Social Science section 1

The Five Year Plants set up _________ for the production of what two things? A) Targets; Key industrial goods and Industrial equipment B) Locations; Raw materials and Military equipment C) Targets; Key industrial goods and military equipment D) Locations; Key industrial goods and Industrial equipment

A

The German Workers party... A) Was one of the many political factions that sprang up after the end of WWI B) Was one of the few movements like it of its time C) Had many followers under Anton Drexler D) Was happy to be alive

A

The German worker's Party never had... A) Over 40 people B) Under 40 people C) Over 50 people D) Under 50 people

A

The Italian Fascists freely adopted Roman __________ and __________ A) Symbols and Styles B) Salutes and Symbols C) Styles and Fasces D) Architecture and Salutes

A

The Nazi party also reflected a combination of extreme... A) Nationalism B) Distrust of democratic governments C) Hatred for communism D) Hatred for non-ethnic Germans

A

The Nazi party also reflected a combination of hatred for.. A) communism B) democracy C) Jews D) non-ethnic Germans

A

The Nazi party as a reflection of... A) Hitler's own deep, political beliefs B) Hitler's own deep, personal beliefs C) Hitler's own political beliefs D) Hitler's own personal beliefs

A

The Show Trials were shown... A) Nationally on radio B) Internationally via radio C) Nationally on TV/Film D) Internationally on TV/Film

A

The US also wanted to keep what away from the just defeated central powers (WWI)? A) Russian Communism B) Totalitarianism C) Fascism D) Militarism

A

The US's slogan for the treaty of Versailles was... A) "Peace Without Victors." B) "Shorten the agonies of war" C) "Democracy for all" D) "Liberty and Justice around the globe"

A

The Versailles Conference was dominated by a group known as... A) The Big Four B) Triple Entente C) Triumvirate D) The Big Five

A

The combo of Italy not getting what it felt was deserved for its sacrifices and the post war economic problems led Italian _______________ and ________________ to look for alternatives to the contemporary government A) Business men and middle class B) Workers and soldiers C) Peasants and Soldiers D) Factory workers and business men

A

The emerging vast bureaucracy seemingly... A) oversaw all aspects of Soviet life B) was made up of elites and family members of Stalin's top ranking officials C) was devised of several of Stalin's most trusted officials D) were almost all distrusted by Stalin

A

The final treaty being created was primarily a result of what? A) Secret Negotiations B) Consultation with Italy C) The imminent need of the Big Four to get back to the home front and approve the treaty with their governments before their respective dead

A

The second idea about Stalinism was an emphasis placed on... A) Economic development and Modernization B) Modernization C) Economic development D) Military development

A

The state-directed collectivization of land and industry was highly... A) Disruptive B) Disastrous C) Productive D) Efficient

A

There were also post war _____________ problems in Italy A) Economic B) Social C) Political D) Power

A

Under the Acerbo Law of 1923, the party with the __________________ would be given __________ seats in Italian __________. A) Most votes; 2/3; Parliament B) Most votes; 3/4; Congress C) Most number of representatives; 2/3; Parliament D) Most seats in congress; all; Parliament

A

What action of the Romans did the Italians adopt? A) Salute B) Bow C) Battle Cry D) Contraposto

A

What constituted as the majority of the votes under the Acerbo Law of 1923? A) At least 25% B) At least 50% C) At least 30% D) At least 20%

A

What helps explain why the 2nd world war occurred only 20 years after the first? A) That the German people perceived the war to have ended overnight B) Italians adopted Fascism C) Westerners intervened in too many things

A

The burning of Reichstag created what?

A crisis atmosphere

Regarding foreign policy, Hitler informed some important people of a certain number of important things. In what time frame did he start that?

A few weeks after taking power

How long did Hitler actually serve in jail?

A little less than a year

What did the Germans use the Spanish Civil war as?

A mock trial for the Wars they planned to unleash on Europe

What did Hitler quickly utilize Mussolini's fascist movement for?

A model for organizing the NSDAP

For what did Mein Kampf serve as a political blueprint?

A new, reformed Nazi party

How to define the Brownshirts (AKA; S.A)?

A paramilitary organization

What did Mein Kampf serve as?

A political blueprint

What was Manchuria?

A portion of Northeastern China

What were the examples of the key industrial goods that the five year plans set out targets to make ( can be more than one, but separate with a comma). A) Coal B) Steel C) Iron D) Oil

A, B

(Relating to the second issue with Japan); Militarism is the idea that country must maintain a powerful Army and use it to?

Aggressively* expand its place in the world, and to Defend itself from outside threats

What two things did the Italians heavily rely on to win (Alpha-order)

Air strikes and Poison gas

As it relates to core principle number 3 that Germany shared with Italian Fascism, an important feature in _______________ essentially states that a ____________ nation requires what?

All fascist dictatorships; Fascist nation; A strong leader.

Who was immediately beneath the Germans in Hitler's racial pyramid?

All other races

Because it was a main goal of the Nazi state to achieve racial purity, what were soon introduced?

Anti-Jewish laws

In order to save themselves from economic ruin, __________________ demanded that Japan be expanded into what?

Army Officials; Manchuria

After the Beer Hall Putsch was broken up, Hitler was ____________ and ____________________.

Arrested and tried for treason

From whom did Hitler believe Germans descended?

Aryans

Hitler's plan for racial purity in Germany stated that Germany would be made up of...

Aryans

In Hitler's estimation, ______________ were the superior...

Aryans; Caucasian race

Who were the Central powers (alphabetical order, comma and space between each, capitalize the first letter of each country)?

Austria - Hungarian Empire, Bulgaria, German Empire, Ottoman Empire

How to describe Mein Kampf where Hitler made clear his goal of making a racially pure Germany?

Autobiographical

Mein Kampf was part what and what?

Autobiography and political platform

Chancellor of Germany is a status comparable to what?

British Prime Minister

Hitler also established the...

Brownshirts

For much of the period after _____________, Stalin focused on A) 1924; Riding the government of anyone whose loyalty he considered suspect B) 1928; Rapidly industrializing the economy C) 1924; Rapidly industrializing the economy D) 1928; Riding the economy of anyone whose loyalty he considered suspect

C

From whom did Italy want land after the war was over? A) Germany B) Japan C) Austria-Hungary D) Ottomans

C

How did the mass-collectivization result? A) Population dislocation B) Wide-spread disease C) Famines

C

How long did it take for the final treaty to be worked out? A) 1 year B) 4 months C) 6 months D) 5 months

C

How to describe Anton Drexler's party? A) A large party with many members B) A small, left winged party C) A small, right winged party D) A large, right winged party

C

How to describe Stalin's rule? A) Cold hearted B) Stone fisted C) Iron fisted D) Ban-hammer

C

In 1936, The USSR became involved in... A) German invasion of Poland B) War between Italy and Ethiopia C) Spanish Civil War

C

In order to establish the ________________ that Mussolini envisioned under fascism, he made use of what tool? A) Cult of Personality; public speaking B) National presence in the world; Military C) National ID; Propaganda D) Good international reputation; Radio and Flim

C

In what decade did the Nationalist movement occur in Germany? A) 1900s B)1910s C)1920s D)1930

C

Just outside of where was Versailles palace located? A) Bavaria, Germany B) Berlin, Germany C) Paris, France D) Rome, Italy

C

King Victor Emmanuel III offered Mussolini a position as the head of what? A) Their seats in the League of Nations B) The Italian state C) A new coalition government D) A new coalition party

C

Many German conservatives believed that WWI was not lost on the battle field. Conservatives especially from where believed this? A) The government B) The middle class C) The Military D) Workforce

C

On what date was the treaty of Versailles initially presented to the Weimar Republic? A) April 1920 B) May 1919 C) June 1919 D) June 1920

C

Once Mussolini was in office, he began to shift the government away from _______ and towards ___________. A) Conservatism and towards Fascism B) Liberalism and towards Conservatism C) Liberalism and towards Fascism D) Conservatism and towards Fascism

C

Rapidly industrializing would shift the country's reliance from primarily ____________ to one that relied on _____________ A) Agriculture; industry B) manual labor; industry C) agriculture; factories D) manual labor; factories

C

Right winged totalitarian governments shared how many main characteristics? A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4 E) 5

C

Since Stalin was always concerned about challenges to his position at the top, the bureaucracy was good because, by _________ and ____________ a vast bureaucracy, Stalin could keep his political opponents.... A) creating and maintaining; always isolated from political support among the soviet people B) establishing and maintaining; always isolated from each other C) creating and maintaining; always isolated from each other and potential support among the people D) creating and controlling; always isolated from each other and from the people's potential support

C

Stalin was described as having... A) Several illnesses, including chronic flatulence B) Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) C) Paranoia D) Narcissism

C

That the New German gov't had signed the treaty of Versailles set off __ years of what two things in Germany? A) 4; violence and social unrest B) 3; conflict and political turmoil C) 4; violence and political unrest D) 3; conflict and social turmoil

C

The 1930s in Italy saw.. A) A series of laws passed to undermine the Italian Liberal Regime B) A drastic shift in Italian Foreign policy towards non-alignment C) A drastic shift in Italian Foreign Policy towards Imperialism D) A series of alignments with old-central powers

C

The 2nd trait of specifically Italian Fascism was that Italy embraced _______________ as being... A) Violence; Paramount to social ideology B) Struggle essential to the human experience C) Violence; essential to the human experience D) Struggle; Paramount to social ideology

C

The Allied victors of WWI had to scramble to create a treaty that would satisfy.... A) The US B) Both the victorious and the defeated powers in order to maintain peace C) All victorious parties

C

The Nazi party also reflected a combination of burning... A) hatred for communism B) Nationalism C) hatred for non-ethnic Germans, esp. Jews D) distrust of Democracy

C

The US wanted from the Versailles conference... A) Reparations B) A quick fix to German violence C) A New World order D) Jiu jitsu

C

The Western front is an area in Western Europe that stretches from what in the North? A) Belgium B) Northern France C) English Channel D) Swiss border

C

The first of the the three traits that all post WWI right winged totalitarian governments shared was that they rejected what thing? A) Communism B) Democracy and capitalism C) The class way of ordering people (social classes?) D) Propaganda

C

The fourth trait of Mussolini's fascism is that it was a movement of what? A) Highly disruptive, state-run processes B) Modern Technology and propoganda C) Youth and Energy D) Mussolini's personal beliefs

C

The new political groups that were established in post-war Germany after the treaty was signed were notably; A) left winged B) socialist C) right winged D) violent

C

The propaganda of the Italian Fascist state indicated what? A) The hatred of Liberalism and Communism B) The manipulation of the truth that so commonly finds itself in propaganda. C) The contradictions inherent to fascist doctrine D) The the exclusivity that was inherent to fascism

C

The size of what thing was limited for Germany? A) The population in major cities B) Government's coffers C) Military D) Political party's seats in German parliament

C

The three outstanding traits of Italian totalitarianism were; Very ______________, anti __________________, and anti ________________. A) Nationalistic; communist; religion B) Militant; Semitic; liberal C) Nationalistic; communist; liberal D) Communist; liberal; capitalist

C

How did the Japanese agree to help the Allies?

