WorksheetsChapter 23/24.1: Great Depression & Beginning of WWII
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 28mins
On which day did people lose a lot of cash when the stock market crashed?
October 31, 1929
May 7, 1929
January 14, 1929
October 29, 1929
What was the WPA?
The Worker's Protected Administration
The Worker's Probation Administration
The Works Progressive Administration
The Works Progress Administration
How did the WPA help with employment?
It employed millions to work in factories.
It employed millions to build public buildings.
It employed millions to work for car companies.
It employed millions to work for the military.
What did the Social Security Act guarantee?
Pensions for retired elderly.
Unemployment pay for those who lost their job.
Both options.
Neither options.
Which war did the US enter when The Great Depression was over?
The Vietnam War
The Korean War
The Star Wars
World War II
Which type of political philosophy gave rise to dictators with total power, who denied other individuals freedoms?
Socialism
Communism
Anarchism
Fascism
Winston Churchill was to Great Britain as Joseph Stalin was to--
Germany
Italy
the Soviet Union
Japan
The policy of avoiding involvement in the affairs of other countries is--
nationalism
socialism
isolationism
imperialism
What was the primary difference in opposing governments at the beginning of World War II?
Strong vs weak
Neutral vs involved
Isolationist vs imperialist
Dictatorships vs democracies
What did Adolph Hitler and Benito Mussolini have in common?
They established command-based economies
They established dictatorships
They were communists
They followed racist ideologies
Democratic Nations:
Canada
Soviet Union
Great Britain
United States
Which member of the Allies was NOT a democratic nation during World War II?
Canada
Soviet Union
Great Britain
United States
The dictatorships of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini are described as fascist because--
each shared his power with several leaders and individual freedoms were encouraged.
each gave total power to the wealthy men of the country and individual freedoms were denied.
each allowed the people to have total power and individual freedoms were encouraged.
each assumed total power and individual freedoms were denied.
How did the results of World War I cause World War II?
The League of Nations declared war on Italy because World War I created problems between Germany and Italy.
The war debt from World War I that Germany had to pay was one of the causes of the political and economic instability of Europe.
President Wilson's peace plan called for the invasion of Germany if the country failed to pay its war debt.
When Great Britain was blamed for World War I, Great Britain invaded France to demand payment for the war.
Germany is to Adolf Hitler as Great Britain is to--
Winston Churchill
Hideki Tojo
Joseph Stalin
Benito Mussolini
What is Nazism?
A German group that supported war.
A German group that hated Americans.
A German group that hated communism and supported racial and religious hatred.
A German group that enjoyed books.
What was Germany like after World War I?
*Choose all that apply*
Germany's economy rebounded and the country quickly recovered.
Germany was in severe debt from the Versailles Treaty.
Germans were blamed entirely in Europe for the war.
Germany's political system was weakened leaving it open to the rise of a dictator.
What is the best description for Communism in the USSR?
A democratic government where everyone has a say in laws and government actions.
A totalitarian government where the community shares wealth equally.
Another word for Nazism.
A monarchy (king/queen) in power making ALL of the decisions for a country and its people.
What was the Nazi-Soviet Pact?
An agreement between Russia and Germany not to attack one another.
An agreement between Russia and Germany not to go to war with anyone in Europe.
Germany and Great Britain's official declaration of war
An agreement between Russia and the United States to avoid going to war.
