This German Field Marshall from World War I became president of the Weimar republic during the 1920’s and early 30’s. He was convinced that he could control Hitler and decided to bring him into the German government by appointing him Chancellor in 1932.

This dictator of Italy developed the concept of Fascism, and was one of Hitler’s allies during World War II.

The Prime Minister of Great Britain for most of World War II. It could be argued that he is one of the greatest figures of the 20th century because he stood up to Hitler and defeated him.

The Supreme Allied Commander (leader of all the Allied forces) in the European theater of World War II was this American General.

The foremost labor leader in the United States during the Great Depression. This man founded the United Mine Workers Union, the United Steel Workers Union, and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO).

The British economist who argued that nation’s governments should borrow and spend money during economic downturns in order to stimulate the economy and make up for low consumer demand. Franklin D. Roosevelt followed his advice, but not until 1938 at the end of the New Deal.

The American President at the time of the Stock Market crash and during the first 3 years of the Great Depression. His policies were ineffective or made the Depression worse, and he was dumped by the American people in the election of 1932.

This man was the head of the SS in Nazi Germany. They were a Nazi paramilitary organization which was responsible for many crimes against humanity. He was perhaps the man most responsible for the Holocaust against the Jews of Europe (other than Hitler).

This prime minister of Great Britain made a deal with Hitler at the Munich conference of 1938. He agreed to let Hitler take the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia in exchange for promises not to take more territory. This policy of appeasement failed and he was replaced as prime minister.

The cruel and ruthless dictator of the Soviet Union during World War II. He started the war by making a non-aggression pact with Hitler. Later after Hitler invaded Russia he brought his country in on the side of the allies.

This Nazi General was one of Hitler’s best Generals and was known as “The Desert Fox.” He fought against the allies in North Africa, but later was implicated in a plot to assassinate Hitler and was forced to commit suicide.

This man replaced Franklin Roosevelt as president upon his sudden death in 1945. He made the decision to drop the atomic bombs on Japan.

This New York Senator was a major sponsor of New Deal legislation such as the Social Security Act, but he is most famous for putting forward a law that would allow labor unions to strike legally and to bargain collectively with their employers. The law is named for him.

The American General who was in charge of the US Army in the Pacific Theater of the war, in the “island hopping” campaign of battles including when he returned to the Philippines to liberate them.

Which New Deal Agency attempted to limit farm surplus and create higher prices by paying farmers not to farm certain fields and by destroying certain farm products.

Which New Deal Agency created an army of conservation workers who could receive government jobs planting trees, clearing brush and other associated conservation tasks.

This agency tried to turn America’s free enterprise economy into a system of organized cartels. The trusts and labor unions would all meet with the federal government to work out “fair codes of competition” and would agree to set maximum and minimum prices.

This agency created over thirty dams on a major American river in order to create jobs and to find out if the government could run power companies more efficiently than private utilities. This program was criticized for “creeping socialism.”

This agency was created by the Glass-Steagall banking act of 1933. It guarantee’s peoples bank deposits. The original guarantee was 5,000 dollars, today it is 100,000 dollars.

This agency was one of the largest of the New Deal and employed millions of unemployed people in various public works projects. They were most famous for hiring unemployed artists, photographers, musicians, directors and writers.

This New Deal Agency was created to regulate the trading and publishing of information related to the Stock Market.

Which of the following is true of President Herbert Hoover’s attempts to deal with the Depression?

Which amendment to the constitution repealed prohibition (of alcohol)?

Which of the following programs of the New Deal was struck down by the Supreme Court as unconstitutional ?

Franklin Roosevelt’s administration could be considered:

The motive for the Japanese to attack Pearl Harbor was:

Which of the following people was NOT a Republican challenger to FDR in a presidential election?

Most of the public works programs of the New Deal were paid for by:

Which New Deal agency borrowed most heavily from the corporatist economic approach that was favored by Fascist countries like Italy or Germany?

Most of the New Deal programs were described as one of three categories: either relief recovery or reform. What were the recovery programs designed to do?

The Sudetenland was located in:

In 1938, what was the event known as “Kristallnacht?”

Which of the following was Hitler’s first international aggressive act?

The Axis powers consisted of:

Which nation built a network of fixed fortifications known as the “Maginot Line”?

Which battle in World War II was fought almost exclusively by air power?

Following the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, America’s first fighting in World War II was:

Which battle in the Pacific theater is considered the turning point of World War II in the Pacific?

Shortly after Adolf Hitler signed a nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union,

Which one of these events occurred first?

What was the name of the pro-fascist, pro-Nazi Government that France had during World War II after they capitulated to Hitler?

One of the ideas of Hitler’s book Mein Kampf (and Nazi party ideology) was that Germans needed to spread out and develop “living space” where the “inferior” Slavic peoples of Eastern Europe would serve them as a slave race. What was the German term for that?

Extra Credit: In Nazi Germany, what was the Luftwaffe?

Extra credit: What British General fought in North Africa and participated in the invasions of Sicily, Italy, and France?

Extra credit: The 101st airborne division managed to hang on to the Belgian town of _________________, despite being overrun by Nazi armored divisions in the Battle of the Bulge.