"Gobbling up" German colonies in the Pacific and on the Chinese Coast

How to describe Hitler's actions after he gained power from the Enabling act?

"He moved quickly."

(Relating to the first issue with Japan), What did John Keegan say?

"The Japanese would not sell themselves or their society for the sake of Western Gadgets."

What made Eastern Europe so desirable to the Nazis?

"Vast" farmlands and "rich" resources

(Relating to the first issue with Japan). The __________ in Japan between _____________ and _____________ made Japan's relationship with the West sometimes very....

"tug of war;" Westernization and Tradition; Turbulent

Hitler's plan for racial purity in Germany state that "_____________" would be _______________________.

"undesirables" would excluded as citizens

Socialists, liberals, and radicals sold out the German state at the _____ of the war to whom? This is known as the "Stab In The Back Legend." A) end; The Weimar Republic (which replaced Kaiser's gov't). B) beginning; Gustav Bauer, who signed the Versailles treaty anyway C) end; Allied powers D) beginning; the Weimar Republic (which replaced Kaiser's gov't).

A

Stalinism can generally be Identified with how many central ideas? A) 3 B) 4 C) 2 D) 1

A

In October of 1935, Benito Mussolini... A) Invaded Ethiopia B) Allied with Japan and Germany C) invaded Poland D) Invaded Russia

A

In what clause was the fact that Germany had to take all blame for war outlined? A) "War Guilt" clause B) "Faults and Grievances" clause C) "Guilt War" clause D) "War Blame" clause

A

In which of the following did the "agonies of war" not exist as a result of WWII? A) Maldives B) Europe C) Asia D) Pacific

A

New forms of dictatorship began to surface on what parts of the political spectrum? A) BOTH the left and right B) The left only C) The right only D) On the side of moderate socialism

A

On what date did the USA get involved in WWI? A) April of 1917 B) Spring of 1918 C) September of 1918 D) November 9, 1918

A

On which side did the US join? A) Allied B) Central

A

Roots of Nazism in Germany are tied most directly to what? A) The end of WWI B) The Stab In The Back Legend C) Hitler's hatred of Jews D) Opposition to the Treaty of Versailles

A

Roughly what quantity of soviet citizens were killed or imprisoned as a result of the Collectivization? A) Tens of thousands B) Thousands C) Hundreds of thousands D) Hundreds

A

The Five Year Plans were ______________ to take citizens off of _________ and onto industrial work A) Road maps; farms B) Calendar plans; fields C) Road maps; fields D) Calendar plans; farms

A

The Five Year Plans were also designed to... A) Enhance the power of the Soviet State B) Increase the power of the Soviet State C) Bolster the power of the Soviet State D) Boost the power of the Soviet State

A

in how many ways were the Germans using the Spanish Civil war as a mock trial for the war that they planned to unleash in Europe?

Two

Although the great depression began primarily in _________, its effects ___________ spread ________________

United States; quickly; around the world

There was proof for the growing support of the Nazis

true

The new, reformed Nazi party would now...

try to gain power through legit means* as opposed to through revolution*

When did the new forms of dictatorship start? A) Starting in the 1920s and accelerating into the late 1930s B) Starting in the Mid-1920s and into the early 1930s C) Starting in the 1920s and accelerating into the early 1930s D) Starting in the late 1920s and into the early to mid 1930s

C

Where did these new forms of dictatorship begin to develop? A) In Europe and in most of Asia B) mostly in the Pacific and in Russia C) In Europe and other parts of the globe D) In Russia and Germany

C

Where was the first political party to openly identify as being _____________ located? A) Fascist; Germany B) Communist; Japan C) Totalitarian; Italy D) Martial; Russia

C

Which country suffered the most damage during world war I? A) Germany B) Bulgaria C) France D) Ottomans

C

Which of the following did the Lateran Pact not state? A) Made Catholicism the official religion of Italy B) Made The Vatican an Independent City State C) Granted The Vatican legal exemption from civil laws D) Compensated the Church for land that had been previously seized under the old Liberal government.

C

What was the name of the accommodation made with the Catholic Church? A) Vatican-Land act of 1929 B) Lateran Pact of 1939 C) Acerbo Law of 1923 D) Lateran Pact of 1929

D

What was the name of the new Italian political movement? A) Rabid Nationalism B) Militant Nationalism C) Stalin-ism D) Fascism

D

What was the new German republic that replaced Kaiser's mostly made up of? A) Radicals B) Liberals C) Socialists D) Moderate socialist parties

D

What was the title of these new forms of dictatorship? A) Fascist B) Communist C) Monarchy D) Totalitarian

D

What was the way that Mussolini started undermining Italian Liberal institutions? A) Created the Lateran Pact of 1929 B) Created the Acerbo Law of 1922 C) Created a Fascist Dictatorship by 1925 D) Created the Acerbo Law of 1923

D

When a ruler has developed a "Cult of Personality" among his people, he is supposedly... A) Without age, disease, or flaw B) The surrogate for Divine Law C) Infallible D) Incapable of doing wrong

D

When did Mussolini first challenge the legitimacy of the Liberal government? A) February, 1922 B) June 28, 1919 C) March, 1923 D) October, 1922

D

When did fortunes change for the German Worker's Party?A) November 1919 B) December 1919 C) October 1919 D) September 1919

D

When did the battle with Ethiopia end? A) June, 1936 B) May, 1935 C) June, 1935 D) May, 1936

D

When were the Show Trials held? A) 1936-37 B) 1930-33 C) 1937-38 D) 1936-38

D

Where did Stalin's paranoia also extend? A) Foreign Powers B) Economy C) Colonies D) Military

D

Where did the German conservatives believe the war was lost? A) Johnson B) Western front C) Battlefield D) On the homefront;

D

Which of the following things did France want out of the treaty? A) Return to old EU power lines B) Division of Germany C) To scrap the idea of a league of nations D) To make it nearly impossible for Germany to be strong again and relaunch conflict

D

Which two powers fought against each other during WW1? A) Central vs Soviet Union B) Entente vs Allies C) Japanese Anti-Comintern pact of 1936 vs Rome-Berlin Axis D) Central powers vs Allies

D

Which two powers fought against each other during WWI? A) Central vs Soviet Union B) Entente vs Allies C) Japanese Anti-Comintern pact of 1936 vs Rome-Berlin Axis D) Central powers vs Allies

D

Who was not allowed to attend the German peace treaty meeting? A) Germany and the rest of the central powers B) Japan and Russia C) Russia and Germany D) All of the Central powers AND Russia

D

Whom were the show trials held against? A) Social outcasts B) Political opponents C) Random civilians whom Stalin thought were traitors D) Top ranking party officials

D

In 1937, Japan and Italy allied with whom, via what?

Fascist Italy via Japan's Anti-Comintern pact of 1936

There was a scheme involving the burning of a building in Germany during the Nazi rise to power. What was the date that this occurred on?

February 27, 1933

The most horrific and identifiable aspect of Nazism is what?

How the undesirables were "purged"

One of the ways that Germans used Spanish Civil war as a testing ground for their plans was that German ___________ helped _____________________________.

Military advisers; train Franco's men

Unlike the Germans, Italians, and Soviets, Japan had actually...

Moved towards a more liberal, democratic political system after the war.

What does Mein Kampf mean?

My Struggle

Reichstag caught fire and burned down. How to describe the burning?

Mysteriously

How was the Beer Hall Putsch supported?

Nation-wide revolt against the Weimar Republic in Germany

On the Night of Broken Glass, _____________________ across the ________ did what?

Nazi Party members; country destroyed Jewish establishments

On the domestic front, the third thing Hitler did was overhaul the schooling system to teach _____________________.

Nazi ideology

As it relates to shared core principle number 3, what was the difference in focus between Germany and Italy?

Nazism, unlike Italy, assigned importance to the concept of race.

Of the German equipment that got its first tests under fire in Spain, which was the example mentioned?

Newest German Planes

There was a scheme involving the burning of a building in Germany during the Nazi rise to power. At what time of day did this occur?

Night

When did the tension of the Anti-Jewish laws come to head?

Night of November 9, 1938

When was the Beer Hall Putsch?

November 1923

There are five flaws in Versailles, and I assigned each of them to a specific number (according to the order that the ideas were presented in the resource), which means that these next few questions will only work for me (Arman)... kinda. Just try your best to answer them (Say "OK").

OK

What was the first foreign policy move Hitler made and when was it?

October 1933; He removed Germany from the League of Nations

On the domestic front, what did the large scale national groups that Hitler created try to indoctrinate the youth with?

Rabid love

as it relates to core principle number three, what did Nazism see _________ as (in contrast to Italian fascism)?

Race as the defining element of their doctrine

By virtue of what did the Nazi's believe the vast farmlands and rich resources of Eastern EU belonged to them?

Racial Superiority

how to describe the spread of unemployment in Germany?

Rapid

There was a scheme involving the burning of a building in Germany during the Nazi rise to power. What was the name of the building?

Reichstag

Where did Hitler order his troops to move in and when?

Rhineland region; 1936

Something about the behavior of a country was very surprising. What was this?

The most surprising country to adopt a totalitarian government was Japan

As it relates to core principle number 3 that Germany shared with Fascist Italy, what should the strong leader of a Fascist nation personify?

The national beliefs and practices of his country

What are the two things that the German Worker's Party wanted?

To stop the spread of communism in Germany To advocate for a just peace treaty

Hitler's moving into the Rhineland was a violation of the ______________, but...

Treaty of Versailles, but France and Great Britain *refused to challenge Hitler*

All totalitarian governments on the right prior to WWI vary slightly in history, but they share the same core principles True or False?

