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Continue the 300-year old Romanov dynasty
Which of the following weakened the League of Nations?
Reparations owed to Germany
President Wilson’s wishes to ratify the Treaty of Versailles
Desire of the French government to enforce the Treaty of Versailles
That the US did not join the League of Nations
The Dawes Plan
Allowed French workers to negotiate their work hours
Changed borders after WWI
Regulated natural resources
Allowed the U.S. to lend money to Germany to pay reparations.
The Kellogg-Briand Pact promised
to reduced the building of ships till the 1930s
to outlawed war all together
to set ratios for war ships
to limit the Japanese navy
The Great Depression was caused primarily by
An economic worldwide downturn and the US stock market crash
The failure of nations to reduce their military
A new interest in Marxist theory
The strengthening of European bank
Why did people accept dictatorial rulers during the Great Depression?
Dictators offered simple solutions.
Nobody else wanted to lead the countries.
Dictators took over by force.
Most people preferred dictators over freedom.
The government practice of borrowing money to pay for programs and not balancing the budget is called
Sit-down strikes
Deficit spending
Government subsidies
Broker state
What was the Popular Front?
A conservative British program meant to cut deficit spending.
A radical French program that gave workers the right to collective bargaining.
A liberal U.S. program associated with the New Deal.
A program that enforced the Treaty of Versailles.
In the 1920s, the arts and sciences both exhibited a sense of
Decline
Optimism
Self-confidence
Uncertainty about the future
When a government prints more money to stimulate the economy, what generally happens to the value of that money?
The value stays the same (worth the same)
The value increases (worth more)
The value decreases (worth less)
What was the general cause of the Great Depression?
Speculation in the stock market and buying on margin
Bank closures
Debt from war reparations
British refused to deficit spend and increased tariffs.
Which of the following was NOT an underlying cause of the Great Depression?
Overproduction of grain and manufactured goods
Increased gap between the rich and the poor
The Federal Reserve followed a restrictive monetary policy
Foreign tariffs were lowered and international trade boomed.
"I, together with other officers of the Government, initiated extensive cooperative measures throughout the country. The first of these measures was an agreement of leading of leading employers to maintain the standards of wages and of labor leaders to use their influence against strife" - President Hoover
What type of policy would this be?
liberal
conservative
radical
"It (the trade union) created the economic weapon which the international world Jew uses for the ruination of the economic basis of free, independent states, for the annihilation of their national industry and of their national commerce, and thereby for the enslavement of free people in the service of the above-the-state- standing, world finance Jewry." - Adolf Hitler
What type of quotation is this?
liberal
conservative
radical
President took a more liberal approach to the Great Depression by encouraging government assistance. Which of the following was NOT one of the three R's?
Relief
Reconstruction
Recovery
Reform
Which day is known as Black Tuesday...the day the stock market crashed causing a global crisis?
11/11/1918
12/07/1941
10/29/1929
09/03/1939
In a totalitarian state, individual freedoms are
central to government laws and regulations.
voted on every four years.
denied in favor of broad government control.
promoted through mass propaganda .
A political belief that puts the country above the individual
Politburo
Fascism
Parliamentary system
Imperialism
To gain popularity, Mussolini appealed to
nationalism
socialism
reparations
surrealism
Under Mussolini, the Italian Fascists used propaganda to
Educate people
Control public opinion
Change government policies
Advertise platforms of all political parties
The purpose of Stalin’s Five-Year Plans was to
Reduce poverty and improve the standard of living
End famine by dramatically boosting food production
Strengthen the Red Army so it could reclaim lost territories
Transform the USSR form an agricultural economy into an industrial economy
Stalin gained control over the Communist Party by
Purging people he thought were a threat
Preventing elections within the party
Making promises of rewards and titles to people
Using the popular vote of the people
Which of the following was NOT used by the dictators to maintain their power?
Indoctrination
Violence
Free press
Propaganda
Which of the following is NOT an example of the infringement of individual rights?
Nurmeberg Laws
Dekulakization
Holocaust
1st Amendment
Fascism officially received its name in the 1920s. Which of the following could be considered an early fascist empire based upon legalism?
Qin Dynasty under QIn Shihuangdi
Soviet Union under Stalin
Mongolia under Genghis Khan
Roman Empire under Caesar Augustus
Mussolini tried to replicate the actions of Julius Caesar. Which of the following is NOT an action taken by Mussolini.
Used a political alliance to gain power
Marched on Rome
Consistently used military service to climb the ladder of success.
Used propaganda to sway public opinion.
