Chapter 27
Britain adopted a policy of appeasement in its Relationship with Hitler for all of the following reasons except
Briton was militarily week having disarmed after the first world war
In Stalin's Soviet Union, women
Could enter the ranks of specialist in the industry and science
Why did Stalin call for the liquidation of the kulaks
He believed that as landowners they would eventually embrace conservative capitalism and become great enemies of socialist progress
In the late 1920s hell did Adolf Hitler shape the Nazi party's message to appeal to middle class voters
He deemphasize the anti-capitalist elements of national Socialism in vowed to fight communism
How did Mussolini build support from big business in Italy
He left big business to regulate itself
Which of the following best characterizes the new fascist man The Mussolini promoted
He was to be a virile patriotic warrior
Why did Hitler have the leadership of the SA storm troopers roughly 1000 individuals killed in 1934
Hitler wanted to win the support of the traditional military but the SA Leaders had expected appointment to top positions in the army
What was the "Europe first" policy adopted by the allied powers during the world war 2
Hitler would be defeated before the allies mounted in all out assault on Japan
What was the purpose of the enabling act in 1933
It gave Hitler dictatorial powers for four years
How did industrial production in the Soviet union in 1937 compare with that in 1928
It was far higher
The second world war claimed the lives of how many soldiers and civilians
Over 50 million
Lenin's new economic policy compromise with the
Russian peasants
According to Hitler's new order the European race that was considered sub human like the Jews was the
Slavic race
How did the Nazi party seek to promote the idea of the volksgemeinschaft
The Nazis created mass organizations such as the Hitler Youth and held mass rallies to spread Nazi ideology and enlist volunteers.
Stalin argued that
The Soviet union could build socialism on its own
In the Lateran agreement how did Mussolini resolve the status of the Catholic Church in Italy
The Vatican was recognized as an independent state that received heavy support from the Italian state.
How did the fascist vision of society differ from the communist vision of society?
The fascist vision emphasized a community rooted in the bonds of nationalism, while the communist vision emphasized a society rooted in its classlessness.
Where did not see administrators initially gain experience in mass murder
The murder of Germans with physical and mental disabilities prior to the war
Why did Nazis treat the Northern European states that they conquered preferentially
They considered the Scandinavian people to be racially related to Germans
How did they not see seek to give legitimacy to the racial policies
They established research Institute's in academies that measured and defined racial differences in order to present prejudice in the guise of enlightened science
What problem was faced by most of the underground resistance groups who opposed the Nazis
They were not well unified, for they had differing political goals.
For what gold and the Soviet government under Stalin aggressively intervene in all aspects of life
To create a society without classes for social leveling
What was the Nazi Party policy of "coordination"?
To force German society to conform to National Socialist ideology
What was Germany's goal in the battle of Britain
To gain air supremacy in anticipation of an invasion of Great Britain
What was the primary goal of the opponents of the Nazis in the Protestant and Catholic churches
To preserve religious life in Germany
Mussolini was expelled from the Italian Socialist party for
Urging Italian entry into World War I
Britain and France finally confronted Hitler with the threat of war when he
Used the pretext of German minorities in Danzig to threaten Poland
In the early 1930s German chancellor Bruning tried to cope with the Great Depression by
cutting government spending and squeezing down wages and prices
The parliamentary government in Italy was breaking down at the time of the fascist march on Rome in October 1922 largely because
of the violence perpetrated by Mussolini's own black-shirted militants.
What were the duties of the Einsatzgruppen (special action units)?
they followed the German army into Central Europe, systematically murdering ?undesirables" as they moved from town to town