True

By joining the Leftist Government in the Spanish Civil War, Stalin was supporting the side that was fighting AGAINST the Italian and German backed Army of Francisco Franco; true or false?

True

In the context of post-war economic problems and unfair - treatment by the Paris Peace Conference in Italy, Mussolini rose to power; True, or False?

True

True or False: The Versailles treaty had Germany take all the blame for the war?

True

True or False: the arrival of the US troops in WWI was a major turning point in the favor of the Allied powers because both were exhausted and ready to break?

True

True or False; Germany and the Soviet Union also played a part in the Spanish Civil War?

True

True or False; Italian fascism saw Liberal Democracy as a "weak" and "ineffectual" form of rule

True

True or False; Stalin's rule shared similar characteristics of other totalitarian governments on several levels;

True

True or False; The Italians won the Invasion of Ethiopia, but it was much more difficult than they had expected

True

True or False; The attack on Ethiopia created part of other world leaders' willingness to challenge the League

True

True or false; in many ways, creating the treaty proved to be more difficult than WWI itself

True

On the domestic front, what were the four things Hitler did?

1) Hitler replaced labor unions with one large, state-lead organization 2) Outlawed striking 3) Overhauled schooling system to teach Nazi ideology 4) Create large scale National groups to indoctrinate the German youth with rabid love for Hitler and the German State

On the National election of Sept. 1930, The Nazi's gained __________ seats in the _____________________.

107; German Parliament

(Relating to the first issue with Japan). Since the _______________, Japan had been faced with a choice between adopting whose two models?

1500s; Either Western ones or Their own

When did Japan allow for full, universal male suffrage?

1925

How did Mussolini begin his shift away from conservatism and towards fascism? A) He started by undermining Italian Liberal institutions B) He made a pact with the Roman Catholic Church C) He started by shifting his economy towards Imperialism D) He started by getting involved with the Spanish-civil war

A

How many years did WWI last? A) 4 B) 9 C) 1 D) 6

A

Japan had been allied with _____________ since when?

Great Britain; 1902

Final version of the treaty included a League of ________ A) Nations B) Countries C) Colonies D) Democracy

A

When did the final version of the treaty of Versailles come out? A) June 1920 B) March 1919 C) May 1919 D) May 1920

C

True or False; the sudden victory for the Allied powers in WWI meant that they had time to celebrate?

False

By ___________, which government was collapsing in Germany?

1930; Weimar

(Relating to the second issue with Japan). At a certain point, the democratic ideals in Japan faltered. When did this start?

1930s

By what date did what two factors find themselves at work in Japan?

1931; The issue of Japanese relations with the west AND the role of the Army and the Navy, particularly with Militarism

Starting when were the Anti-Jewish laws introduced?

1935

By _____________, a _______________ had hit Europe.

1938; Crisis Atmosphere

On the domestic front, Hitler did how many things?

4

For how long did the Enabling act suspend the Weimar constitution?

4 years

(Italian Fascism point 1) the 2nd thing that Social Darwinism denoted was... A) The belief that the nation was an organic, living thing B) The belief that some people were more fit to being economically prosperous than others C) The belief that the state should be the focus of the people living in it so that it may rise about and be more fit to exist than it's adversaries D) The belief that Jews were terrible and the cause of all problems in the Italian Economy

A

(Trait 3 of Italian Fascism) Whom did Mussolini specifically begin to ID and persecute? A) Political opponents and social outcasts B) Political opponents and non-ethnic Italians C) Social outcasts and non-ethnic Italians D) Social outcasts and non-Aryan people

A

According to the treaty of Versailles, what was taken from Germany? A) All overseas colonies B) The ability to trade with any Pacific/Asian powers C) Diplomatic establishments with the West D) Nothing major

A

As it relates to Flaw number 1, what specifically did Germany and Russia become in the decade following 1919? A) Virtual Pariah states B) Punching-bag state s C) Blame-pinning states D) Highly-scrutinized states

A

As it relates to right winged totalitarian government's 2nd trait, what did the totalitarian governments use the propaganda for (This one is ULTRA specific) A) To shape their citizen's world views B) To mold their citizen's social/political views C) To control their people's actions and ideologies D) To manipulate their citizen's minds into hating the west

A

As it relates to trait one of Italian fascism; the _________ was seen as the most important what? A) State; building block of society B) Leader; Model of behavior and stately qualities C) State: core piece of their political ideology and world views D) Leader; Building block of society

A

By _________, the National Fascist Party had become the most _____________ movement in Italy A) 1922; Dynamic B) 1921; Supported C) 1922; Powerful D) 1923; Dynamic

A

During the years of WWI, 2 powers were pitted against each other on the western front. They fought to a "bloody _______." A) Stalemate B) Victory for the Allies C) End

A

What is important about the end of the first world war as it relates to the German people's perception of it? A) It seemed to have ended over night B) It put the German economy in the toilet C) It seemed to the German people that they had won the war against the Allied powers D) They thought it had not been lost on the battlefield

A

What was Flaw number 2 of the Versailles treaty? A) Italy failed to receive what it felt was its fair share for what it did to help the Allies win the war B) Key players in Europe's future were excluded from shaping the final treaty C) Reparations were used to mobilize the nationalist movements of the 1920s D) League of Nations was weak

A

What was flaw number 5 of the Treaty of Versailles? A) The League of Nations proved to be a weak and ineffectual body B) The League of Nations was disbanded C) Large population of Germans in Czechoslovakia and Poland D) It didn't provide a right to militarily enforce the will of the League

A

What was the 2nd way that Stalin moved to consolidate his power after gaining it? He reshaped the Soviet Union around... A) His own vision of a Communist Utopia B) His idea of spreading communism everywhere, not just in Russia C) "Socialism in One Country" D) Modernizing the economy and mobilizing it for war

A

What was the Acerbo Law of 1923? A) An electoral practice B) A judicial practice C) An economic practice D) A martial provision

A

What was the crown ruler of imperial Germany's name and when was he forced to leave both his throne and his country? A) Kaiser Wilhelm II; November 9, 1918 B) Victor Emanuel III; March 28, 1918 C) Kaiser Wilhelm II; May 11th, 1924 D) Philipp Scheidemann; June 28, 1918

A

What was the first openly totalitarian group? A) A political party B) A social justice guild C) A party fighting for a fair treaty and safeguard against communism D) A worker's party

A

What was the name of the Formal Alliance btwn. Italy and Germany? A) The Rome-Berlin Axis of 1936 B) The Anti-Comintern pact of 1937 C) The Rome Berlin Axis of 1937

A

What was the name of the Russian prison camp system and how many perished in there? A) Gulag; 1,000,000 B) Auschwitz; 1,000,000 C) Gulag; 680,000 D) Auschwitz; 680,000

A

What was the occupation of Anton Drexler? A) Locksmith B) Editor for the Socialist newspaper C) Shoe Shiner D) Copywriter

A

What were the Show Trials? A) Trials designed to eliminate anyone whom Stalin considered suspect in their loyalty to him B) Series of public appearances Stalin made in order to boost public confidence and affection for him C) Trials designed to determine which officials were best suited to be top ranking government officials D) Terror tactics that made use of fake public executions in order to frighten the public into obedience

A

When did Germany and Japan's _________________________________ expand to include Italy? A) Anti-Comintern Pact of 1936; 1937 B) Anti-Comintern Pact of 1937; 1936

A

When did Mussolini start forming his Political Ideology? A) Years immediately after 1918 B) From 1919-1921 C) Years immediately after 1919 D) 1918 and 1919

A

When did the first politically party to openly ID itself as totalitarian come about in Italy? A) 1920s B) Early 1930s C) 1919-1921 D) Mid 1920s

A

When was the Weimar Government created? A) November 1918 B) October 1919 C) January 1919 D) May 1919

A

Where did the meeting over peace treaty with Germany take place? When? A) Palace of Versailles; January 1919 B) Paris, France; May 1919 C) City of Versailles; January 1919 D) Munich, Germany; May 1924

A

Which of the following was NOT one of the fears German military officials had that caused them to look for an immediate cease-fire to WWI? A) Communism seeping into the minds of the German people from Soviet Russia in a Bolshevik style rebellion B) An allied invasion of the home front C) Domestic revolutions

A

Which western power wanted to return to the original power balance in EU (before WWI) and retain their Naval Dominance? A) Great Britain B) France C) Italy D) Japan

A

Who became associated with the German Worker's Party? A) Adolf Hitler B) Gustav Bauer C) Anton Drexler

A

Who created what would eventually become the Nazi Party? A) Anton Drexler B) Adolf Hitler C) Mein Kampf D) Philipp Scheidemann

A

Who emerged victorious in the internal power struggles that followed Lenin's death? A) Joseph Stalin B) Leon Trotsky C) Lenin's son D) Joseph Pinker

A

Who offered Mussolini to be the head of something? A) King Victor Emmanuel III B) Gustav Bauer C) King Victor Emmanuel II D) Philipp Scheidemann

A

Who were the two most influential actors of the final agreement in Versailles? A) The US and France B) Great Britain and the US C) France and Great Britain D) Italy and the US

A

__________ was particularly hit hard by the... A) Germany; decline in global trade B) Russia; Decline in global trade C) Germany; deflation of US currency D) Russia; deflation of US currency

A

Hitler organized the races into what?

A Pyramid

(Italian Fascism; point 1) The nation being made living by natural forces and human choices opposed what, for example? A) Communist, who focused on the role of social forces B) Communists, who focused on the role of economic forces C) Democracies, who focused on the role of economics D) Dictators, who focused only on themselves

B

(Italian Fascism; point 1) To answer the question about how Social Darwinism accounted for the militant form of nationalism, we now know what the two principles were that Mussolini abode to and how they translated into real life action on his part. Since the embodiment of militant nationalism is to establish an overarching, governmental control of the citizens, then it follows that the two results of social Darwinist principles justified A)The need for a supreme leader to provide stability and order to the nation B) The need for a supreme leader to provide unity and purpose to the nation C) The need for a supreme leader to provide order and system to the nation D) need for a supreme leader to provide unity and direction to the nation

B

(Italian fascism point 2) IN fact, fascists believed that the very highest forms of ___________________ could not be reached without what two things? A) Victory; Struggle and Violence B) Human Achievement; Struggle and Violence C) Victory; Mercilessness and Violence D) Human Achievement; Death and Struggle

B

(still point one about Italian Fascism) Well, how do Mussolini's belief in Social Darwinist Principles account for Military Nationalism? First, we have to look at how the principles he believed in related to his behavior and what they explain. How many things about Italian Fascism do Social Darwinist Principles explain? A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4

B

According to ___________, the cult of personality that developed around Stalin was a/an... A) John Keegan, a historian; Distortion of communist doctrine B) Later Critics; Distortion of communist doctrine C) Later critics; The result of terror and propaganda D) John Keegan, a historian; The result of terror and propaganda.

