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Between the Wars.chapter 29

Total questions: 80

Worksheet time: 3625secs

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which treaty did Russia sign in order to exit World War I as the Revolution broke out?
a)
Treaty of Versailles
b)
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
c)
Treaty of Paris
d)
Treaty of Ghent
2.
What did the Bolshevik slogan, "Peace! Bread! Land!" mean to the peasants of Russia?
a)
The Bolsheviks promised to increase grain production after the revolution
b)
The Bolsheviks intended to de-industrialize Russia after the Communist victory
c)
It promised peasants they could have access to farmland without threat of warfare or oppression
d)
It promised to open more bread factories with money the Czar would have spent on needless wars
3.
Which economic theory was first put into practice in Russia when it became the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics after the Revolution?
a)
Socialism
b)
Capitalism
c)
Communism
d)
Keynesianism
4.
What event is credited with starting the Great Depression in the US?
a)
The Stock Market Crash
b)
The Dust Bowl
c)
A run on the bank in Louisville, Kentucky
d)
Herbert Hoover's inability to govern
5.
What was the global impact of the Great Depression in the United States?
a)
Without US interference, European economies soared
b)
Without American financial support, the world economy suffered greatly
c)
Both of these are true
d)
There was no impact
6.
What was the purpose of the New Deal?
a)
To institute Soviet-style Marxist communism in the formerly free market
b)
To increase government spending and further enrich the Roosevelt family
c)
To let the free market function and correct itself as part of the natural business cycle
d)
To use government agencies to provide employment, regulate industry, and provide relief. 
7.
Why was the German economy the hardest-hit in the global depression of the 1930s?
a)
It was overly reliant on its investments in the NY stock exchange, so when i fell, they suffered.
b)
It was heavily industrialized, and many were unemployed when demand for goods fell.
c)
It had a corrupt banking system, which led to economic unrest and  scapegoating Jewish banking establishment.
d)
It was reliant on contributions from the US government to support its war-ravaged economy. 
8.

Time of low economic activity and high unemployment

a)

Depression

b)

Recession

c)

Contraction

d)

Expansion

9.

Collective Bargaining

a)

Rights of employers to negotiate with their union

b)

Rights of unions to negotiate with their employers

c)

Rights of employers to ban unions in their company

d)

Rights of employees to get rid of employers they do not like

10.

After suggesting it be created, which nation chose not to join the League of Nations after WWI

a)

Great Britain

b)

the United States

c)

France

d)

Italy

11.

What happened in the U.S. on October 29, 1929? "Black Tuesday"

a)

Roosevelt was elected President

b)

the stock market crashed

c)

we banned immigration from the U.S.S.R. because we feared Communism

d)

Great Britain paid back all the money they owed us and there was a national celebration

12.

The depression in Germany caused money to lose its value. When prices go up but the value of money goes down it is called

a)

depression

b)

unemployment

c)

inflation

d)

Communism

13.

Overproduction of a product can lead to

a)

an increase in the products popularity and

b)

the crash of a stockmarket

c)

increased production

d)

Decline in industrial output and rising unemployment

14.

The 1917 Russian Revolution resulted in the rise of _________ in Russia.

a)

Fascism

b)

Capitalism

c)

Socialism

d)

Communism

15.

What nation did the British and the French blame for starting WWI and to punish

a)

U.S.

b)

Germany

c)

Serbia

d)

Austria-Hungary

16.

Which country's depression began in 1919, right after WWI due to the demand it reparations to France and Britain?

a)

USA

b)

Germany

c)

Soviet Union

d)

Ottoman Empire

17.

Which of the following best explains a major reason why Europe was impacted by the US stock market crash?

a)

Due to high rates of European immigration to America, many Europeans heard about the market crash.

b)

Most Europeans were heavily invested in the American stock market crash

c)

We were all members of the League of Nations and each member nation was invested in the other members

d)

Many European nations had taken loans from America, which American banks were now demanding be repaid

18.
He was the major leader of the Bolsheviks.
a)
V.I. Lenin
b)
Nicholas II
c)
Karl Marx
d)
Rasputin
19.

Which of the following describes the Kellogg-Briand Pact?

a)

It renounced war as an instrument of foreign policy

b)

All countries promised to respect the Pacific holdings of each other

c)

It limited naval construction for all countries

d)

It made China its own independent country

20.
This political cartoon is an example of what new idea that was spreading in the US?
a)
Isolationism
b)
Disarmament
c)
Appeasement
d)
Conservationism
21.

