Multiple choice chapter 27
Which countries in August 1939 signed a nonaggression pact that led directly to war?
Germany and the Soviet Union
Why did Stalin call for the mass murder of the kulaks?
He believed as landowners they would embrace capitalism
Why did Hitler have the leadership of the SA storm troopers, about 100, killed in 1934?
He wanted to win support of the traditional military.
Where was the target of the first of two atomic bombs dropped on Japan in 1945?
Hiroshima
What was "Europe First" policy adopted by the Allied Powers during World War II?
Hitler would be defeated before the Allies went after Japan
What was the effect of the 1935 Nuremberg Law?
It defined as Jewish anyone having 3+ Jewish grandparents
What were the effects of Lenin's New Economic Plan?
It encouraged peasants to sell surpluses in free market.
What was the purpose of the Enabling Act in 1933?
It gave Hitler dictatorial powers for four years
How did Mussolini build support from big business in Italy?
Left big business to regulate itself & never purged itself
Who was the Lenin's New Economic Policy a compromise with?
Russian peasants
Which battle was the decisive turning point in the clash between the Soviet Union and Germany?
Stalingrad
Where did Nazi administrators initially gain experience in mass murder?
The murder of Germans with physical and mental disabilities
In the Lateran Agreement, how did Mussolini resolve the status of Catholic Church in Italy?
Vatican was recognized as independent state
What was women's roles in Stalin's society?
could enter the ranks of specialists in industry in science
What image of Mussolini did "the cult of Duce" promote?
powerful strongman embodying the best qualities of Italians
How did the Nazi Party seek to promote the idea of Volksgemainshaft?
they created mass organizations such as Hitler Youth
What was the Holocaust?
Systematic effort of Nazis to exterminate all European Jews
What was the goal of Stalin's theory of socialism in one country
argued that Soviet Union could build socialism on his own
How did the Nazis manage the northern European states that they conquered?
they established puppet governments
How did the Nazis seek to legitimize their racial policies?
they established research institutes and academies
Why did Stalin and his supporters sponsor the first five-year plan?
they feared a gradual restoration of capitalism
How did real wages for workers and peasants in the Soviet Union in 1937 compare to 1913?
they were lower.
What was Germany's goal in the Battle of Britain?
to gain air supremacy
What was the primary goal of the opponents of the Nazis in Protestant and Catholic churches?
to preserve religious life in Germany
When did Britain and France finally confront Hitler with the threat of war?
when he used pretext of Germans in Danzig to enter Poland