B

Article 1 of the treaty was for what? A) War Guild B) The basic workings and functions of the League of Nations C) The reparation requirements for Germany D) The amount of land that Germany had to cede to France

B

As a result of the hellhole that was created in post-WWI Germany, many people flocked to newly established __________. A) Worker's Anschluss groups B) Political groups C) ideological movements (EX: Nazism) D) Civil Service jobs

B

As it relates to Flaw number 3, from which old central power were the two new states, Czechoslovakia and Poland, made up? A) The Ottoman Empire B) the Austro-Hungarian Empire C) The Germans D) The Bulgarians

B

As it relates to Flaw number 3, who used this population issue in Czech. and Poland to his advantage? A) Benito Mussolini B) Adolf Hitler C) Heinrich Hertz D) Gustav Bauer

B

As it relates to flaw number 4, what were the reprecussions of Flaw number 4? A) The League of Nations was disbanded B) The National movement in Germany was reinforced C) Hitler was able to mobilize the people against the treaty

B

As was also the case in Italy and later Germany, Stalin made extensive use of __________ and __________ to ensure stability under his rule. A) Propaganda and Violence B) Violence and Terror C) Terror and Propaganda D) Violence and Propaganda

B

At the Paris Peace Conference, all the Allied powers ended up... A) joining together to create the Treaty of Versailles B) Signing separate peace treaties with the central powers C) eating cake with the Germans D) Splitting up into separate factions that would ultimately be the two sides that made up the fighting powers in WWII

B

Based around what type of governments in Europe did the US want the NWO in Europe to be? A) Liberal B) Democratic C) Self-Determined D) Free

B

Because Italy's liberal government was powerless to control the social upheavals of 1919-1921, the people wanted a... A) Revolution to place themselves in power B) Stronger, more conservative government C) An intervention by western powers to solve the issue D) A conservative government

B

Before he was the leader of the National Fascist Party, Benito Mussolini was a/an... A) Writer for a conservative news paper B) Editor for a socialist news paper C) Consultant for the liberal government D) Rabid Nationalist

B

Besides Italy, what other great totalitarian state emerged in EU in the 1920s? A) Germany under Adolf Hitler B) Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin C) Soviet Union under Vladimir Lenin D) Germany under Anton Drexler

B

Between _________ and _________, Italy experienced _________________. A) 1920-1922; political turmoil B) 1919-1921; social upheavals C) 1919-1922; social upheavals D) 1920-1923; Violence and political unrest

B

By using the Italian ____________ provided by the Acerbo Law of 1923, Mussolini was able to get more power to the fascist party A) Political Scheme B) Legal Facade C) Laws D) Happy Hour

B

During when did Mussolini transition from being a socialist to a _____________________? A) The Conference at Versailles; Liberal B) WWI; Rabid Nationalist C) The period just before Germany surrendered in September 1918; Conservative D) WWII; Rabid Nationalist

B

For what purpose did the new German republic want an armistice? A) To give themselves relief from the fighting B) To create time to establish a formal ending to WWI C) To appease the protesters D) For the sake of the struggling soldiers and their families

B

Francisco Franco was a... A) Liberal, Spanish Government Official B) Conservative, Spanish Military General C) Liberal, Spanish Military General D) Conservative, Spanish Government Official

B

From whom did Italy want more land as a part of the German treaty? A) From Germany B) They wanted to gain more land from the now broken up Austro-hungarians C) From the Czechs and from the Poles D) From the Poles

B

How did Stalin respond to peasant protests? A) He passed an accommodating law for them B) He ordered the execution of thousands C) He ordered for their imprisonment in the Gulag camps D) He ordered the execution of tens of thousands

B

How did the Germany people view the Treaty of Versailles? A) A deserved set of consequences to their government's rash actions in continuing the war past their soldier's limit B) A humiliating document designed to bring Germany to its knees and keep it there, which was unfair C) A much needed shift from imperialism to liberal democracy and capitalism D) A historically inaccurate document

B

How many key points were there to the Flaws of Versailles? A) 1 B) 5 C) 4 D) 2

B

How to describe Mussolini's reliance on Propaganda? A) Extensive B) Heavy C) Focused D) Intense

B

In what way did point two of Italian fascism deviate from the post WWI Global (esp. western_ trends? A) It violated the Versailles treaty B) The intense focus on violence existed in sharp contrast to the pacifism that swept the globe after WWI C) Democracy is a system of individual choice and representation, which means that debate and reason are used extensively in making decisions and achievements; that violence became the mechanism for doing this in Italian Fascism was very different than what the west was used to. D) The rest of the world had been focusing on demilitarizing the Central powers so that they could not fight or be violent ever again.

B

Italian totalitarianism served as what? A) Motivation for the Western Allied powers to stay out of the conflicts in Europe B) The model and inspiration for other, similar movements across Europe C) Motivation for Germany, especially observable in Hitler's actions, to become totalitarian as well D) The basis for much later conflict between Italy/Germany/Japan against Russia

B

Italy was promised what in exchange for what? A) A seat in the League of Nations in exchange for vacating their spot at the Paris Peace Conference B) Territorial concession at the end of the way in exchange for helping the allies C) Territorial concession in exchange for remaining non-aligned in the first world war. D) Flanking the Germans at their final offensive in Spring of 1918

B

Italy, Japan, and Germany fought to combat ______________ of the _____________________ A) Versailles treaty of the Paris Peace Conference B) Communism of the Soviet Union C) Capitalism of the United States D) Pacifism of the West

B

King Victory Emmanuel III was the official what? A) New Coalition Government B) Official head of the Italian state C) Ruler of Imperial Italy D) Prime Minister of Italy

B

Like many who served in the ________________, Hitler believed that Germany's loss in WWI was the fault of the ___________________, who did what? A) German Military; NSDAP who signed the treaty at the end of the way B) The German army; Weimar Republic, who signed the treaty of Versailles at the end of the war C) Nazi Party; Weimar Republic, who signed the treaty at the end of the war D) German Army; Weimar republic, who signed the treaty in the middle of the war

B

Often times, the accused were ____________ and ____________ into... A) Tortured and abused; confession to crimes that they framed others for B) Tortured and abused; confessing to made up crimes that they didn't commit C) Beaten and abused; confessing to their crimes D) Tortured and beaten; confession to made up crimes that they didn't commit

B

One similarity that Stalin's USSR shared with Italy and ___________________ was that there was a strong... A) Germany; Cult of Personality built up around the ruler B) Later Germany; Cult of Personality built up around the ruler (himself) C) Japan; Use of Propaganda to influence the masses D) USA; strong use of Propaganda to influence the masses against the enemy

B

Over which location did silence fall? A) English Channel B) Western front C) Swiss border D) Northern France

B

Pessimism and distaste for the treaty of Versailles led many to search for ______________ and ______________ alternatives to liberal democracy and capitalism. A) Social and military B) Political and Economic C) Electoral and Economic D) Governmental and Social

B

Self determination... A) Was relatively useless/inconsequential in the aftermath of WWI B) Was a giant issue in the outbreak of WWII C) Was the reason that the treaty took so long to complete in the first place

B

Stalin moved to consolidate his power after he gained it. He did this in two ways; What was the first? A) Making the economy depend on Factories as opposed to farms B) Eliminating potential enemies C) Creating a Bureaucracy to isolate his enemies from support

B

The Germany Worker's Party had.. A) Little difficulty recruiting members B) Trouble recruiting members C) Many internal power struggles D) A hard time finding a successor to Anton Drexler

B

The Nazi party also reflected a combination of great... A) Distrust for communism B) Distrust for Democracy C) Hatred for Non-ethnic Germans D) Nationalism

B

The Spanish Civil War was a conflict between a ____________ and the _______________________ A) Militia; Democratic Government of Spain B) Military Coup; Republican Government of Spain C) Militia; Republican Government of Spain D) Military Coup; Democratic Government of Spain

B

The Treaty of Versailles was a/an _______ agreement between which two big power's desires? A) strong; France and Italy's B) uneasy; US and France C) Desperate; Great Britain and the US

B

The US also wanted out of the conference a/an... A) Increased armament B) Reduced armament C) Relocation of the German capital D) Guilt-war clause

B

The first central idea about Stalinism was the notion of... A) Peace without Victors B) Socialism in one country C) Spreading communism throughout EU D) Trying to peacefully coexist with democratic nations

B

The new Italian totalitarian government had how many outstanding traits? A) 2 B) 3 C)4 D) 1

B

The pessimism caused by WWI worked in conjunction with what other thing to create the shift in political/social thought after WWI? A) Relative inactivity of the Western Allied powers B) Distaste for the Treaty of Versailles C) The flaws of the treaty of Versailles D) The Anti-Semitic movement

B

The reason for the violence and political unrest in Germany during the post-war period was that they were struggling to come to terms with the stress that this period put on three things; which of the following is NOT one of those things? A) Political life B) Cultural life C) Economic life D) Social life

B

The second of the three traits that all post WWI right winged totalitarian governments was that they used _______________. A) Encrypted messages to communicate with their operatives abroad B) Propaganda C) Religion to influence their citizen's worldviews D) The mimetic cycle to blame minorities for the national tumult

B

The third of the three traits that all right winged totalitarian governments after WWI shared is their use of what tool (Another quote-degree specific question)? A) Propaganda B) Terror C) The military D) Violence

B

Those people who wanted a stronger, more conservative government in Italy feared what? A) An economic depression similar to that in the US B) A Bolshevik-style rebellion C) A total, martial re-assertion of control by the liberal government D) Allied intervention of their political affairs

B

To which country did Germany NOT have to give up territory according to the treaty? A) France B) Italy C) Newly created Czechoslovakia D) Newly created Poland

