2 - OC - WH - World History Final Examination (Spring 2025)

What international organization was formed AFTER World War 2 as a vehicle of nations of the world to help prevent war and supply assistance to all nations in need at any given time? (Hint: The Soviets and Americans joined it)

• The League of Nations

• NATO

• The Warsaw Pact

• The United Nations (UN)

After Hitler and Stalin signed the "Non-Aggression Pact", which Eastern European nation did they BOTH invade shortly thereafter?

• Ukraine

• Hungary

• Poland

• Romania

As a rich and powerful nation, what groups did President Truman suggest America had a responsibility to share science and technology with because failing to do so would have them turn to Communism both inside and outside of our country?

• Women

• Christians

• The poor and developing nations

• Youth

What was the big German economic problem in the 1920s?

• bankruptcy

• inflation

• the deficit

• Jews and Communists taking most of the jobs

What did the Russian Revolution happen during?

• World War One

• Industrial Revolution

• The Civil War

• The Enlightenment

Which of the following occurred in Germany on the "Night of Long Knives"?

• The Nazis assassinated close to 100 of its political rivals so that Hitler could gain power.

• The Nazis authorities arrested Jews across Germany and vandalized Jewish businesses and Synagogues.

• Hitler and the Nazis planned a coup d'etat of Munich in hopes it would spread across Germany.

• The Nazis arrested all Jews and transported them to prison camps.

How did Hitler successfully rebuild the German army during the 1930s?

• Hitler helped put German unemployment during the Depression by opening "secret" war factories he hid from inspectors

• He made it appear to the public that he was building massive ships for his Navy but was focusing on the Luftwaffe (Air Force)

• Since he could not rebuild conventional weapons due to the "Versailles" restrictions, he focused on developing an Atomic Bomb.

• He defiantly rebuilt all aspects of the military in public even though he was not supposed to because of the Versailles Treaty

Which of the following events concerning the Nazi's process of gaining autocratic control in Germany occurred FIRST?

• Forced evacuation of Jews into the "Ghettos"

• Kristallnacht

• Night of the Long Knives

• Anschluss - the conquest of Austria

Total War is an attribute of WW2. It means that war strategies focus on _______________. This is different than most conventional wars before WW2

• Soldiers on the front lines

• Bombing war-making factories

• Civilians (non-military citizens(

• Total weapons from nuclear bombs to swords

Which accurately describes the March on Rome?

• Mussolini and the National Fascist Party marched to Rome, and King Victor Emmanuel III invited Mussolini to discuss his demands

• Communists and Socialists declared an ill-prepared general strike, which was stopped easily by fascists and government troops

• Civilians outraged by abolition of universal suffrage marched on Rome to take back their kingdom from Mussolini

• A parade held in Mussolini's honor was marched all the way to Rome