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WW II Era: Fascism and Isolationism - US History

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Choose any that make this thought correct:

Hitler promised the people of Germany that he would:

a)

create jobs

b)

avenge the Treaty of Versailles

c)

conquer the Soviet Union

d)

restore Germany's past glory

e)

invade the United States

2.

The German Parliament was known as the

a)

Hidrah

b)

Reichstag

c)

Federal Council

d)

Bunserat

3.

Choose all that correctly answer the question:

Which of the following did the Nazi Party do to gain total power in Germany?

a)

suspended constitutional rights

b)

allowed for freedom of religion

c)

conquered France

d)

banned other political parties

4.

Choose any that make this question correct:

In Italy, Mussolini wanted to re-create the glory of the old Roman Empire. Which of the following illustrate Mussolini's goal?

a)

signed an alliance with Great Britain and the U.S.

b)

invaded and captured Ethiopia

c)

started the Holocaust to rid Italy of Judaism

d)

signed the Rome-Berlin Axis with Hitler in 1936

5.

Choose all that correctly answer this question:

Josef Stalin was one of the most brutal dictators in the history of mankind because he ruled by terror. Which of the following identify how he ruled the Soviet Union?

a)

had a secret police

b)

got citizens to spy on each other

c)

used Gulags - forced labor camps

d)

allowed the citizens freedom of speech

6.

The Spanish Civil War was a brutal, bloody preview of World War II, with an estimated 500,000 deaths. In the end, Francisco Franco and the Nationalists won the war.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Who was Hitler's propaganda minister?

a)

Herman Goerring

b)

Josef Mengele

c)

Joseph Goebbels

d)

Erwin Rommel

8.

Kristallnacht was an event that took place in November, 1938 where the Nazi's brutally responded to the murder of a Nazi official by a Jewish citizen.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

The concept of "pacifism"

a)

was the main philosophy of FDR.

b)

was where groups such as clergy and college students saw war as morally wrong.

c)

stated that democratic countries had to stay out of European affairs.

d)

was supported by the governments of Britain and France.

10.

Choose all that make the statement correct:

The Neutrality Acts of 1935-1937 that were passed by Congress did which of the following?

a)

limited citizens from traveling on ships of belligerent nations

b)

could bar any foreign ship from entering U.S. waters if they were at war

c)

allowed the Rome-Berlin Axis to trade with the U.S.

d)

set up FDR's "Cash and Carry" policy which allowed him to sell supplies to Europe

11.

FDR gave a speech about U.S. involvement in WW II because he believed the British would need our help.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

The National Origins Act of 1924 allowed for 30,000 refugees to enter the U.S. each year. How many refugees did the the Roosevelt Administration allow into the U.S. per year from 1935-1941?

a)

20,000

b)

12,500

c)

8,500

d)

30,000