B

Under Stalin's Iron Fisted rule, "Socialism in one country" meant collectivization of what, lead by whom? A) Locally directed; Factories and Land B) State-directed; Land and Industry C) Locally directed; Industry and Factories D) Military directed; Land and Industry D)

B

What animal of the Romans did the Italians adopt? A) Imperial Elephant B) Imperial Eagle C) Holy Eagle D) Holy Fasces

B

What did Hitler rename the German Worker's party to? A) The Nazi Party B) The National Socialist German Worker's Party (NSDAP) C) The National German Worker's Party (NSDAP) D) The National Socialist German Worker's Party (NSGWP)

B

What did Mussolini do to further consolidate his power? A) He joined the other great Fascist power of EU at that time, Germany, in the Rome-Berlin Axis of B) He reached an accommodation with the Catholic Church C) He invaded Ethiopia D) He allied with Japan and Germany

B

What did Stalin immediately move to do after gaining power? A) Spread communism around the globe B) Consolidate his power C) Move potential rivals to other countries D) Begin the First Five Year plan

B

What did Stalin want factories to provide? A) The backbone of society and trade B) The most important building block of society C) The backbone of economy and society D) The most important building block of economy and society

B

What did the Germans have to pay for? A) New military equipment for the countries that they had fought in WWI B) Reparations to the French government C) Lost naval ships of Great Britain

B

What did the new German republic agree to in relation to WWI? A) A treaty B) An armistice C) To supplying the Japanese with airships

B

What forced Kaiser Wilhelm II to abdicate his throne and leave the country? A) Fear of being betrayed by western governments, whose commitment to honoring their promise to send troops to the border appeared to be lukewarm at best. B) Strikes among German workers and soldiers C) The Entente threatened him with an Allied invasion of the German home front if he did not resign his throne.

B

What important idea was championed by the US during the Versailles treaty conference? A) War-guilt B) Self determination C) An international organisation to manage conflicting affairs D) Trading agreements

B

What is Flaw number 4 of the treaty of Versailles? A) The weak League of Nations B) Reparations C) Self-determination used in drawing borders created a lot of nationalism that was cultivated by Hitler D) Population of Germans in Poland

B

What is an example of the post-war economic problems in Italy? A) Soldier strikes B) Worker's strikes C) Famines D) Vast-unemployment

B

What is the term for what "Socialism in One Country" meant under Stalin's Iron-fisted rule? A) Consolidation B) Collectivization C) State-directed land confiscations D) Dislocation of peasants

B

What kind of silence fell? A) Ominous B) Eerie C) Infamous D) Dark

B

What played a major role in re-shaping Europe after 1919? A) Trade routes B) Self determination C) Political favor D) Military positional advantage

B

What was Flaw number 1 of the Versailles treaty? A) Italy failed to receive what it felt was its fair share for what it did to help the Allies win the war B) Key players in Europe's future were excluded from shaping the final treaty C) Reparations were used to mobilize the nationalist movements of the 1920s D) League of Nations was weak

B

What was Stalin's vision of a Communist Utopia based on? A) Socialism throughout Eastern Europe B) "Socialism in one country" C) Militant Nationalism D) Violence and struggle

B

What was one example of a Italian Fascist contradiction that their propaganda reflected? A) They embraced modern political thought and eschewed what they saw as "traditional beliefs and practices," but tended to glorify Italy's ancient past B) They embraced modern technology and eschewed what they thought were "traditional beliefs and practices," but tended to glorify Italy's ancient past C) Blamed the old liberal regime for being too domineering while its own use of propaganda displayed their desire to shape the worldviews of the people D) They eschewed modern technology and embraced traditional beliefs and practices, but placed an emphasis on using this technology for their propaganda in the first place.

B

What were two driving factors of WWII? A) Vengeance and Race B) Nationalism and Race C) Imperialism and Nationalism D) Political ideology and economics

B

What word can be used to describe the French support for the League of Nations? A) Forced; The economic instability caused by the war left them with little other option than to quickly accept the terms of the treaty so that the reparations to their economy could start being paid by Germany B) lukewarm; the article contained no power to militarily enforce the leagues decisions C) Eager; the treaty had for the most part met their desire to cripple Germany into martial inferiority

B

When a ruler has developed a "Cult of Personality" among his people, he is seen as a/an... A) Flawless source of inspiration B) Infallible leader C) Role model for good behavior D) Great public speaker

B

When did Benito Mussolini establish the National Fascist Party? A) 1919 B) 1921 C) 1920 D) 1918

B

When did Germany try one last attempt to end the way in victory? A) September of 1918 B) Spring of 1918 C) November 9, 1918

B

When did the revolutions that landed the new commie government in power in Russia take place? A) 1918 B) 1917 C) 1924 D) 1920

B

Which country wanted its economy to have reparations paid for by Germany? A) The US B) France C) Great Britain D) Japan

B

Which statement is true A) it was in the context of social upheavals and the conservative government's inability to stop them that Mussolini rose to power B) It was in the context of social upheavals and the liberal government's inability to stop them that Mussolini rose to power

B

Who had to work on the Collectivized, state-lead farms? A) Middle-class Russian men B) Peasants C) Immigrants D) Low-class women

B

Who led the new Communist government in Russia? A) Joseph Stalin B) Vladimir Lenin C) Vladimir Putin D) Leon Trotsky

B

Who were The Big Four? A) United states, France, Japan, and Great Britain B) United States, Great Britain, Italy, France C) Great Britain, Italy, France, Russia D) France, Japan, Italy, Russia

B

Whom did ________________, especially from the Military, blame for Germany losing the war? A) conservatives; liberals, socialists, communists B) conservatives; socialists, liberals, and radicals C) Liberals; socialists, conservatives, and radicals D) Middle class men; communists, socialists, conservatives

B

Why was there pessimism about democracy and capitalism after WWI? A) Because these things had been the prevailing ideologies of Germany and the Central powers during WWI, and those counties' failure during the war called their political/social legitimacy into question in the minds of many of those citizens B) Because these two were the prevailing thought processes of the Western Powers in the war, who were ravaged by the war. C) because the results of WWI were mass social upheaval, which led to panic and the need for something to cling onto. D) Because the economic repercussions of the war were hard to accept as being the fault of the people's ideologies, especially in Germany, so they blamed the old governments that they had and mostly that of their western rivals.

B

With whom did Mussolini stage his armed March on Rome? A) Secret police of Italy B) his Blackshirt Fascist Militias C) Brownshirt, paramilitary group D) S.A

B

With whom was the most important treaty signed during Paris Peace Conference? A) Bulgaria B) Germany C) The ottomans D) France

B

___________ winged totalitarian governments all shared some characteristics. A) Left B) Right

B

how to describe the Catholic Church? A) Corrupt B) Highly-influential C) Unimportant D) Long-lasting

B

Why did the treaty of Versailles take so long to complete? A) France could not reconcile itself to not using military force to enforce the provisions of the treaty B) Germany refused to agree with the terms C) There were mostly disagreements between the big four over what the final treaty should look like

B)

What was the third of the Nuremberg laws?

Banned marriage between "pureblood Germans" and Jews

Why did Japan move towards a more liberal, democratic political system at first?

Because it did not suffer the same economic turmoil that the other countries did in the decade after WWI

Which countries made up the Allied Powers (list in alpha order, with commas and spaces between like normal, and capitalize each country)

Belgium, France, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Russia, Serbia.

(Italian Fascism; point 1) Mussolini's "role of the nation" belief denoted the perceived need for ____________ and _____________ in order for a nation to..... A) Terror and Coercion; assert a national ID B) Accepted Violence and Militarism; assert an economic presence in the world C) Militarism and Accepted violence; assert it's national identity D) Terror and Propaganda; Shape the citizen's belief to fit that of the Fascist Italy Mussolini so desired

C

(Trait 3 of Italian Fascism) Who were social outcasts in Mussolini's estimation? A) Anyone who did was Jewish or from eastern Europe, which reflected non-Aryan decent B) Anyone who was very mentally/physically disabled C) Anyone who did not fit the his view of a New, Fascist Italian Society D) Anyone who ever identified as being socialist, liberal, or radical

C

A ruler with a strong cult of personality developed around him/her could be described as exhibiting... A) The perfect conduct for a citizen to model B) Unity and Purpose C) All the best qualities of the state D) All the best qualities of the national doctrine

C

Against whom were the fake crimes that the show trials forced the accused to admitting to committed? A) Russia B) Stalin and Russia C) Stalin and The State D) The State

C

Although they were expecting a reward for their many _____________, they were obliged at the Paris Peace Conference to do what? A) Losses; settle for getting their land in portions, at increments of 6 month wait times between each concession. B) Favors; settle for less than they were promised C) Sacrifices; settle for less than they were promised D) Concessions; Take no land whatsoever

C

Anton Drexler created what? A) Nazi Party B) NSDAP Party C) German Workers Party D) National German Party

C

As it relates to Flaw number 1, what were key members of EU's future excluded from? A) shaping the economic portions of the final treaty B) contributing to the redrawn map of EU C) Generally from shaping the final treaty D) Generally from negotiations and shaping the early stages of the treaty

C

As it relates to Flaw number 5, the League was not able to deal with the international conflict of what decade? A) 1920s B) 1940s C) 1930s D) 1910s

C

As it relates to Flaw number three, what did Hitler use the population issue to his advantage in? A) The Nationalist movement of the 1920s B) Opposing the Weimar Republic C) Challenging the treaty of Versailles D) Spreading Anti-Jewish sentiment and action beyond Germany

C

As it relates to point 1 about Italian Fascism, what is the Militant nationalism of Italy in part derived from Mussolini's belief in? A) The need for a leader to give purpose and unity to a Nation B) Violence as a paramount part of the human experience C) Social Darwinist Principles D) His believe in a vast bureaucracy that kept his opponents separated and unable to get the power to challenge his position at the top

C

As it relates to right winged totalitarian governments 3rd trait, what did the totalitarian governments use terror for (very, very specific)? A) To shape their citizen's worldviews B) To establish economic control over their citizens C) To establish their government's control over their citizens D) To enforce the governments control over their citizens

C

As it relates to trait one about Italian Fascism, The state was also... A) The most important building block of Italian political views and worldviews B) The most important building block of Mussolini's political and worldviews C) The core of Italian political and worldviews D) The core of Mussolini's political ideology

C

As what title did the US join the allied powers? A) Provisional power B) Axis Power C) Associated power D) Intermediary power

C

At it relates to trait number one about Italian Fascism, the emphasis on nationalism opposed Liberal Democracy how? A) It adhered to social darwinism, all the pieces of which are in stark contrast to the self-determination of Democracy B) Its focus on the Nation was rather different that the focus in Democracy on political parties C) Its emphasis on the state as being the political actors of society was very different than the Democratic focus on the Individual as this. D) It was a very conservative practice that heavily involved the governemtn in the people's lives, whereas Democracy was "freedom to choose."

