Chapter 15 Years of Crisis

Whose theory of relativity replaced Newton's comforting belief in a world run by absolute laws of motion and gravity?

• Sigmund Freud

• Albert Einstein

• Charles Lindbergh

• F. Scott Fitzgerald

After World War I, most European nations had what type of government, if only temporarily?

• Fascist

• Socialist

• Communist

• democratic

What event marked the beginning of the Great Depression?

• the end of World War I

• the passage of the Dawes Plan

• the stock market crash of 1929

• the election of Franklin Roosevelt

Il Duce was the title of which of the following leaders?

• Juan Péron

• Adolf Hitler

• Haile Selassie

• Benito Mussolini

Which German political party sought to overturn the Treaty of Versailles and combat communism?

• Socialist

• Nazi

• Fascist

• Republican

Which of the following was true of Germany, Italy, and Japan during the early 1930s?

• All three successfully invaded other nations.

• All three had governments controlled by Fascists.

• All three signed nonaggression pacts with the Soviet Union.

• All three pledged to undo the decisions of the Versailles Treaty.

What term was used to identify the alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan?

• Fascist Powers

• Allied Powers

• Axis Powers

• Central Powers

What was the goal of U.S. isolationists after World War I?

• that Nazi ties to other countries should be combatted

• that political ties to other countries should be avoided

• that foreign aid to other countries should be lessened

• that industrial ties to other countries should be ended

Which country did Germany conquer in September 1939?

• Poland

• Austria

• East Prussia

• Czechoslovakia

What did Germany do to the Rhineland?

• It annexed the Rhineland to Belgium.

• It surrendered the Rhineland to France.

• The Rhineland was remilitarized by Germany.

• The Rhineland became industrialized.