Chapter 19

Question 1

Nikolai Bukhatin and the right wing of the Communist Party favored

Answer 1

relatively slow industrialization

Question 2

The Bolshevik revolution can be characterized as

Answer 2

a world historical movement

Question 3

While the term “fascism” is still under dispute, the governments regarded as fascists were all of the following except

Answer 3

anti-small business

Question 4

Through the Lateran Accord of 1929, Mussolini made peace with

Answer 4

the Roman Catholic Church

Question 5

The Irish national uprising on Easter Monday 1916

Answer 5

was the only rebellion of a national group against any government in WWI

Question 6

The era of reparations came to an end in 1932 as a result of the

Answer 6

Lausanne Conference

Question 7

The only central European successor state not to eventually adopt a self-imposed authoritarian government was

Answer 7

Czechoslovakia

Question 8

In the 1920s, the effect of worldwide improved wheat farming was

Answer 8

decreased agricultural revenues

Question 9

The Weimar Republic gained stability and self-confidence under the leadership of

Answer 9

Stresemann

Question 10

A new spirit of hope was brought to Europe by the

Answer 10

Locarno Agreement

Question 11

The difficulties of the Great Depression included all of the following except

Answer 11

colonial independence

Question 12

Which of the following is the most accurate statement about Mussolini?

Answer 12

He was original a socialist and became a nationalist during WWI

Question 13

The Nuremberg Laws

Answer 13

stripped German Jews of their citizenship

Question 14

France’s Popular Front was a coalition of

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left-wing parties

Question 15

Hitler’s rise to power was largely the result of

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miscalculations by political elites

Question 16

By late 1921, it was clear only _____ remained loyal to the Dictatorship of the Proletariat

Answer 16

Bolsheviks

Question 17

The 21 Conditions of the Comintern sought to destroy

Answer 17

Democratic Socialism

Question 18

Stalin’s rise to power depended on his

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command of the bureaucracy

Question 19

On what constitutional basis did Hitler issue an Emergency Decree suspending civil liberties?

Answer 19

Article 48

Question 20

Gosplan oversaw

Answer 20

the entire Soviet economy

Question 21

Which successor state avoided a self-imposed authoritarian government?

Answer 21

Czechoslovakia

Question 22

The _____ Republic was the German democratic regime that existed between the end of WWI and Hitler’s coming to power in 1933

Answer 22

Weimar

Question 23

Following the Paris peace treaties, all of the following transpired EXCEPT

Answer 23

Germany believed treaty provisions were not properly enforced

Question 24

The replacement of private peasant farms with huge state-run and state-owned farms was called

Answer 24

collectivization

Question 25

Nazi policy called for German women to do all of the following EXCEPT

Answer 25

occupy key positions in the German gov.

Question 26

The Lateran Accord of 1929 established that:

Answer 26

the pope was the ruler of the independent Vatican city

Question 27

While the capitalist economies of W. Europe struggled in the Great Depression, the Soviet Union undertook:

Answer 27

a tremendous industrial advance

Question 28

The 1935 Nuremberg Laws:

Answer 28

stripped German Jews of their rights

Question 29

In 1924, this plan reorganized the administration and transfer of reparations, which, in turn, smoothed the debt repayments of to the US

Answer 29

Dawes Plan

Question 30

Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany:

Answer 30

by legal means

Question 31

Most scholars agree that all of the following adjectives could be applied to fascist governments EXCEPT

Answer 31

anti-Catholic

Question 32

Which of the following was NOT a factor that contributed to the intense severity and the extended length of the Great Depression in Europe?

Answer 32

increasing governmental control of economic affairs

Question 33

_____ orchestrated the imprisonment and execution of millions of Soviet citizens between 1934 and 1939

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Stalin

Question 34

The Soviet Communist Party was ____ in its ideology

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atheist

Question 35

_______, meaning "crystal night," refers to the broken glass that littered German streets after the looting/destruction of Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues across Germany on the orders of the Nazi Party in November 1938

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Kristallnacht

Question 36

Stalin's rise to power depended on his

Answer 36

command of the bureaucracy

Question 37

Following the end of WWI, a state of normalcy:

Answer 37

could not be restored

Question 38

The fascists' seizure of the Italian gov. can be primarily attributed to the

Answer 38

failure of the king to authorize the army to block the Black Shirt March

Question 39

Most money the Allies collected in war reparations went to

Answer 39

France

Question 40

On March 23, 1933, the Reichstag passed a/an ____ that permitted Hitler to rule by decree

Answer 40

Enabling Act

Question 41

Hitler declared at the Munich Conference:

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"I have no more territorial demands to make in Europe"

Question 42

During this one battle, the Russians lost more men than the Americans lost in combat during the entire war

Answer 42

Stalingrad

Question 43

Partly because it made new European alignments this, in many respects, is seen as a training ground for WWII

Answer 43

Spanish Civil War

Question 44

At Potsdam the Allies agreed to

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divide Germany into occupation zones

Question 45

Hitler assigned women a special place in the war effort that included all of the following EXCEPT

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women working on the front lines of battles, especially as ambulance drivers

Question 46

The League of Nations condemned Japan for the use of force against Manchuria and:

Answer 46

did nothing else of substance

Question 47

The Battle of the Bulge:

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was Germany's last "gasp" in the West

Question 48

Hitler decided on a "final solution of the Jewish Problem":

Answer 48

extermination

Question 49

Hitler's vision for a new Germany included more living space, known as _____, which would be taken from the Slavs

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lebensraum

Question 50

The term Aunchluss refers to:

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the union of Germany with Austria following the 1938 German invasion

Question 51

The Munich agreement is often considered a classic example of _____

Answer 51

appeasement

Question 52

When the Germans invaded France:

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France's forces were quickly overcome

Question 53

Any chance of the British considering terms set by the Germans, in the face of defeat, disappeared when this man became prime minister in May 1940

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Churchill

Question 54

Hitler often spoke of the "new order" that he meant to impose after he had established his _____ throughout Europe

Answer 54

Third Reich

Question 55

Blitzkrieg means

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"lightning strikes," which is how Hitler hoped to win

Question 56

The Battle of Britain resulted in

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a victory for the British and the abandonment of Hitler's plans to invade England

Question 57

The code name for Germany's invasion of Russia was Operation _____

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Barbaroosa

Question 58

The German invasion of this country was the immediate cause of WWII

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Poland

Question 59

In a secret agreement, signed in August 1939, these two nations agreed to divide Poland amongst themselves

Answer 59

Soviet Union and Germany

Question 60

The tide turned in favor of the US in the Pacific theatre at this turning point of the war

Answer 60

Battle of Midway