History - Interwar Years

Question 1

When did the Treaty of Versailles get signed?

Answer 1

June 1919

Question 2

Who were the ‘Big Three’ leaders at the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 2

Woodrow Wilson (USA), David Lloyd George (Britain), Georges Clemenceau (France)

Question 3

What did Woodrow Wilson want at the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 3

A fair peace, self-determination, and the League of Nations

Question 4

What did David Lloyd George want at the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 4

To punish Germany but avoid revenge, and protect British interests

Question 5

What did Georges Clemenceau want at the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 5

Harsh punishment for Germany to protect France and prevent future invasions

Question 6

What did the Treaty of Versailles do to Germany?

Answer 6

Blamed them for WWI, took land, limited military, and demanded reparations

Question 7

What was the War Guilt Clause?

Answer 7

Article 231 of the Treaty of Versailles blaming Germany for WWI

Question 8

How did Woodrow Wilson and Georges Clemenceau disagree at the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 8

Wilson wanted fair peace, Clemenceau wanted harsh punishment for Germany

Question 9

How did David Lloyd George’s aims differ from Clemenceau’s?

Answer 9

Lloyd George wanted punishment but also trade and to avoid future war

Question 10

Why did Lloyd George want to avoid punishing Germany too harshly?

Answer 10

He feared future revenge and wanted to protect British trade

Question 11

Why did Clemenceau want Germany punished harshly?

Answer 11

To protect France from future invasions after attacks in 1870 and 1914

Question 12

Which international organisation was created after WWI?

Answer 12

The League of Nations

Question 13

When was the League of Nations established?

Answer 13

1920

Question 14

Who was US President during the Treaty of Versailles negotiations?

Answer 14

Woodrow Wilson

Question 15

What were Woodrow Wilson’s peace ideas called?

Answer 15

The Fourteen Points

Question 16

When did hyperinflation devastate Germany?

Answer 16

1923

Question 17

What caused hyperinflation in Germany?

Answer 17

Economic crisis, reparations, and occupation of the Ruhr by France and Belgium

Question 18

When did the French and Belgian troops occupy the Ruhr?

Answer 18

1923

Question 19

Who led the Nazi Party during the 1920s and 1930s?

Answer 19

Adolf Hitler

Question 20

When did Hitler attempt the Munich Beer Hall Putsch?

Answer 20

November 1923

Question 21

What book did Hitler write while in prison?

Answer 21

Mein Kampf

Question 22

Which decade was known as the Roaring Twenties?

Answer 22

The 1920s

Question 23

Why were the 1920s called the Roaring Twenties?

Answer 23

A period of economic growth, jazz, cinema, and social change in the US and parts of Europe

Question 24

Which country experienced huge economic growth in the 1920s?

Answer 24

The United States

Question 25

Name one technological innovation that became widespread in the 1920s.

Answer 25

The radio

Question 26

What was Prohibition?

Answer 26

A 1920–1933 US ban on alcohol, which encouraged organised crime and speakeasies

Question 27

When did the Great Depression begin?

Answer 27

October 1929

Question 28

What event triggered the Great Depression?

Answer 28

Wall Street Stock Market Crash

Question 29

What was the Wall Street Crash?

Answer 29

A major stock market crash on October 29, 1929 (Black Tuesday), starting the Great Depression

Question 30

How did the Wall Street Crash affect the world?

Answer 30

Caused global unemployment, poverty, and economic collapse in the 1930s

Question 31

Which country suffered the most from the Depression in Europe?

Answer 31

Germany, with 6 million unemployed by 1932

Question 32

Which US President introduced the New Deal to tackle the Great Depression?

Answer 32

Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)

Question 33

What was the New Deal?

Answer 33

A series of programs and reforms to create jobs, support the economy, and reform banks in the US (from 1933)

Question 34

How did the Great Depression impact international politics?

Answer 34

It increased support for extremist parties like the Nazis and Fascists

Question 35

What was the Dawes Plan?

Answer 35

1924 US-backed plan to ease Germany’s reparations and stabilise its economy

Question 36

When was the Locarno Pact signed?

Answer 36

1925

Question 37

What did the Locarno Pact agree on?

Answer 37

Germany accepted its western borders and promised peace with France and Belgium

Question 38

When did Germany join the League of Nations?

Answer 38

1926

Question 39

When did Japan invade Manchuria?

Answer 39

1931

Question 40

What event marked the League of Nations’ weakness?

Answer 40

Failure to act against Japan’s invasion of Manchuria

Question 41

When did Italy invade Abyssinia (Ethiopia)?

Answer 41

1935

Question 42

What was the League’s response to Italy invading Abyssinia?

Answer 42

Weak sanctions and failure to stop Mussolini

Question 43

Who was the fascist leader of Italy?

Answer 43

Benito Mussolini

Question 44

Who led the Soviet Union after Lenin’s death?

Answer 44

Joseph Stalin

Question 45

When did Stalin become leader of the USSR?

Answer 45

1924

Question 46

What was Stalin's economic policy called?

Answer 46

The Five-Year Plans

Question 47

When did the Spanish Civil War occur?

Answer 47

1936–1939

Question 48

Who supported the Spanish Nationalists during the Spanish Civil War?

Answer 48

Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy

Question 49

When did Hitler become Chancellor of Germany?

Answer 49

January 1933

Question 50

What event allowed Hitler to pass the Enabling Act?

Answer 50

The Reichstag Fire in February 1933

Question 51

When did Germany leave the League of Nations?

Answer 51

1933

Question 52

When did Germany remilitarise the Rhineland?

Answer 52

1936

Question 53

When was the Rome-Berlin Axis formed?

Answer 53

1936

Question 54

When did Germany annex Austria (Anschluss)?

Answer 54

March 1938

Question 55

What agreement allowed Germany to take the Sudetenland?

Answer 55

The Munich Agreement (September 1938)

Question 56

Who was British Prime Minister during the Munich Agreement?

Answer 56

Neville Chamberlain

Question 57

What is appeasement?

Answer 57

Giving in to aggressive demands to avoid war

Question 58

When was the Nazi-Soviet Pact signed?

Answer 58

August 1939

Question 59

What was the Nazi-Soviet Pact?

Answer 59

Agreement between Germany and the USSR to not attack each other and secretly divide Poland

Question 60

When did WWII begin?

Answer 60

September 1, 1939, with Germany’s invasion of Poland