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WorksheetsIn-between the wars Unit 2 Test Prep
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 40mins
Which of the following was an effect of unemployment during the Great Depression?
Consumers rushed to put all of their money in the banks
Consumers made many purchases so businesses boomed
Consumers could not or did not want to buy, so some businesses failed
Consumers could not buy goods fast enough before businesses sold out
What was Prohibition?
A time when voting rights were taken away from women.
A time when making, selling, and transporting alcohol was illegal.
What were two forms of music that became popular in the 1920s?
Jazz and Blues
Rock and Hip Hop
Classical and Euro-disco
What was a place where people bought and drank illegal alcohol?
Gangster Hut
Bootleggers
Speakeasies
Which was NOT one of the nicknames for the 1920s?
The Prohibition Era
The Roaring Twenties
The Jazz Age
The Great Depression
What was the period of economic boom after WWI?
Roaring Twenties
Great Depression
Industrial Revolution
Reconstruction
Prohibition and speakeasies caused an increase in what?
crime
segregation
technology
After Lenin died in 1924, the Soviet Union was taken over by ________.
Trotsky
Vladimir
Stalin
Svetlana
During the presidential election of 1920, most Americans turned towards the ___________ party.
democratic
republican
liberal
progressive
Economic crisis's in Germany in other European countries caused ________________ (devalued currency) after WWI.
Citizen unrest
poverty
pandemonium
inflation
Hitler wrote his manifesto _______ ______ while in prison.
Munich conference
Manifesto Kampf
Mein Kampf
Return to Glory
Hitlers "Lebensraum" plan also means _______ ________ in English.
Living Space
Living Arrangements
German Victory
German Return
What year did the Munich conference take place?
1932
1933
1938
1940
Which of these was NOT a cause of the Great Depression?
World War II disrupted the international economy.
A severe drought caused many farmers' crops to fail.
Few people were spending money due to unemployment.
The stock market lost eighty percent of its value over a few years.
Which was a major result of the Great Depression of 1929?
Banks became owned by the government.
There were term limits placed on the President.
The federal government grew to try and prevent future depressions.
Millions of Americans volunteered for World War II to escape poverty.
Starting in 1932, which area saw a horrendous famine that may have killed as many as 7 million people?
Ukraine
Mongolia
Estonia
Latvia
A major goal of Joseph Stalin’s five-year plans was to
encourage communist revolutions in the colonies of the European powers
transform the Soviet Union into an industrial power
expand the Soviet Union’s borders to include warm-water ports
reduce the amount of foreign aid coming from the Western Hemisphere
What were the aims of the Munich Agreement?
Germany was to receive the Sudeten from Czechoslovakia
German troops could remain in the Czechoslovakian military service
Germany troops would occupy the Sudeten in stages throughout the year
Germany could take over Czechoslovakia
What was the biggest economic problem in Germany after WWI?
No one would trade with them
They could not get vegetables
Deflation
Inflation
In 1933, Germany pulled out of what international organization?
World Trade Organization
United Nations
League of Nations
Treaty of Versailles
What kind of economy did the Soviet Union have under Stalin?
strict
mixed
command
free
Germany had to pay billions of dollars in _______________ after WWI which resulted in the failure of their economy and inflation.
debt
reparations
bonds
fees
What is the name of June 30th, 1934, when more than a thousand SA officials were murdered?
the night of long hours
the night of many attacks
the night of many weapons
the night of the long knives
Benito Mussolini organized the Italian __________ party
democratic
nazi
fascist
capitalist
Germany's first modern democracy was set up in July of 1919 by the _____________ Republic
German
Weimar
New
Victorious
What did the German government do to attempt to keep up with its reparation payments?
print more paper currency, essentially making it become worthless.
create allies and get help from other countries
tax their people more
overwork their people to make more products to sell for profit
Adolf Hitler was born in __________ in 1889.
Germany
Austria
Vienna
Italy
The fascists state under Mussolini made improvements to infrastructure such as __________ and _____________.
safety and transportation
plumbing and environmental protection
roads and electricity
highways and interstates
Those who opposed the republicans in the civil war that broke out in 1922 and 1923 were called "______ _________".
liberal supporters
free staters
free travelers
democratic supporters
After Hitler attempted to seize control of the city of Munich he was sentences to serve ___ years in jail but only served 1.
25
20
5
10
