The West Between the Wars 1919-1939

Question 1

What was the Kristallnacht?

Accepted Answer

A night of terror against the Jews in Germany.

Question 2

What are two causes of the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

a downturn in international economies, the US stock market crash

Question 3

What was Hitlers secret police force called?

Accepted Answer

The Schutzstaffein, The OVRA

Question 4

What was Hitler's ultimate goal as Germany's dictator?

Accepted Answer

To create an Aryan race that would dominate Europe.

Question 5

What was the Economic program that helped the US recover from the Depression?

Accepted Answer

The New Deal

Question 6

Who was the president of Germany when Hitler was appointed Chancellor?

Accepted Answer

Paul von Hindenburg

Question 7

After Hitler seized power, what did he call himself?

Accepted Answer

The Fuhrer

Question 8

What is a term used to identify people speaking Indo-European languages?

Accepted Answer

Aryan

Question 9

Who was in charge of the SS, the secret police in Nazi germany?

Accepted Answer

Heinrich Himler

Question 10

What set of laws prohibited Jews from being German citizens?

Accepted Answer

The Nuremberg Laws

Question 11

What was the role of women in Nazi Germany

Accepted Answer

Take care of the family

Question 12

After Germany declared it couldn't pay France, France seized what industrial/ mining center?

Accepted Answer

Ruhr Valley

Question 13

What new mass media did Hitler use to spread propaganda in Germany?

Accepted Answer

Film

Question 14

What religion is anti-semitism aimed towards"?

Accepted Answer

Judaism

Question 15

The prewar physics revolution was started by whom?

Accepted Answer

Albert Einstein

Question 16

Who is considered the most important surrealist painter?

Accepted Answer

Salvador Dali

Question 17

When Germany's money became worthless, what did German workers carry them money home in?

Accepted Answer

a wheelbarrow

Question 18

In what year was the height of The Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

1932

Question 19

In which country was Adolf Hitler born?

Accepted Answer

Austria

Question 20

What is one reason the League of Nations was weak?

Accepted Answer

The US did not join the league.

Question 21

What was the name of the German parliament in 1929?

Accepted Answer

The Reichstag

Question 22

While in jail, Hitler wrote his account of his ideas in a book called _______.

Accepted Answer

Mein Kampf

Question 23

Which policy allowed Hitler to gain power by suspending the German constitution for 4 years?

Accepted Answer

The Enabling Act

Question 24

The National Socialist German Workers' Party was also known as?

Accepted Answer

Nazi

Question 25

Which US president introduced the New Deal - a strategy to end the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Question 26

The Treaty of Versailles demanded that Germany pay which country for war damages?

Accepted Answer

France

Question 27

What is a period of low economic activity and rising unemployment?

Accepted Answer

a depression

Question 28

What is collective bargaining?

Accepted Answer

the right of unions to negotiate with employers

Question 29

What type of government aims to control the political, economic, & social lives of it citizens?

Accepted Answer

totalitarian

Question 30

The New Deal included an increased program of__________.

Accepted Answer

public works

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