year Plans?

Who backed Admiral Miklos Horthy when he took power in Hungary?

Where was Hitler when he wrote his autobiography,Mein Kampf?

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