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The West Between the Wars
The West Between the Wars
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1
The German Democratic State was called _____.
Social Democratic Republic
The Reichstag
the Third Reich
The Weimar Republic.
2
The Nazi regime's popular "Strength through Joy" program offered working?
leisure activities
political debates
courses in modern art
training in physics
3
What was the Kristallnacht, which happened on November 9, 1938?
the inspiration for the Nazi Party's anthem
the signing of Hitler's agreement with Russia
the creation of Hitler's secret police
a destructive rampage against German Jews led by Nazis
4
Who led the Fascist movement in Italy?
Benito Mussolini
Francisco Franco
Adolf Hitler
Leon Trotsky
5
What was the name for Stalin's secret police?
the OVRA
the Cheka.
The blackshirts
the SS or Death Squadron
6
Hitler's political theories were based on all of the following EXCEPT:
communism
Darwinian social struggle
nationalism
racism, especially anti-Semitism
7
Hitler inaccurately associated the concept of an Aryan race with all of the following EXCEPT:
Jews.
Germans.
ancient Greeks and Romans.
Scandinavians.
8
The _______ was the Communist Party's main policy making body.
Weimar Republic
Politburo
Dawes Plan
Reichstag
9
Nazi Germany considered modern art to be
a form of documentary
useful for propaganda
degenerate
fascinating
10
The Great Depression was caused primarily by
strengthening of European Banks
new interest in Marxist theory
failure of nations to reduce their military spending
economic downturn and the U.S. Stock Market Crash
11
_____ glorifies the state above the individual.
Dadaism
Surrealism
Facism
Racism
12
Why was the League of Nations Weak?
The Nazis took control of it.
The United States did not join it.
It had too few members.
It had too many members.
13
Who directed the Nazi's police forces?
Leni Riefenstahl
Joseph Goebbles
Heinrich Himmler
Hermann Hesse
14
____________ films are considered masterpieces.
Leni Riefenstahl's
Herman Hesse's
Werner Heisenberg's
Joseph Goebbels'
15
Mussolini's regime compromised with
Italian Socialists and Communists.
Italy's traditional institutions.
opposition parties in Italy.
Italian Protestants.
16
The role of women in Totalitarian regimes was?
encouraged women to work in industry
Better than in Communist regimes
Limited to housewives and nurturing roles
Better than in democratic republics
17
All are characteristics of Dadaism except?
chance
the uncertainty and the absurd
readymades and concept art
realistic depiction of people
18
The Nazis implemented their social Darwinism through the _________ laws
Dawes
NEP
Nuremberg
Politburo
19
_______ is the term for a period of low economic activity and rising unemployment
Depression
Deficit spending
collectivization
inflation
20
What was the name for Stalin's agricultural program?
industrialization
organic farming
individual farms
collectivization
21
Hitler ended Germany's economic problems, unemployment, and the depression by
putting women to work in factories
public works projects and the rearmament program
building more churches and universities
passing the Nuremberg laws
22
Hitler's goal was to create a
Third Reichstag
Third Republic
Third Workers' Party
Third Reich, or German Empire
23
What Soviet economic plan allowed some capitalism, with the state controlling large industry?
Fourteen Points
New Economic Policy
New Deal
Five-Year-Plan
24
While in prison, Adolf Hitler wrote his book, _____.
The Communist Manifesto
Mein Kempf
The Third Reich
The Aryan Race
25
Parliamentary systems failed in most eastern European countries because
citizens were too well educated
lack of democratic tradition and institutions
they all had large middle classes
states weakened by repayments
26
Artistic trends between the wars reflected a fascination with
the absurd and the unconscious
faith in social structures
color and light
reason and stability
27
Surrealist ____ painted everyday objects but separated them form their normal context.
James Joyce
Salvador Dali
Hannah Hoch
Hermann Hesse
28
What was Stalin's position in the Politburo before acquiring dictatorial power?
party strategist
party general secretary
secret police
war commissar.
29
The economist John Maynard Keynes argued that
unemployment resulted from excessive production
free economies never worked
unemployment was due to a decline in demand for goods
depressions should be allowed to resolve themselves
30
Franco's military regime in Spain was supported by
France and Britain.
the United States and Britain.
Germany and Italy.
Stalin and Communists.