C

At what cost did the Five Year Plans meet their production quotas/industrial goals? A) Mass damages to the economy B) Millions of dollars C) Immense human cost D) There was not a lot lost in this process

C

Besides opposing WWI, what else did the German people's do? A) Burned down crops and killed livestock B) Blamed the tumult on liberals, radicals, and socialists C) They called for the removal of the Imperial Regime of Kaiser Wilhelm II D) They urged the signing of the Versailles treaty

C

By ________, Mussolini had successfully established a Fascist..... A) 1925; Fascist Government B) 1924; Fascist Government C) 1925; Fascist Dictatorship D)1924; Fascist Dictatorship

C

By the Spring of 1917 A) Germany had launched its final attempt to win the war B) German military officials were looking for a cease fire to the war C) Both the Allied and Central powers were exhausted and near their breaking points D) The treaty of Versailles was completed and presented before the Weimar government

C

Despite the previous chancellor of the Weimar Gov't protesting the treaty, the new Chancellor, __________, did what? A) Gustav Bauer; agreed to sign it if only a few things were changed to better the German economy, to which all except France agreed B) Victor Emmanuel III; accepted the treaty and signed it C) Gustav Bauer; he agreed to the terms and signed the treaty on June 28th, 1919 D) Philipp Scheidemann; he signed the treaty on June 29th, 1919 E) Gustav Bauer; he agreed to the terms and signed the treaty on June 27th, 1919

C

Ethiopia was one of the only ________ African countries not to be under.... A) two; military suppression B) three; European control C) two; European control D) Four; Military supression

C

First; Italian fascists embraced what? A) A form of Welfare B) Prison Camp systems C) A form of militant nationalism D) A form of Nationalism

C

When did Stalin implement the first Five Year Plan? A) 1924 B) 1938 C) 1928 D) 1927

C

There are of course some important key differences between Stalinism and other forms of Totalitarianism in EU at this time. Why did these exist? A) They existed because of the sides each country was on during WWI being different from eachother B) They existed because Communism was the main doctrine of this movement, where socialism/fascism were that of the others C) They existed since Stalinism and other forms of Totalitarianism in EU at that time sprang from different backgrounds D) They existed because of Germany's desire to conquer Russia

C

Unlike in _________, however, Russian sovereignty did not promote the idea of... A) Italy; Socialism in one country B) Germany; A Cult of Personality C) Italy; A Cult of Personality D) Germany; Socialism in one country

C

What are some examples of the newest tech that Mussolini used to spread his propaganda messages? A) Radio and Television B) Television and Film C) Film and Radio D) Television and Telegraph male

C

What as a key component of the 1928 five year plans? A) Population dislocations B) Land confiscations C) Collectivization D) Factory consolidation

C

What aspect of WWII did race highlight? A) Anti - Semitism B) Fascism C) Violence

C

What did Mussolini rely on when it came to Propaganda? A) Public statements B) Paper media, like news papers and pamphlets C) The newest technologies D) National Television stations and stages

C

What did Stalin do about his paranoia in the military? A) He had several top ranking military officials executed B) He had several of the top ranking military leaders imprisoned or exiled C) He had several of his top ranking military leaders executed D) He had several top ranking military officials imprisoned or exiled

C

What did socialism in one country mean? A) Spreading communism around the globe B) Develop the USSR as a self sustaining, national unit with no ties to other countries and only some military allies C) Keeping Socialism within the USSR as opposed to trying to spread communism around the globe D) spreading socialism around the globe

C

What feeling did WWI's effects create for many? A) Optimism B) Nationalism C) Pessimism D) Independence

C

What is Collectivization? A) When small, state-lead farms are collected by the Nation and turned into one giant farm B) Process by which smaller land lords are given permission by the state to confiscate and merge smaller, peasant farms into larger ones so long as they both pay a duty and meet a certain production quota C) Process by which smaller farms are broken up and merged into larger, state-lead farms. D) When peasants are kicked off of their land and forced to give it up to the state in exchange for housing on the new, larger land.

C

What kind of government replaced that of Kaiser Wilhelm the II's? A) Totalitarian government led by Benito Mussolini B) A series of small, right-winged political groups, like Anton Drexler's German Worker's Party C) A new republic, called the Weimar Republic D) A Fascist government based on racial superiority of the Germans as the core principle of its doctrine

C

What thing did the Italian's adopt that gave their movement it's name? A) Fasces; A large, bound-wooden hearth, which symbolized the power of the Empire B) Fascis; A bound, cylindrical bundle of steel rods C) Fasces; A bound, cylindrical bundle of wooden rods D) Fascere; The Latin Infinitive of do, make, accomplish "To Do."

C

What toppled the Old ______________ in Russia? A) Imperial system; A series of revolutions that ultimately led to a new, socialist government in power B) Republic; A series of revolutions that ultimately led to the rise of a new, communism gov't in power. C) Imperial system; A series of revolutions that ultimately led to the rise of a new, communist government in power. D) Republic; A series of revolutions that ended up leading to the emergence of a new, egalitarian government in power.

C

What two things are in the middle of the Western Front? A) Belgium and Northern Great Britain B) Swiss border and the English Channel C) Belgium and Northern France

C

What two things did the social unrest in Italy of 1919-1921 include? A) Worker strikes and land confiscations B) Factory strikes and worker rebellions C) Land confiscations and factory strikes D) Land confiscations and worker strikes

C

What type of trade did the US want the Paris Peace Conference to establish? A) International trade with sanctions on certain goods, like steel and iron, that could be used by Germany to create military equipment and rise again B) Mercantile international trade C) Free international trade

C

What was Flaw number 3 of the Versailles treaty? A) Much of the population of Czechoslovakia and Prussia were German B) Much of the population of Poland and the New Austrian state were French C) Much of the population of the New states Czechoslovakia and Poland was German D) Much of the population of the New states Czechoslovakia and Poland was French

C

What was another name for the Allies? A) The Johnsons B) The League of Nations C) Entente D) United Western Democratic Nations (UWDN)

C

What was not one of the three things that led many German civilians to loudly oppose WWI? A) Rapid turn of fates for Germany B) Growing food shortages C) Crumbling government D) growing death count on the battle field

C

What was the Italian attack on Ethiopia the first major challenge to? A) African defenses B) International peace and stability; the League of Nations was unable to stop the advance of the Italians C) The League of Nations; They were unable to halt Italian aggression D) The non-alignment of the United States

C

What was the death stat for the Famines in Russia? A) 680,000 people between 1937-1938 B) 700,000 people between 1930-1933 C) 7,000,000 people between 1930-1933 D) 7,000,000 people between 1937-1938

C

When and with whom did Italy sign a Formal Alliance with EU other great fascist state? A) 1937; Germany B) 1936; Japan C) 1936; Germany D) 1937; Japan

C

When did Anton Drexler create the German Worker's Party? A) January, 1920 B) September 1919 C) January, 1919 D) September 1920

C

Which of the following is NOT one of the three ways to look at WWII? A) A continuation of WWI; 1914 - 1945 B) Two separate conflicts with loose connections; one in The Pacific/Asia, and the other in Europe C) A battle for imperial power D) One unified struggle, where the forces of Totalitarianism and Dictatorship are pitted against Democracy and Liberalism

C

Who specifically championed the idea of self determination and what was it? A) Woodrow Wilson; it was where the people decided the laws B) David Lloyd George; It was where the redrawn map of EU should represent the national makeup of a country as opposed to there being various people inside of a country ruled by a government that they didn't even identify as being their own. C) Woodrow Wilson; It was where the redrawn map of EU should represent the national makeup of a country as opposed to there being various people inside of a country ruled by a government that they didn't even identify as being their own.

C

Who was the founder of the Italian Fascist Party? A) Vittorio Mussolini B) Adolf Hitler C) Benito Mussolini D) Mussolini Benito

C

Why did the emphasis on bureaucracy fit in well with Stalin's views on political rule? A) He believed that the ruler should be surrounded by his support base B) He believed that the ruler should provide unity and purpose to the nation C) He was constantly concerned about challenges to his position at the top

C

how to describe the War Guilt clause? A) Famous B) Harbinger C) Infamous D) Terrible

C

under the 2nd idea of Stalinism, why were Economic development and modernization needed? A) To compete with the surrounding developed countries in EU and North America B) To assert a National Identity C) For communism to establish itself within the USSR D) So that they could better maintain control over their people

C

What was the third core principle that Germany shared with Italian Fascism?

Centrality of the leader

What was the Beer Hall Putsch Modeled after?

Clearly, it was modeled after Mussolini's March on Rome

Whom did Hitler and the Nazi's blame for the burning down of Reichstag?

Communists

Nazism shares many _______________ with ___________________

Core principles; Mussolini's Fascism.

