Question 1

What was the primary cause of hyperinflation in Germany in 1923?

Accepted Answer

Germany fell behind on World War I reparation payments

Answer

Hitler became Chancellor

Answer

The Great Depression began

Answer

The Dawes Plan was implemented

Question 2

He was the first prime minister from the French Popular Front.

Accepted Answer

Leon Blum

Answer

Il Duce

Answer

Locarno agreements

Answer

Dawes Plan

Question 3

Which of the following agreements aimed to renounce war as an instrument of national policy?

Accepted Answer

The Kellogg-Briand Pact

Answer

The Locarno Treaties

Answer

Disarmament Efforts

Answer

The League of Nations

Question 4

Which of the following best explains why Britain favored a lenient approach toward Germany in its postwar foreign policy?

Accepted Answer

Britain feared that a weakened Germany would create an opportunity for the Soviet Union to expand its influence.

Answer

Britain saw Germany as a potential trading partner that could help rebuild the British Empire's wealth

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Britain wanted to strengthen Germany to prevent France from becoming the dominant power in continental Europe.

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Britain was focused solely on improving infrastructure and agricultural output in its overseas colonies.

Question 5

German secret police

Accepted Answer

Gestapo

Answer

Joseph Pilsudski

Answer

Ruhr Valley

Answer

Locarno agreements

Question 6

Nazi Storm Troops attacked Jewish homes and businesses

Accepted Answer

Kristallnact (Night of Broken Glass)

Answer

Irish Republican Army (IRA)

Answer

Locarno agreements

Answer

Mein Kampf

Question 7

Which factor best explains why the United States refused to join the League of Nations after World War I?

Accepted Answer

Fear of being drawn into future foreign conflicts

Answer

The widespread fear of the Bolshevik Revolution and communism (Red Scare)

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Disagreement with the League's plan to strictly limit agricultural imports from the U.S.

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Concern that the U.S. economy was too weak to finance the League's operations

Question 8

Which two countries in Eastern Europe experienced the rise of dictators after World War I?

Accepted Answer

Hungary and Poland

Answer

Serbia and Croatia

Answer

Switzerland and Austria

Answer

Czechoslovakia and Finland

Question 9

Which two actions were achieved by The Dawes Plan (1924) to stabilize the German economy?

Accepted Answer

It reduced reparation payments and provided American loans to kickstart the economy.

Answer

It established a new parliamentary system and granted universal suffrage.

Answer

It led to the reunification of Germany and Austria.

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It led German workers to go on strike in the Ruhr Valley.

Question 10

Which of the following was NOT a reason many Italians supported Mussolini's fascist regime?

Accepted Answer

A commitment to increase personal liberty and democracy

Answer

A pledge to restore national pride and Italy's greatness

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A projection of power and efficiency, such as making trains run on time

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A promise to end political feuding and bring stability

Question 11

What were the primary enforcers of totalitarian control and terror in Hitler's Third Reich?

Accepted Answer

The SS and the Gestapo

Answer

The Brownshirts (SA) and the Reichstag

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The Holy Roman Empire and the Bismarckian Empire

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The Social Democratic Party and the Communist Party

Question 12

1935 laws defining the status of Jews and withdrawing citizenship from persons of non-German blood.

Accepted Answer

Nuremberg Laws

Answer

Dawes Plan

Answer

Kellogg-Briand Pact

Answer

Concentration Camps

Question 13

An unofficial nationalist military force seeking independence for Ireland from Great Britain

Accepted Answer

Irish Republican Army (IRA)

Answer

Joseph Pilsudski

Answer

New Deal

Answer

Il Duce

Question 14

A military leader who overthrew the communist government in Hungary in 1919

Accepted Answer

Nicholas Horthy

Answer

Kellogg-Briand Pact

Answer

Third Reich

Answer

Commonwealth of Nations

Question 15

Which of the following was not a core belief outlined in Hitler's Mein Kampf?

Accepted Answer

Stabilization

Answer

Lebensraum

Answer

Extreme Nationalism and Racism

Answer

Antisemitism

Question 16

Which factor did not contribute to the economic collapse at the end of the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

Shaky Postwar Recovery

Answer

Overproduction

Answer

Economic Imbalance

Answer

Global Financial Instability

Question 17

The name of Mussolini's Fascist Party was derived from what ancient Roman symbol of authority?

Accepted Answer

The fasces

Answer

The trident

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The laurel wreath

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The Roman eagle

Question 18

How did Mussolini consolidate political power and control the economy in Italy?

Accepted Answer

By abolishing rival parties and creating a corporate state

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By promoting democracy and free markets

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By supporting Enlightenment ideals

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By encouraging socialist rallies and unions

Question 19

Agreement signed in 1928 in which nations agreed not to pose the threat of war against one another

Accepted Answer

Kellogg-Briand Pact

Answer

Nicholas Horthy

Answer

Maginot Line

Answer

Black Shirts

Question 20

Which actions did Adolf Hitler take to dismantle democratic structures in Germany and establish a one-party state?

Accepted Answer

He suspended civil rights and disbanded all political parties other than the Nazi party.

Answer

He appealed to conservative politicians who then appointed him as the head of state.

Answer

He negotiated the end of war reparations and provided jobs for nearly one million members of the Nazi party.

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He purged his own party through brutal executions and demanded unquestioning obedience.

Question 21

Which factor shattered the Enlightenment-era belief in steady progress and reason following the war?

Accepted Answer

The human and economic costs of the war—10 million dead and 20 million wounded

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The loss of a generation of potential leaders in the war

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Massive war debts and the difficult task of rebuilding ravaged land

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Peace settlements that left many ethnic groups and nations dissatisfied

Question 22

What two opposing internal groups constantly threatened the stability of the Weimar Republic?

Accepted Answer

Communists and Conservatives/Military Officers

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Anarchists and social democrats

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Marxists and leaders who signed the Treaty of Versailles

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The wealthy middle class and rural peasants

Question 23

Created a dictatorship in Poland

Accepted Answer

Joseph Pilsudski

Answer

Irish Republican Army (IRA)

Answer

Gestapo

Answer

Leon Blum

Question 24

the leader, Mussolini's nickname

Accepted Answer

Il Duce

Answer

Third Reich

Answer

Nuremberg Laws

Answer

Leon Blum

Question 25

Which of the following is NOT a core value of fascism according to Mussolini's ideology?

Accepted Answer

Capitalism Preserved

Answer

Anti-Democratic Values

Answer

Extreme Nationalism

Answer

Glorification of Force

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