6th Grade SS Prejudice, Propaganda, Holocaust, and the Cold War

How did Nazi propaganda reduce public resistance to the policies that ultimately led to the Holocaust?

• It blamed Germany’s economic and social problems on the Jewish people.

• It convinced Germans that the United States was to blame for their suffering.

• It motivated German workers to rise up and take control of the means of production.

• It encouraged German consumers to boycott businesses run by Fascist Party members.

Which two factors contributed to the Nazis rise to power in Germany before World War II? 

• Support from Spain's fascist government during Germany's civil war.

• Germany experienced economic disaster after the end of World War I.

• Central European nations wanted Germany to have a strong leader.

• Many Germans believed Nazi propaganda about the threat of the Jewish people.

• Many Germans worried about the government being too strong after World War I.

Study the piece of 1943 Nazi propaganda and answer the question.

How did Nazi propaganda such as this reduce public resistance to the policies that ultimately led to the Holocaust?

• It blamed Germany’s economic and social problems on the Jewish people.

• It convinced Germans that the United States was to blame for their suffering.

• It motivated German workers to rise up and take control of the means of production.

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  It encouraged German consumers to boycott businesses run by Fascist Party members.

Look at the photograph taken during the fall of the Berlin Wall. Then answer the question that follows.

• the end of the Cold War

• the start of the War on Terror

• the end of World War II

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  the start of the Marshall Plan

Which country was unified in 1990 after being split into two countries during the Cold War?

• Poland

• the Soviet Union

• Germany

• the Czech Republic

How did the Nazi Party shift blame for Germany's political and economic problems?

• by using propaganda to falsely blame Germany's problems on the German military

• by exposing US agents and proving the United States had spies in Germany

• by exposing communist agents and proving the Soviet Union had spies in Germany

• by using propaganda to falsely blame Germany’s problems on Jewish people

Use the photograph taken during the fall of the Berlin Wall to answer the question.

How did this event contribute to the end of the Cold War?

• by giving the United States a strategic location to base its bombers

• by helping communist countries access the goods that they needed

• by allowing a freer flow of ideas across the Eastern and Western Blocs

• by forcing the Soviet Union to exhaust its resources protecting its borders

What contributed the MOST to the reunification of Germany?

• the growing influence of the European Union

• the emergence of China as a global superpower

• the effects of the War on Terror on global politics

• the weakening of Soviet control over Eastern Europe

Which answer choice illustrates the effects of the reforms introduced by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to modernize the Soviet Union?

• Communist regimes throughout Eastern Europe fell.

• European nations imposed embargoes on Soviet goods.

• Asian countries were brought into the Soviet sphere of influence.

• The Soviet Union surpassed the United States in nuclear technology.

In the late 1980s, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev began to relax control of Soviet satellite states. How did this contribute to the reunification of Germany?

• East Germans began to openly criticize Soviet leadership and called for the destruction of Berlin Wall.

• East Germany invaded Soviet-aligned West Germany and established a unified German republic.

• West Germans began to openly criticize Soviet leadership and called for the destruction of Berlin Wall.

• West Germany invaded Soviet-aligned East Germany and established a unified German dictatorship.