What was the name of Mussolini's secret police? Check all that apply.
Organization for Vigilance and Repression of Anti-Fascism
Blackshirts
Workers Against Capital Gains
OHSAA
The death of 5 million Russians as a result of drought and starvation in the 1920s became known as
The Great Famine
The Trail of Tears
The Great Depression
The 5 Year Plan
Why was Lenin's NEP successful?
It brought all private property and industry under government control
It put some money back into the pockets of ordinary people
It privatized heavy industry, banking, and mining.
It was not successful and millions of Russians died.
What is a Gulag?
Eastern European meal...similar to chili mac
Russian labor camp
Russian-Jewish concentration camp
Russian factory.
Who became the Nationalist (fascist) dictator of Spain following the Spanish Civil War?
Franco
Villa
Trosky
Iglesius
Hitler wanted to dominate other countries because he believed
Other countries were trying to conquer Germany
Germany’s people were superior to everyone else
Germany’s natural resources were superior
The Treaty of Versailles would protect Germany
Which of the following was NOT a way Hitler violated the Treaty of Versailles?
He created a new air force
He expanded the German army
He made an alliance with Turkey
He moved troops into the Rhineland
The policy of giving in to maintain peace is called
Isolationism
Neutralism
Appeasement
Militarism
Germany and Japan signed the Anti-Comintern Pact that agreed to fight
Fascism
Democracy
Communism
Totalitarianism
What was the action of Germany taking back and annexing Austria called?
Lebensraum
Blitzkrieg
Anschluss
Farfungroovin
Why did Hitler take over Austria?
Austria had valuable natural resources.
He wanted to keep Austria away from other countries.
Hitler believed Austria would attack Germany.
Hitler viewed Austrians as Germans because they speak the German language.
What did the Western nations hope to gain from the Munich Conference?
Hitler's loyalty
protection from Hitler
peace
declaration of war
What mistake did Neville Chamberlain make at the Munich Conference
Pressing Hitler to wage war
Not appeasing Hitler
Alienating the United States
Believing Hitler would not advance beyond Czechoslovakia.
Hitler made an agreement with Joseph Stalin because
Hitler did not want another two front war.
Germany wanted to combine with the Soviet culture.
Hitler thought the Soviets would protect Germany from the West.
Stalin respected the German leader.
Which of the following began WWII?
The defeat of Franco’s Nationalists
The Anschluss
Hitler’s attack on Poland
Japan’s attack on the US
Why did Japan seize Manchuria and north China?
To obtain natural resources
To create a separate state
To defy the League of Nations
To control the Japanese military
What prompted Japan’s attack on the United States?
Japan wanted to stop the shipment of goods to Europe
Japan knew the United States had atomic bombs
The United States threatened Japan with war
United States banned the sale of oil and scrap iron to Japan
Which of the following is Hitler?
Which of the following is Stalin?
What was the purpose of the East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere?
justify Japan expansion through liberation
Establish trade with the Dutch East Indies Company
Establish trade relations with the United States.
Organization created to invade the Soviet Union.
What date did the Japanese carry out their attack on Pearl Harbor?
11/11/1919
09/03/1939
12/07/1941
05/09/1942
What happened to American and Filipino forces in the Philippines after Japan invaded?
They defeated the Japanese forces
All American and Filipino troops were slaughtered.
American and Filipino troops were forced to march 55 miles to POW camps.
U.S. Naval forces rescued the troops
Germany's "lightning war" was known as the
Luftwaffe
Blitzkrieg
Co-Prosperity Sphere
Sitzkrieg
Why was the Maginot Line ineffective in stopping the invasion of France?
There were not enough soldiers to defend the line
German tanks were able to go over the shallow trenches
Hitler went around it by going through Belgium
German air superiority crushed all resistance
The bombing of British cities backfired because
British military targets were not being hit.
German bombs failed to explode.
the British turned their attention to the Soviet Union.
Germany canceled the bombing too soon.
What stopped German troops from winning in the Soviet Union?
the language barrier and superior Soviet forces
support from the British forces
the massive length of the battle front
an early winter and fierce Soviet resistance
Japanese leaders misjudged the US and thought that the US would accept
Japanese rule of the United States.
Japanese domination of the Pacific.
German control of Britain.
Japanese control of Poland.
The Battle of Stalingrad was a crushing defeat for Germany because
The entire Sixth Army, considered the best of German troops, was lost
The German army outnumbered the Swiss army but could not take the city
Soviet soldiers used captured tanks to push Germany out of the Soviet Union
The Japanese army failed to supply the needed air support
The turning point of the Pacific theater that established U.S. naval superiority over Japan was the Battle of
Pearl Harbor
Midway
the Philippines
New Guinea
What was the name of the puppet government of France that was controlled by Germany?
