Chapter 26 Test

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Define the Great Depression.

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A severe worldwide economic downturn.

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What reasons lead to the Great Depression? Options: Technological advancements and peace treaties, Stock market crash and bank failures, Industrial growth and low unemployment, High agricultural production and trade surplus

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Stock market crash and bank failures

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Why did Germany have to make payments to France?

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As reparations for World War I

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Define totalitarian.

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A centralized government that does not tolerate differing opinions.

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Who becomes the leader of Italy?

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Benito Mussolini

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Who would crush any opposition to Mussolini?

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The Blackshirts

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Who did Hitler show his Anti-Semitism towards?

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The Jewish people

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Why did people start following Hitler’s rise to power? Options: Due to his promises of peace, Due to his promise of restoring Germany, Due to his military conquests, Due to his cultural reforms

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Due to his promise of restoring Germany

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Who takes over control of the Soviet Union after Lenin?

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Joseph Stalin

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What way did Gandhi act if he did not approve of British taxes?

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Nonviolent resistance