History Chapter 17 Test

Head of Nazi Party

Adolf Hitler

his assassination began World War I

Francis Ferdinand

German general who defeated the Russians

Hindenburg

Second dictator of the Soviet Union

Joseph Stalin

signed a treaty with the Germans to pull Russia out of the war

Lenin

Head of the Chinese Communist Party

Mao Zedong

German ruler during World War I who dismissed Bismarck

Wilhelm II

At the London Naval Conference, several nations agreed to limit the number of warships each could build, true or false?

false

Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy formed the Central Powers, true or false?

false

Literature following World War I often reflected a hopeful outlook for the future, true or false?

false

The Kellogg-Briand Act created a tariff that devastated the American economy, true or false?

false

A stalemate is a wartime condition in which two opposing forces have no major gains on either side, true or false?

true

Britain, France, and Russia formed the Triple Entente, true or false?

true

Mussolini ended the long-standing dispute with the Roman Catholic Church by signing the Lateran Treaties, true or false?

true

The Treaty of Versailles blamed Germany for the war, true or false?

true

The use of religion to promote the goals of the state is called civil religion, true or false?

true

While most of the Allies promised to pay back their debt to America, only Finland actually followed through, true or false?

true

German general who created a strategy for winning a two-front war

Schlieffen

Head of Fascist Party in Italy

Mussolini

American president who created thousands of temporary jobs in an effort to fix the Depression

Roosevelt