Vichy France
Triple Entente
Rindfleischalat
Tutor France
Which battle marked the effective end of the Axis threat in North Africa?
El Alamein
Dunkirk
Kiev
Iwo Jima
biggest defeat in the history of the German Army was
Bialystok-Minsk
Stalingrad
Leningrad
Kiev
This battle weakened the German position in Italy and allowed for the push to Rome.
Anzio
Monte Cassino
Kursk
Dunkirk
In all, 2,251 B-29 landings were recorded during the war. Moskin records that 1,191 fighter escorts and 3,081 strike sorties were flown from against Japan. What battle made this possible?
Tarawa
Guadalcanal
Saipan
Iwo Jima
Citizens of the soviet Union experienced severe food and housing shortages because
Stalin began a new economic plan
Nearly all of the available resources went into the war efforts
The German army destroyed everything
The allied forces needed the Soviets’ resources
Which country used women in battle?
Soviet Union
Germany
Great Britain
Japan
The US experience was quite different from that of the other major powers because
People's lives were disrupted by the war.
The US had no need to produce military equipment.
The US was not fighting on its own soil.
Women were involved in combat.
Japan expected its citizens to
Maintain their lifestyle during the war
Accept women working in all types of employment
Make and endure sacrifice
Be frightened and have a low morale
At the age of 12, Japanese children contributed to the war effort by going to work to make
Airplanes
Machine guns
Grenades
Candles
Japanese pilots that deliberately crashed their planes into Allied ships were called
Blitzkrieg
Kamikazes
Lebensraum
Domo arigato mr. roboto
The purpose of bombing cities in WWII was to
Cease evacuations of factory workers
Frighten civilians and weaken morale
Stop using torpedoes at sea
Seize supplies from underground warehouses
To address labor shortages during the war, Japan
Developed mechanized assembly lines
Forced workers to work double shifts
Brought in Korean and Chinese laborers
Allowed women to hold jobs from which they had been banned
Which of the following was NOT part of the Imperial Army's slogan?
Burn all
Steal all
Kill all
Win all
How many people died in WW II?
30 million
45 million
55 million
75 million
How long did the siege of Leningrad last?
1 year
2.5 years
4 years
3 years
What nation lost the most civilian lives in WW II?
Soviet Union
China
Germany
United States
All of the following are examples of signs presented in Germany leading to the extermination of Jews except:
Kristallnacht
Nuremberg Laws
Einsatzgrüppen
Yom Kippur celebration
What is the estimated Jewish death toll as a result of the attempted German genocide?
4 million
5 million
6 million
7 million
What did Churchill call Italy before the invasion?
The hairy armpit of Europe
The greatest enemy of the Allies
Mussolini’s grand toy
The soft underbelly of Europe
What happened after Mussolini was arrested by the king?
Germany moved into Italy to fight the Allies
Mussolini spent rest of his life in prison
The king continued to fight the Allies
The Soviets invaded and conquered Rome
The landing on D-day allowed the Allies to
Recruit workers from other European countries
Attack Germany from two fronts
Ramp up the war against Japan
Sneak up on Hitler from the south through Italy
What was the German mistake concerning D-day?
They focused their fighting on Italy
They reinforced the Maginot Line
They didn’t believe it was the real invasion
They asked Japan for help
The United States carried on an ‘island-hopping’ campaign to
Get close enough mainland Japan to take over
Reach the Soviet Union from the east
Secure a defensive position to attack Italy
Sneak up on Hitler from the sea
Iwo Jima and Okinawa were important islands for the Allies to conquer because
they were close to mainland Japan.
Germany wanted to keep them for their natural resources.
their populations were causing heavy casualties to the Allies.
the Allies were weakest in sea power.
What was the code called that made a mainland invasion of Japan so dangerous?
Bushido
Sunni
Shinto
Dangshun
What was the top secret project to build the atomic bomb called?
The Potsdam Project
The Red Guard Project
The Munich Project
The Manhattan Project
Which event ended the war in the Pacific?
The D-day landing at Normandy
The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The arrest of Mussolini
The capture of Iwo Jima and Okinawa
What was the name of the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima?
Fat Man
Little Boy
Enola Gay
Big Stink
What was the name of the second atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki?
Fat Man
Little Boy
Big Stink
Enola Gay