Pictures like this happened because...

a)

Germany had caused hyperinflation

b)

Germany had passed laws against littering

c)

Germany was the victim of the Washington Disarmament Conference

d)

Italy had caused Inflation

22.

Foreign policy: After World War I 1919-20s, the US returned to isolationism and the U.S. economy boomed

a)

Normalcy

b)

Dawes Plan

c)

Neutrality Acts

23.

FOREIGN POLICY: 1928- This outlawed war as a tool of foreign policy and called for a limitation of arms, But Japan and Germany ignored because there was no consequence for breaking it.

a)

Neutrality acts

b)

Kellogg- Briand Pact

c)

Dawes Plan

24.

FOREIGN POLICY: A plan to help the German economy, the United States loans Germany money which then can pay reparations to England and France, who can then pay back their loans to the U.S. This circular flow of money was a success to stimulate global economy.

a)

Dawes Plan

b)

Kellogg- Briand Pact

c)

Quota system

25.

RED SCARE: Arrest and deportation of radical leftists, especially anarchists. The arrests mostly only happened to immigrants. This happened during the Red Scare.

a)

Demobilization

b)

Sacco and Vanzetti

c)

Palmer Raids

26.

U.S. ECONOMY: President of the United States who promised "a return to normalcy" after WW1.

a)

Wilson

b)

Coolige

c)

Harding

d)

FDR

27.

Foreign Policy: The reduction or withdrawal of military forces and weapons.

a)

Peace conference

b)

Washington Naval Conference

c)

Disarmament

28.

________ is when Germany formally recognized its new western borders acted by the Treaty of Versailles.

a)

Maginot Line

b)

Treaty of Locarno

c)

Kellogg-Briand Pact

d)

League of Nations

29.

_______ was the Rhineland Pact between Germany, France, Belgium, the United Kingdom, and Italy.

a)

Maginot Line

b)

Kellogg-Brand Pact

c)

Treaty of Locarno

d)

League of Nations

30.

The ___________ was a line of concrete fortifications, obstacles, and weapon installations built by France in the 1930s to deter invasion by Germany and force them to move around the fortifications.

a)

Trenches

b)

Maginot Line

c)

Kellogg-Briand Pact

d)

Great Wall

31.

After World War I the people of Europe wanted peace and ____________.

a)

finance

b)

disarmament

c)

quiet

d)

inflation

32.

The United States was able to overcome the Great Depression because of the polices of the __________.

a)

Kellogg-Briand Pact

b)

League of Nations

c)

New Deal

d)

Stock Market

33.

Jomo Kenyatta could only by one (1) loaf of bread even though he had $5.00, the price had gone up 50% because of _________.

a)

depression

b)

command economy

c)

inflation

d)

recession

34.

_______ is the reduction or withdrawal of military forces and weapons

a)

disarmament

b)

militarism

c)

proliferation

d)

nationalism

35.

A Spanish cubist painter; known for "The Old Guitarist" and "Guernica"

a)

Picasso

b)

Sigmund Freud

c)

Adolf Hitler

d)

Edvard Munch

36.

Founder and Leader of the Bolshevik Party

a)

Lenin

b)

Stalin

c)

Einstein

d)

Hitler

37.

First Turkish President

a)

Mustafa Kemal

b)

Mohandas Gandhi

c)

Sun Yat Sen

d)

Benito Mussolini

38.

Leader of the Chinese Nationalist Party

a)

Tokugawa

b)

Sun Yat Sen

c)

Mao ze Dong

d)

Zheng He

39.

The brutality of WWI caused writers and philosophers to

a)

question accepted ideas

b)

cling to tradition

c)

renew their religious faith

d)

be more optimistic

40.

The Great Depression changed government in the U.S. by (which answer is the most socialist?)

a)

encouraging the federal government to take a more laissez-faire (hands off) approach to governing.

b)

strengthening state governments at the expense of the federal government.

c)

allowing representatives in the House to serve 10 year terms.

d)

making the federal government responsible for the welfare of its citizens.

41.

Sun Yat Sen hoped to establish a modern government in China based on

a)

individualism, industry, and artistic expression.

b)

communism, collectivization, and industry.

c)

nationalism, democracy, and economic security.

d)

tradition, empire, and militarism.

42.

The Chinese Civil War was fought between the

a)

Socialists and Traditionalists

b)

Fascists and Democrats

c)

Imperialists and Republicans

d)

Nationalists and Communists

43.

