What caused the Great Depression?

• Threat of an upcoming World War II caused the economy to collapse

• A series of poor financial decisions put pressure on the market that led to its collapse

• Crop surpluses disrupted the price of food

• The US economy never fully recovered after WWI

What was the Kellogg-Briand Pact?

• It was an anti-fascist policy between the United States and France.

• It was a military pact between the United States and France

• It was a trade deal between the United States and France

• It was an anti-war treaty between the United States and France.

Which of the following is a method that fascists used to come to power?

• Taking advantage of extreme anger

• Mobilizing the working classes to lead revolutions

• Pushing back against existing elites

• Building relationships between different groups of society

What is the long-term legacy of the Kellogg-Briand Pact?

• It was an inspiration for the United Nations charter.

• It was an irrelevant agreement that signatories have rejected.

• It was a powerful agreement that stopped the second World War.

• It was a failed policy that had no effects on war.

Which of the following is NOT an example of internationalism during the 1920s?

• The Olympics

• Interpol

• Labor unions

• The European Union

Why did the Great Depression spread from the United States to many other parts of the world so quickly?

• The nineteenth century had created a single global economy where the world became interdependent.

• Europe started an economic war with the United States that made the economy collapse

• Other countries feared for their economies after the Great Depression in the United States.

• The US won the First World War which meant it controlled the world’s economy.

Why did the League of Nations fail?

• The League failed to stop invasions by large and aggressive nations like Italy, Japan, and Germany.

• The League did not include enough of the world’s countries for there to be active problem solving.

• Britain and France did not have the power needed to fix the issues arising around the world.

• Two of the biggest powers at the time – the USA and the Soviet Union – joined and fought because of the Cold War.

How did fascists take advantage of the Great Depression?

• They used the Great Depression to turn people against their enemies.

• They used the Great Depression to strengthen their militaries.

• They used the Great Depression to build stronger and wider international relationships.

• They used the Great Depression to help the working classes gain more power.

What ultimately ended the Great Depression?

• The New Deal

• World War II

• The rise of dictators

• Welfare programs

What was the main reason internationalism was considered a threat to the fascist agenda? Choose the best answer.

• Fascists rejected other countries because they saw them as racially inferior.

• Internationalism meant fascists could not unite workers to overthrow the capitalist system.

• Fascists needed to pull people away from ideas that brought people together.

• Internationalism was a competing nationalist ideology that took supporters away from fascism.