(Italian Fascism; point 1) The Nation was organic (alive) because of what thing(s)? A) Violence and Struggle B) Human Decisions C) Natural Forces D) Both B and C

D

(Italian Fascism; point 1) The first thing that Social Darwinism explains is Mussolini's idea of... A) Faith in the leader B) The Nation as something living C) National Identity D) The role of the Nation

D

As it related to Italy's glorification of the past, what was used as a model for what? A) The Roman Empire; Contemporary Fascist Economy B) The New Roman Empire (Constantine); Gaining religious favor with the people C) The Roman Army; Militant Nationalism D) The Roman Empire; Contemporary Fascist rule

D

As it relates to Flaw number 1, which two states were outcasted in the decade after 1919? A) Italy and Germany B) Russia and Italy C) Germany and Japan D) Germany and Russia

D

As it relates to Flaw number 4, by what time were the reparations no long in force in Germany? A) WWII B) 1920s C) interwar period D) Nazi rule

D

As it relates to point 4 about differences between Italian Fascism and other, similar forms in EU, what did the think was corrupt and antiquated? A) Liberal Democracy B) The people in charge of the relative inactivity of the west C) The principles that shaped the Treaty of Versailles D) The old Italian society patterns

D

As it relates to point number 4 about the differences between Italian Fascism and the other similar forms in EU, what were their views on old societal patterns? A) Corrupt B) Ineffective C) Antiquated D) Both A and C

D

At what specific date did silence fall? A) September 11, 2001 @ 11:00 AM B) November 12, 1918 @ 10:00 AM C) September 11, 1917 @ 11:00 AM D) November 11, 1918 @ 11:00 AM

D

Because people began searching for alternatives to capitalism and liberal democracy, new forms of _________ began to surface. A) Government B) Occupation C) Communication D) Dictatorship

D

Between whom did the secret negotiations that ended the Peace Conference occur? A) Clemenceau, George, and Orlando B) Wilson, Orlando, Clemenceau C) Georges, Orlando, Clemenceau D) Wilson, Clemenceau, George

D

By _____, the reparations that the Germans amounted to what price? A) 1920, 7 million $ B) 1921, 33 million $ C) 1923, 13 billion $ D) 1921, 33 billion $

D

By when did Hitler become the leader of the German Worker's Party? A) 1922 B) 1921 C) 1919 D) 1920

D

Describe how long and for what these peasants had to work on these State-lead, collectivized farms. A) A certain number of weeks/month to meet state-set production quotas B) A certain number of days/month to meet a production quota C) 20 weeks/year to be allowed to stay on the Land D) a certain number of days/year to meet a state-determined production quota

D

During the ___________ period, what played a key role in the developing problems in Germany and the rest of Europe? A) Antebellum Period; Inactivity of the West B) Interwar period; disillusionment with liberalism in Germany and Italy C) Post-war Period; Flaws of Versailles treaty D) Interwar Period; Flaws of Versailles treaty

D

Fascism in Italy was closely linked to what? A) Italy's involvement in WWI B) The founder, Benito Mussolini C) The post war economic upheavals that occurred in Italy D) Both A and B

D

German military officials were looking for a cease fire to WWI. When was this by? A) September 1917 B) November 7, 1938 C) November 1938 D) September 1918

D

How did Hitler become associated with the German Worker's party? A) The Political Department of the Army tasked him with following the group around to make sure that it posed no serious threat to the state B) The Army's political department tasked him with following the group around and posing as a member C) The Political Department of the Army tasked the older Hitler to follow the group around and pose as a member D) The Army's Political Department tasked him with following the group around to ensure that it did not pose any threat to the German state

D

How did Hitler gain his leadership position? A) He usurped it using a secret support base B) He organized a coup C) He used terror and fear tactics to steal it from Drexler D) He was a gifted public speaker

D

How did the Italians play a part in the onset of the Spanish Civil War? A) They were to chief supplier of Military Equipment to the Coup B) They secretly dispatched troops to help the Republican Government of Spain's forces C) They were the chief supplier of Military Equipment to the Coup D) They secretly dispatched troops to help Franco's forces

D

How many were sentenced to death between ______________ as a result of the show trials? A) 1,000,000; 1936-1938 B) 680,000; 1936-1938 C) 1,000,000; 1937-1938 D) 680,000; 1937-1938

D

In what article was the war guilt clause in? A) Article 24 B) Article 1 C) Article 130 D) Article 231

D

In what way did Mussolini first challenge the legitimacy of the Italian Liberal Government? A) Invaded Ethiopia B) Passed the Acerbo Law of 1923 C) Staged a March on Rome D) Staged an armed March on Rome

D

In whose civil war did Italy becoming involved in the outbreak of* and when? A) Spanish; 1937 B) Russia; 1917 C) Japan; 1936 D) Spanish; 1936

D

King Victor Emmanuel III offered that Mussolini become the head of the coalition government in lieu of doing what? A) living as a pasture B) heading it himself, which he could not do due to ailments C) Supporting his government's efforts to ban the National Fascist Party and arrest Mussolini D) Supporting his governments efforts to ban the March on Rome

D

On whose side did the Soviets join in the Spanish Civil war? A) The conservative republic of Spain B) Francisco Franco's leftist regime C) Francisco Franco's conservative military regime D) Leftist Government (Republican Government of Spain).

D

Starting in ________, Stalin began greatly accelerating his drive for A) 1938; total control over the soviety union B) 1936; Russian Imperialism C) 1937; Economic development and modernization D) 1936; total control over the soviet union

D

The Italian business men and middle class were hoping to find a government that would establish... A) Order and strength B) Stability and Power C) Strength and conservatism D) Order and Stability

D

The Stab in the Back legend is a powerful part of what? A) Cause of WWII B) Economic, social, and political discord in Germany post WWII C) Jefferson davis treaty D) Resistance to the Treaty of Versailles

D

The Treaty of Versailles was presented to the Weimar republic. Chancellor _____________ reacted how? A) Philipp Scheidemann; he signed the treaty on June 28th, 1919 B) Gustav Bauer; He resigned in protest to the treaty C) Victor Emmanuel III; he grudgingly accepted the terms of the treaty but at the expense of the German people D) Philipp Scheidemann; he resigned in protest to the treaty

D

The US wanted an NWO across what kind of Europe? A) A unified Europe B) Colonized Europe C) Westernized Europe D) A redrawn Europe

D

The US's desire for the Versailles Treaty was much more __________ than France's A) Punishing B) Costly C) Realistic D) Idealistic

D

The effects of WWI created the in many of pessimism for what exactly? A) Conservative democracy and capitalism B) Liberal democracy and socialism C) Totalitarianism and democracy D) Liberal democracy and capitalism

D

The effects of which war created changed the way people thought about what? A) WW2; the past B) WW1; the power balance around the globe C) WW2; the future D) WW1; the future

D

The show trials were conducted ______________________ A) With Joseph Stalin present himself B) In gruesome fashion C) In private facilities where no one could see what the government was actually doing D) In front of live audiences

D

The third idea exclusive to Stalinism is... A) Modernization and economic development B) State-lead collectivization of land and industry C) Socialism within one country D) The emergence of a vast bureaucracy

D

The third trait of Mussolini's fascism is that he began to do what? A) Identify and persecute non-ethnic Italians B) Start shifting his economy towards Imperialism C) Get buddy-buddy with the other great Fascist Nation in EU, Germany D) Identify and Persecute people he didn't like (will ask who they are later)

D

There were several key differences between Italian Fascism and other forms in EU at the time. How many main ones were there? A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4

D

Until what year was Russia an Allied power? A) 1918 B) 1936 C) 1924 D) 1917

D

What did Italy desire from the treaty? A) To make it impossible for Germany to rise up again B) To regain control of the Balkans C) To return to original power divisions in EU D) To gain more land

D

What did Russia become to the Republican Government of Spain during the Spanish civil war? A) Tumblr B) Supplier of raw materials and industrial equipment C) Supplier of man power D) Chief supplier of military equipment

D

What did the collectivization of land under Stalin's Iron Fisted rule result in? A) Death of soviet citizens B) Population dislocations C) Imprisonment of soviet citizens D) All of the above

D

What did the emphasis on bureaucracy fit in well with? A) Stalin's personal views on role of the leader B) Stalin's personal views on cheese cake C) Stalin's personal views on role of the nation D) Stalin's personal views on political rule

D

What formed the core of Mussolini's political ideology? A) Social Darwinist Principles B) Militant Nationalism C) State D) Rabid Nationalism

D

What industrial equipment did the five year plans set out targets to make? A) Conveyor belts B) Ore-refineries C) Locomotive D) Tractors

D

What major turning point occurred in Russia after 1917, when Lenin first gained power? A) The first of a series of Five Year Plans were created B) Lenin died in 1928 C) Stalin and Trotsky overthrew Lenin in 1924 D) Lenin died in 1924

D

What part of the treaty did the Germans see as being both unfair and historically inaccurate? A) Land Confiscations of overseas colonies B) Reparations C) Being excluded from the Paris Peace Conference D) Both the War Guilt clause and Reparations

D

What type of gov't was the Weimar republic? A) Congressional B) Communist C) Liberal and Democratic D) Provisional

D

What was Hitler a member of when he was tasked with following around the German Worker's Party? A) The German government B) The German Worker's Party itself C) The German Parliament D) The German Army

D

What was in the south of the Western front? A) Northern France B) English Channel C) Paris, France D) Swiss border

D

What was the effect of Lenin's death? A) More revolutions that landed Lenin's son at the top B) National panic over who would lead the country out of turmoil C) Internal power struggle among his opponents D) Internal power struggle among his followers

D

What was the name of Mussolini's party? A) National Fascist Party of Italy B) The Fascist Party of Italy C) National Fascism Party of Italy D) National Fascist Party

D

how did the peasants react to collectivization? A) They resisted, staging protests to remove Stalin from the government B) They tried protesting some, but their tumult was largely ignored, as they were coerced into working C) They resisted, killing crops and burning livestock D) They resisted, burning crops and killing livestock

D

What was the name of the first concentration camp in Germany?

Dachau

What was the second of the Nuremberg laws?

Defined who legally counted as being a Jew

How to describe the Rhineland region?

Demilitarized

What did Hitler say the communists were trying to do in burning down Reichstag?

Destabilize the German state

Where was the only place that the Nazi's thought territorial growth could be achieved?

Eastern EU

(Relating to the second issue with Japan). Starting in the 1930s, there was a certain pressure mounting. What kind of pressure was it, and what was it caused by?

Economic problems of the Great Depression

Japan did not suffer the same economic turmoil that other countries did in the decade after WWI. Thus, the ________________ led ______________________ to attempt to lesson what?

Economic prosperity; Civilian Politicians; to lesson the traditional influence that the Japanese Army and Navy had on political life

The crisis atmosphere that the burning created allowed Hitler to do what?

Force* the passage of the Enabling Act

Who led the Military Coup in Spain?

Francisco Franco

In this order, who were the representatives of each of the big for members? France: USA: Great Britain: Italy:

Georges Clemenceau, Woodrow Wilson, David Lloyd George, Vittorio Orlando

Who was especially influenced by the rise of the Nazi party during the great depression, which caused them to lose faith in the Weimar Republic?

German Middle class and youth

What was Reichstag?

German Parliament building

The Enabling act basically...

Granted Hitler complete power

After Hitler got complete power from the Enabling act, what did he do?

He banned political parties except for Nazi and created the foundation for a "new Nazi state."