This event garnered sympathy for the Communist Party in China.

a)

The Salt March

b)

The March on Washington

c)

The Long March

d)

The Communist March

44.

What did India hope to gain by supporting the British in WWI?

a)

More jewels for the British crown

b)

Increased independence from British rule

c)

Stock in the East India Company

d)

Increased British presence in government affairs

45.

31. Gandhi and his followers protested British rule through

a)

civil disobedience.

b)

guerilla warfare.

c)

Nationalism

d)

voting in elections

46.

Read the quote from Gandhi and answer the questions.

Satyagraha, then is literally holding on to Truth and it means, therefore, Truth-force. Truth is soul or spirit. It is therefore, known as soul force. It excludes the use of violence, because man is not capable of knowing the absolute truth and, therefore, to punish.

For the past thirty years I have been preaching and practicing Satyagraha. The principles of Satyagraha, as I know it today, constitute a gradual evolution. Satyagraha differs from Passive Resistance, as the North Pole from the South. [Passive Resistance] has been conceived as a weapon of the weak and does not exclude the use of physical force or violence for the purpose of gaining one’s end, whereas [Satyagraha] has been conceived as a weapon of the strongest and excludes the use of violence in any shape or form…


What is the weapon of the strongest?

a)

soul-force

b)

body-force

c)

political activism

d)

fair media coverage

47.

Read the quote from Gandhi and answer the questions.

Satyagraha, then is literally holding on to Truth and it means, therefore, Truth-force. Truth is soul or spirit. It is therefore, known as soul force. It excludes the use of violence, because man is not capable of knowing the absolute truth and, therefore, to punish.

For the past thirty years I have been preaching and practicing Satyagraha. The principles of Satyagraha, as I know it today, constitute a gradual evolution. Satyagraha differs from Passive Resistance, as the North Pole from the South. [Passive Resistance] has been conceived as a weapon of the weak and does not exclude the use of physical force or violence for the purpose of gaining one’s end, whereas [Satyagraha] has been conceived as a weapon of the strongest and excludes the use of violence in any shape or form…


Gandhi believed man should not punish, or use violence because ??

a)

his cause will not be popular if he does.

b)

violence and civil disobedience are incompatible.

c)

violence will be returned upon him.

d)

he is not capable of knowing the absolute truth.

48.

The Nationalist Party, Sun Yat Sen's own political party.

a)

Kuomintang

b)

Bolsheviks

c)

People's Party

d)

Socialists

49.

What was the Long March?

a)

An arduous trek made by the CCP trying to avoid Kuomintang persecution.

b)

A long trek made by Native Americans after being displaced from their homeland.

c)

A reference to a biblical verse in Exodus.

d)

The voyage Africans slaves suffered through on ships crossing the Atlantic.

50.

He is one of the founders of the Communist Party

a)

Mao Zedong

b)

Yuan Shi-kai

c)

Sun Yat-Sen

d)
51.

Who is this?

a)

Sun Yat-sen

b)

Deng Xiaoping

c)

Mao Zedong

d)

Chiang Kai-shek

52.

Led the Chinese Communists on the Long March.

a)

Joseph Stalin

b)

Mao Zedong

c)

Jiang Jieshi

d)

Karl Marx

53.

Practiced non-violence and civil disobedience.

a)

Jiang Jieshi

b)

Nicholas II

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Mohandas K. Gandhi

54.

Leader of the Bolshevik Party and first Communist leader of Russia.

a)

Joseph Stalin

b)

Karl Marx

c)

V.I. Lenin

d)

Mao Zedong

55.

A leader of the Chinese Nationalist Party, the Kuomintang.

a)

Mohandas K. Gandhi

b)

V.I. Lenin

c)

Mao Zedong

d)

Chiang Kai-Shek

56.

This radical group of communists believed they should sacrifice anything for radical change?

a)

Mensheviks

b)

Cossacks

c)

La Cosa Nostra

d)

Bolsheviks

57.

Sun Yat-sen and Chiang Kai-Shek led this Nationalist group in China?

a)

CCP

b)

Kuomintang

c)

Chinese Communists

d)

The Wu-Tang Clan

58.
What effect did the Dust Bowl storms have on the Great Depression?
a)
Many farmers were forced to leave the Great Plains.
b)
Unemployment decreased gradually.
c)
Many homes long the Mississippi River were flooded.
d)
Hoover was re-elected as president.
59.
In the 1930's, people would line up at ____________ to get food.  These were normally run by charities.
a)
churches
b)
businesses
c)
soup kitchens
d)
work
60.

