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The West Between the Wars

Quiz by Paul Bachman

Grade 9-12
Social Studies
California Public Schools Standards

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22 questions
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  • Q1
    a period of low economic activity and rising unemployment
    New Economic Policy
    collectivization
    inflation
    depression
    30s
  • Q2
    this reduced German reparations
    depression
    New Economic Policy
    Enabling Act
    the Dawes Plan
    30s
  • Q3
    excluded Jews from German citizenship
    Aryan
    Nuremberg Laws
    Dawes Plan
    depression
    30s
  • Q4
    policy of government intervention in the U.S. economy
    Enabling Act
    the New Deal
    totalitarian state
    collectivization
    30s
  • Q5
    political philosophy that favors a strong central government led by a dictator
    fascism
    New Economic Policy
    collectivization
    Aryan
    30s
  • Q6
    government that seeks complete control over people’s lives
    Nuremberg Laws
    collectivization
    Enabling Act
    totalitarian state
    30s
  • Q7
    term misused by Nazis to describe their supposed master race
    Jewish
    fascism
    collectivization
    Aryan
    30s
  • Q8
    a system in which private farms are eliminated and peasants work land owned by the government
    collectivization
    totalitarianism
    New Economic Policy
    fascism
    30s
  • Q9
    empowered the German government to pass laws without regard to the constitution
    Nuremberg Laws
    Collectivization
    New Deal
    Enabling Act
    30s
  • Q10
    Lenin’s modified version of capitalism that permitted some private ownership
    depression
    Enabling Act
    totalitarianism
    New Economic Policy
    30s
  • Q11
    Why was the United States not a member of the League of Nations?
    The United States refused to sign the Treaty of Versailles.
    Other powerful nations did not want competition.
    The organization was open only to European nations.
    League members would not use force against aggression.
    30s
  • Q12
    Why were U.S. bank loans to Germany vital to the European economy after World War I?
    Germany used the loans to pay reparations to Britain and France.
    Businesses relied heavily on the Creditanstalt Bank in Vienna.
    European leaders needed funds to set up stock markets in their countries.
    Other nations were borrowing money from Germany to rebuild.
    30s
  • Q13
    In explaining the causes of the Great Depression, economist John Maynard Keynes noted that
    governments should not interfere in economic affairs.
    stock market gyrations caused investors to panic.
    unemployment was due to declining demand, not overproduction.
    capitalism must be reformed to save it.
    30s
  • Q14
    In the 1920s, the arts and sciences both exhibited a sense of
    decline.
    self-confidence.
    optimism.
    uncertainty about the future.
    30s
  • Q15
    Under Mussolini, the Italian Fascists used propaganda to
    enforce government policies.
    advertise platforms of all political parties.
    educate people.
    control public opinion.
    30s

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