Regarding foreign policy, Hitler informed some important people of a certain number of important things. What was the second?

He was going to disregard the treaty of Versailles

Regarding foreign policy, Hitler informed some important people of a certain number of important things. What was the third?

He was going to expand into the east

Regarding foreign policy, Hitler informed some important people of a certain number of important things. What was the first thin?

He was going to re-arm the German military

What did Hitler do while in jail?

He wrote Mein Kampf

What did Hitler make clear in Mein Kampf?

His goal of creating a "racially pure Germany"

On the domestic front, what were some examples of the large scale national groups that Hitler created

Hitler Youth and The League of German Girls

On the domestic front, for whom did the large scale national groups that Hitler created try and indoctrinate the youth with rabid love?

Hitler and the German State

What was the "last piece of the puzzle" in the Nazi rise to power and when did it happen?

Hitler was named Chancellor of Germany; January 30, 1933

The three things that Hitler openly announced Germany would do were all what?

In direct opposition to the Treaty of Versailles

(Relating to the first issue with Japan) Japan had since the 1500s been faced a choice between adopting western forms of _____________________ and ________________________ OR sticking to it's own...

Industrial Development and Governmental Organisation; Own Traditional approaches

Did the Beer Hall Putsch succeed or fail?

It failed

Hitler joining the war on the side of Francisco Franco was how important?

It played a decisive role in Spanish Victory

How was the Great Depression the opportunity that Hitler had been hoping for?

It provided him with an opportunity to take advantage of political/social turmoil

What did the enabling act do?

It suspended the Weimar Constitution for a period of time

The second core principle that Germany shared with Fascist Italy was...

It totally "scrapped" the Versailles treaty

The first core principle that Germany shared with Italian Fascism was...

It was an "intense" desire for Germany to reestablish itself as a major EU power

Whose rise to power did the Nazi rise to power in the 1930s mirror?

Italian Fascist Movement

The 2nd bit of evidence for the growing strength of the Nazi party came when, and what was it?

January 1932; The NSDAP became the single largest party in the German State

Why was it surprising that Japan became a totalitarian country?

Japan had emerged from WWI stronger than when WWI had started

When did Germany become allies with Imperial ____________

Japan; 1936

What kind of Jewish establishments were destroyed by the Nazi Party members on Kristallnacht

Jewish Synagogues and Businesses

Under Hit'er's racial purity plan in Autobiographical Mein Kampf, who was listed as being a part of the "undesirables"?

Jews Romas Mentally AND physically disabled people

Who were the subhumans in Hitler's race pyramid?

Jews and Eastern Europeans

What was the fourth Nuremberg law?

Jews had to wear a Yellow Star of David in public

(Relating to the first issue with Japan). Which person made a quote about Japan not losing its ID to the West and what was he?

John Keegan; A historian

Besides moving into the Rhineland, what other thing did Hitler do in 1936?

Joined the right winged forces of Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War

Regarding foreign policy, Hitler informed some important people of a certain number of important things. What were the people he informed?

Key members of the German Military

What happened on the Night of November 9, 1938?

Kristallnacht

On the domestic front, the fourth thing Hitler did was create what kind of groups?

Large scale, National groups

What kind of professional positions were Jews excluded from

Lawyers and University Professors

What did Lebesraum translate to?

Living space

Although ___________ beneath the surface, there are some important issues in Japan that help us understand what?

Lurking; why their push for democracy failed

When did Hitler create the first concentration camp?

March 1933

Related to foreign policy and esp. the military, what THREE things did Hitler announce and when did he?

March 1935 1) A sizable increase to German Military might 2) Creation of a compulsory military service 3) Rebuilding the German airforce

(Relating to the first issue with Japan). Starting with the ___________________ in ________, Japan chose what?

Meiji Restoration; 1868; A middle ground btwn. Western and Japanese models

With power in his hands, Hitler moved to put the idea of what into action?

Mein Kampf

(Relating to the second issue with Japan). What was the rise of the new government based off what in Japan?

Militarism

How was the news of March 1935 announced by Hitler?

Openly

Who gave Hitler the position as Chancellor of Germany and why?

Other conservatives in Germany; they thought that they would be able to control Hitler AND the Nazis*

What were the two examples of Eastern Europeans?

Poles and Russians

The rapid spread of unemployment in Germany caused what?

Political instability

When/what was the first bit of evidence to show the growing strength of the Nazi party during the depression period?

September 1930; A National election

Where was Bavaria?

Southeastern Germany

Who was the true target of Hitler's design for __________________?

Soviet Union; Lebensraum

There was nothing _______________ about Anton Drexler or his German Worker's Party

Spectacular

The decline in global trade caused what in Germany?

Spread of unemployment

Hitler attempted to overthrow the __________ government of _____________ as well as...

State; Bavaria; march on Berlin

What was the first of the Nuremberg laws?

Stripped Jews of their citizenship's

What was the example of the newest German plane used in Spain as a test for the Germans?

Stuka Dive Bomber

What was the title of the bottom of the racial pyramid of Hitler's?

Sub-humans

That the conservatives put Hitler in Chancellor position was a great mistake; T or F

T

All the antisemitic movements in Germany created...

Tension

To the Nazi's, Germany could only reestablish itself as a major EU power through what?

Territorial growth

(Relating to the first issue with Japan); Japan did choose a middle ground between theirs and the West's models, but they only did this under what condition?

That they did not sacrifice their "Identity."

`The Night of Broken Glass foreshadowed...

The "bleak-future" that existed for Jews who didn't leave Nazi Germany

What was the key event that allowed Nazis to ain power in Germany?

The 1929 collapse of the Global Economy

(Relating to the second issue with Japan). Because of the Economic problems starting in 1930 caused by the Great Depression, who in particular*** began to do what?

The Army, in particular, "openly" sought to overthrow the civilian government

What was Hitler's attempt to overthrow the state government of Bavaria in SE Germany and March on Berlin called?

The Beer Hall Putsch

Who was at the top of Hitler's race pyramid?

The Germans

What was the name of the 1929 collapse of the global economy?

The Great Depression

Which two events set up the last piece of the puzzle for The Nazi party's total rise to power?

The National election of September 1930 and the fact that the NSDAP was the largest party in the German state by 1932

What does Kristallnacht mean?

The Night of Broken Glass

What was the name of the first set of Anti-Jewish laws introduced in 1935?

The Nuremberg Laws

What was another name for the Brownshirts?

The S.A.

Much of the crisis atmosphere in Europe, which existed by 1938, was created by what?

The actions of Hitler and the.. The Inaction of the Western powers

(Relating to the second issue with Japan) What was Militarism

The idea that a country MUST maintain a powerful army

(Relating to the second issue with Japan). The Army's attempt to overthrow the civilian government ultimately led to what?

The rise of a new government in Japan

What was the second issue in Japan that helps explain why Democracy failed there?

The role of the Army and the Navy

How did the Beer Hall Putsch fail?

The state governments troops remained loyal and broke up the Nazi march

What was the first issue that helps us understand why Democracy failed in Japan?

Their longstanding issue of Japans relationship with the West

Whom did the Nazi's believe the vast farmlands and rich resources of Eastern Europe rightfully belonged to?

Them

Example of Japan moving towards a more liberal, democratic system after WWI?

They allowed for full, universal male suffrage

As it relates to the 2nd core principle that Germany shared with Fascist Italy, how did they look at the Versailles treaty?

They continued to see it as a burden.

On the domestic front, what did the large scale National groups that Hitler created do?

They indoctrinated the German youth

Why was the fact that the Nazis seemed to provide order and stability especially true for German Youth and Middle class?

They latched onto the promises of the Nazi Party

(Relating to the second issue with Japan); What was wrong with the role of the Army and the Navy?

They often behaved in ways contrary to the wishes of the civilian governments

Because Nazism saw race as the defining element of their doctrine, how did they treat race?

They prioritized it over all other ideological considerations

The Japanese were promised what things by the Allies during WWI in exchange for their help?

They were promised that they would get to keep the land they gobbled up from Germany after the war And they would be granted a seat at the Versailles conference

Regarding foreign policy, Hitler informed some important people of a certain number of important things. How many?

Three

What was a main goal of the Nazi State?

To achieve racial purity

What was the goal of anti-Jewish law?

To force Jews out of PUBLIC LIFE

What was Dachau's purpose?

To house political prisoners and other undesirables

Japan had to expand into somewhere. Why did they do this?

To save themselves from Economic Ruin

Did the Five Year Plans meet their production quota? Yes No

Yes

Was Hitler old or young whenever he was tasked to follow around the GWP?

Young

Increasingly, Jews were excluded from owning __________ and ___________

stores and other businesses

Why did Nazi Party members destroy Jewish Synagogues and Businesses?

because a Nazi Party official was assassinated in Paris by a Polish Jew

Increasingly, Jews were excluded from holding ____________________________

civil service jobs

What was the Anti-Comintern pact supposed to do

combat communist Russia

The second way that Germans used the Spanish Civil war as a testing ground for their plan was that German _______________ was given its first _________ under _____________ in Spain

equipment; test; fire

as a result of the beer hall putsch, Hitler was arrested and tried for treason, but was only given ______________________ by...

five years by a judge who was sympathetic to the anti-Weimar movement

What did the political instability lead to in Germany?

less faith in the Weimar republic, who could not effectively* deal with the depression

With foreign policy, Hitler...

moved just as quickly as he did on the domestic front

On the domestic front, the first thing Hitler did was replace labor unions with one large, _______-lead organizations?

state

The Nazi's believed it was ______________ for them to gain _________________ where?

necessary; Lebensraum; Eastern Europe and in general

Increasingly, Jews were excluded from having

other professional positions

As it relates to Italian fascism trait one; this form of militant nationalism placed an emphasis on the ___________ and ____________ and the ____________ and its _________________ (fill in the blanks in this format: answer 1; answer 2; answer 3; answer 4).

power; importance; state; people

Hitler _________ utilized whose movement as a model?

quickly; Mussolini's fascist movement

Extreme __________ and ___________________ gained huge popularity in Germany in...

racism and antisemitism; the aftermath of WWI

Hitler's rise to power set off a ______________________, which quickly ________________________________.

rapid chain of events, which would quickly reshape Germany and Europe entirely.

During the great depression in Germany, the Nazi's gained lots of _______________ because they seemed to offer...

support; order and stability in the seemingly increasingly unstable world