What natural disaster of the 1930s added insult to injury during the Great Depression?

a)

Flooding along the Mississippi River

b)

The Dust Bowl

c)

Tornadoes called the Helen Hunt Twisters

d)

Hurricanes along the Gulf Coast

61.

The Bonus Army incident in 1932 best illustrates the idea that

a)

FDR's relief programs were unsuccessful.

b)

many felt that Herbert Hoover was not handling the Depression well.

c)

protests by veterans during the Depression were effective.

d)

the U.S. Army had increased in size and power during the Depression.

62.
October 29th, 1929
a)
Black Monday
b)
Black Tuesday
c)
Black Wednesday
d)
Black Friday
63.
Who are these people?
a)
hoboes
b)
immigrants
c)
tourists
d)
carpet baggers
64.
What percentage of Americans were unemployed in 1933?
a)
25%
b)
35%
c)
50%
d)
2%
65.

What was the "New Deal" of the 1930s?

a)

a government program that gave free land to homesteaders

b)

a government program that helped women get the vote

c)

a government program that spread civil rights throughout the country

d)

a government program designed to help people during the depression

66.
President Franklin Roosevelt asked Congress to pass a series of acts called the New Deal. Which is one way the New Deal helped people during the Great Depression?
a)
It gave all people the right to vote. 
b)
It created programs to put people back to work.    
c)
It let all new immigrants become American citizens. 
d)
It let people travel around the country freely. 
67.
a)
Margaret Mitchell
b)
Charles Lindbergh
c)
Jesse Owens
d)
Duke Ellington
68.
FDR addressed the American public in weekly broadcasts known as:
a)
FDR Hour
b)
Hangin' With Franklin
c)
Fireside Chats
d)
Around the Fire
69.
As part of the New Deal, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) were created to
a)
allow for a quick recovery of stock prices
b)
provide direct loans to businesses
c)
protect individual investors from stock fraud and bank failure
d)
allow banks and companies to invest in the stock market
70.
Which of the following New Deal laws/agencies regulated the buying and selling of stocks?
a)
Securities and Exchange Commission
b)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
c)
Emergency Banking Act
d)
Home Owners Insurance Corporation
71.

This agreement sought to secure the western borders of Europe that were drawn up at the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, as well as increase confidence in Germany amongst her own people and European powers.

a)

Washington Naval Conference

b)

Dawes Plan

c)

Locarno Pact

d)

Kellogg-Briand Pact

72.

All of the following were economic problems faced by Britain during the postwar period EXCEPT

a)

decline in export trade

b)

loss of foreign markets

c)

hyperinflation

d)

high unemployment with labor unrest

73.

All of the following statements are true about the Red Scare EXCEPT

a)

it stemmed from fear of the Bolshevik Revolution

b)

Congress passed laws limiting immigration

c)

a series of raids were conducted on suspected anarchists, radicals, communists

d)

the raids came to be known as the Palmer Raids after AG A. Mitchell Palmer

e)

the Red Scare actually refers to the spread of the coronavirus

74.

What is Modernism?

a)

A reaction that began during the WWI period that focused on a break from convention and tradition in art, literature, culture, etc.

b)

A reaction against the Romantic authors that focused on creating realistic, gritty narratives

c)

A continuation of the Realist movement that now focused on WWI and the horrors of war

d)

A break from Imagism that turned against using imagery and focused on hidden meaning in poetry

75.

What is the term associated with Modernism that means "loss of a false belief"?

a)

disappointment

b)

realization

c)

epiphany

d)

disillusionment

76.

When does Modernism as a literary and artistic movement begin?

a)

Post Civil War

b)

During the 1960s

c)

Post WWI

d)

Post WWII

77.

Disillusionment can be explained as...

a)

when someone becomes disappointed that things are not as good as they seemed to be

b)

when someone fails to create an illusion/trick in their writing

c)

when a character breaks someone else's sense of bravery or success

d)

when someone goes against the government

78.

In the British mandate of Palestine, there was growing tension between

a)

Arab and Jewish nationalists

b)

Armenian and Arab nationalists

c)

Iranian and Armenian nationalists

d)

British and Jewish nationalists

79.

France's Popular Front was a

a)

coalition of right winged parties

b)

coalition of left winged parties

c)

coalition of fascists and religious conservatives

d)

coalition of women's groups

80.

Which Eastern European country maintained a democratic government (especially compared to others) in the interwar years?

a)

Poland

b)

Czechoslovakia

c)

Hungary

d)

Austria

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