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Interwar Years

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Interwar Years.

a)

1914-1939

b)

1919-1939

c)

1918-1938

d)

1925-1945

2.

The Democratic government of Germany after WWI and through the Interwar Years

a)

NKVD

b)

The 2nd German Republic

c)

The USSR

d)

Weimar REpublic

3.

The financial payments made by the Germans to the British and French after WWI. The Germans had to pay 33 billion dollars to the Allied nations.

a)

Reparation s

b)

OVRA

c)

Reichstag

d)

Dawes Plan

4.

Which of the following countries were not considered one of the Big Four? Remember the BIg Four were the countries who determined the majority of the Treaty of Versailles.

a)

Germany

b)

Italy

c)

The United States

d)

France

e)

Great Britain

5.

A decade of prosperity, social change, economic change and political change in the United States after WWI was called the Thrilling Twenties

a)

True

b)

False

6.

American and world businessmen created a plan to help Germany during their economic crisis during the early 1920's. 200 million dollars was given to German in addition to reducing the annual reparation payment from 7 billion to 2.5 billion dollars

a)

Nazi-Soviet Pact

b)

Dawes Plan

c)

The Big Four

d)

Munich Pact

7.

The German Golden Years were a time period after the economic problems in Germany (1923-1929) in which they experienced a brief period of prosperity and hope.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

The manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors was prohibited in the United States from 1920-1933 according to this Amendment.

a)

16th

b)

17th

c)

18th

d)

19th

9.

This Amendment gave women the right to vote in the United States.

a)

16th

b)

17th

c)

18th

d)

19th

10.

Having EXTREME PRIDE in your country.

a)

WWI Nationalism

b)

WWII Nationalism

11.

Which of the following countries had to agree to the "War Guilt Clause" of the Treaty of Versailles which stated that this country was 100% responsible for starting the WWI? Likewise, the "War Guilt Clause" stated that this country had to pay reparations to the victorious Allied countries.

a)

Austria Hungary

b)

Italy

c)

Serbia

d)

Germany

12.

The Start of the Great Depression

a)

Black Tuesday

b)

The Stock Market Crash

c)

The Dust Bowl

d)

Passage of the Smoot Hawley Tarrif

13.

Groups of people who are the same that want their own country or nation-state.

a)

WWI Nationalism

b)

WWII Nationalism

14.

International Organization created to keep peace after WWI by the Treaty of Versailles.

a)

United Nations

b)

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

c)

League of Nations

d)

Warsaw Pact

15.

Dictator of Germany prior to WWI

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Benito Mussolini

d)

Hideki Tojo

16.

Dictator of Italy prior to WWII

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Benito Mussolini

d)

Hideki Tojo

17.

Dictator of the Soviet Union prior to WWII.

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Uncle Joe Stalin

c)

Benito Mussolini

d)

Hideki Tojo

18.

The military Dictator of Japan during WWI

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Joseph Vissarionovich

c)

Benito Mussolini

d)

Hideki Tojo

19.

Which of the following was not something all of the WWII Dictators had in common?

a)

They were all Nationalistic

b)

They were all Militaristic

c)

They were all Totalitarian

d)

They were all Fascist

e)

They were all Imperialistic

20.

Which of the following WAS NOT a FASCIST Dictator?

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Benito Mussolini

21.

During the 1920's in the United States, people made a lot of money off of buying stocks by putting down 5 or 10% of the actual cost of the stock.

a)

Partial investment

b)

Credit Purchase

c)

Buying on margin

22.

A militant political movement. This movement is characterized by loyalty to the leader and to the nation. This movement is extremely nationalistic. This movement always has a scapegoat to make the cause of the leader popular. This movement also believes in a strong connection between business and the government.

a)

Communist

b)

Fascist

23.

4)

A huge problem for Germany IMMEDIATELY following WWI was the fact that they printed large amounts of money. What future economic problem stemmed from printing all of these "German Marks" during the early 1920's in Germany?

a)

The Great Depression

b)

Hyperinflation

c)

Dealing with foreign Import Taxes

24.

IL DUCE "The Leader"

a)

Adolf HItler

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Benito Mussolini

d)

Hideki Tojo

25.

Hitlers desire to expand German territory to the East for "Living Space" and resources.

a)

Anschluss

b)

Sudetenland

c)

Fuhrer

d)

Lebensraum

26.

The Man of Steel

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Benito Mussolini

27.

The attempt to eliminate any possible opposition to the dictator in power of the Soviet Union was referred to as the Purge. Which group of people were NOT purged in the Soviet Union?

a)

The intelligentsia

b)

The old Bolsheviks

c)

The Brown Shirts

d)

The Military command

28.

Which of the following was not a Secret Police Force used by the WWII Dictators?

a)

NKVD

b)

OVRA

c)

Gestapo

d)

CIA

e)

Kempeitai

29.

A work camp located in the Soviet Union

a)

Dachau

b)

Concentration Camp

c)

Gulag

30.

Adolf Hitler wrote the book called, "Mein Kampf". This book outlined several ideas for his future plans for Germany. Which of the following was not one of those ideas?

a)

Ant-Semitism

b)

German Nationalism

c)

Lebensraum

d)

Ancient Warrior Values

31.

Laws which defined who were Jewish in Germany; These laws also limited the rights of the Jewish people in Germany after 1935

a)

Neutrality Acts

b)

Enabling Acts

c)

Nuremberg Laws

d)

Kristallnacht Laws

32.

Allowed Adolf Hitler to take power in Germany legally after declaring a national emergency. Which of the following does not apply?

a)

Enabling Act

b)

The Knight of the Long Knives

c)

Article 48

33.

The so called Master Race of Germany made up of people with pure German blood. Which of the following does not apply.

a)

Aryan

b)

Only those with Blonde Hair and Blue Eyes

c)

The Jewish people were inferior

34.

The hatred/discrimination of the Jewish people was referred to as Anti-Semitism?

a)

True

b)

False

35.

The night in Germany in which Jewish business were destroyed and Jewish Synagogues were set on fire. This was an attempt to ruin the Jewish community economically. Which of the following does not apply?

a)

Kristallnacht

b)

The Night of the Long Knives

c)

The Night of Broken Glass

36.

What foreign policy practiced by the United States attempted to keep them out of European affairs after WWI?

a)

The Big Stick Policy

b)

Liberalism

c)

Neutralism

d)

Isolationism

37.

The following are examples of actions taken by Hitler in the 1930's that the British and French allowed him to get away with...WHICH cause of WWII would this be?

***Germany rearming of the Rhineland***

***The German annexation of Austria***

***Germany gaining possession of the Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia***

a)

Isolationism

b)

Aryanism

c)

Appeasement

d)

Nationalism

38.

Laws passed in 1935, 1936 and 1937 to keep the United States from getting pulled into another European conflict like WWI.

a)

The Isolationism Acts

b)

The Nuremburg Laws

c)

The 18th Amendment

d)

The Neutrality Acts

39.

The non-aggression pact signed between Hitler and Stalin in 1939.

a)

The Warsaw Pact

b)

The Munich Pact

c)

The Nazi-Soviet Pact

d)

The Nazi-Communist Pact

40.

The World War Two Dictators came tp power in several different ways. Which of the following was not a way in which these men came to power?

a)

The Enabling Act and the Reichstag FIre

b)

The February and October Revolutions

c)

The March on Rome and a shady election

d)

Outmaneuvering political opponents.

e)

The assassination of a Prime Minister