Question 1

How did Stalin's reforms of Soviet society transform the lives of Soviet women?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
In 1917, Russian women had been granted equal legal rights with men and were urged to work outside the home. Stalin continued to urge women to work outside the home in factories, heavy industry, construction, and on farms. Women were also encouraged to have advanced degrees, particularly in science and technology. At the same time, Stalin also encouraged women to still marry, have children, and support traditional family values.

Question 2

Which of the following characterized Nazi culture under Hitler?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was antiwar. 
B)  It was pro-multicultural. 
C)  It was anti-intellectual. 
D)  It was pro-free market. 
A)  It was antiwar. 
B)  It was pro-multicultural. 
C)  It was anti-intellectual. 
D)  It was pro-free market. C

Question 3

Vladimir Lenin's New Economic Policy was a political compromise with what group?

Accepted Answer

A)  Urban industrial workers 
B)  Rural peasants 
C)  White counter-revolutionaries 
D)  Foreign capitalists 
A)  Urban industrial workers 
B)  Rural peasants 
C)  White counter-revolutionaries 
D)  Foreign capitalists B

Question 4

By 1941, what group made up one-half of all Communist Party members in the Soviet Union?

Accepted Answer

A)  American expatriates 
B)  Women 
C)  New members who had joined since the purges 
D)  Enemies of Stalin 
A)  American expatriates 
B)  Women 
C)  New members who had joined since the purges 
D)  Enemies of Stalin

Question 5

When and why did the Great Depression start?

Accepted Answer

A)  It began in 1923 when Germany defaulted on its reparations. 
B)  It began in 1935 when the WPA was established. 
C)  It began in 1929 when the U.S. stock market crashed. 
D)  It began in 1931 when Japan invaded Manchuria. 
A)  It began in 1923 when Germany defaulted on its reparations. 
B)  It began in 1935 when the WPA was established. 
C)  It began in 1929 when the U.S. stock market crashed. 
D)  It began in 1931 when Japan invaded Manchuria.

Question 6

How did Hitler and the Nazi Party use propaganda to gather support? What kinds of propaganda did they use?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Hitler and

Question 7

Use the following to answer questions :
-Enabling Act

Accepted Answer

A) Franklin Delano Roosevelt's plan to reform capitalism in the United States through forceful government intervention in the economy. 
B) A party formed in 1936 in France that encouraged unions and launched a far-reaching New Deal-inspired program of social reform. 
C) A radical dictatorship that exercises complete political power and control over all aspects of society and seeks to mobilize the masses for action. 
D) A movement characterized by extreme, often expansionist nationalism, anti-socialism, a dynamic and violent leader, and glorification of war and the military. 
E) Launched by Stalin in 1928 and termed the "revolution from above," its goal was to modernize the Soviet Union and generate a Communist society with new attitudes, new loyalties, and a new socialist humanity.
F)Lenin's 1921 policy re-establishing limited economic freedom in the Soviet Union in an attempt to rebuild agriculture and industry in the face of economic disintegration.
G)Stalin's forcible consolidation, beginning in 1929, of individual peasant farms in the Soviet Union into large, state-controlled enterprises.
H)A private army under Mussolini in Italy that destroyed Socialist newspapers, union halls, and local Socialist Party headquarters, eventually pushing Socialists out of the city governments of northern Italy.
I)A 1929 agreement in which Mussolini in Italy recognized the Vatican as an independent state and agreed to give the church heavy financial support in return for the pope's public support.
J)A movement born of extreme nationalism and racism and dominated by Adolf Hitler from 1933 until the end of World War II in 1945.
K)An act pushed through the Reichstag by the Nazis in 1933 that gave Hitler absolute dictatorial power for four years.
L)"Lightning war" using planes, tanks, and trucks, first used by Hitler to crush Poland in four weeks.
M)Hitler's program, based on the guiding principle of racial imperialism, which gave preferential treatment to the Nordic peoples above "inferior" Latin peoples and, at the bottom, "subhuman" Slavs and Jews.
N)The attempted systematic extermination of all European Jews and other "undesirables" by the Nazi state during World War II.
O)The military strategy, set forth by Churchill and adopted by Roosevelt, that called for the defeat of Hitler in Europe before the United States launched an all-out strike against Japan in the Pacific. 
A) Franklin Delano Roosevelt's plan to reform capitalism in the United States through forceful government intervention in the economy. 
B) A party formed in 1936 in France that encouraged unions and launched a far-reaching New Deal-inspired program of social reform. 
C) A radical dictatorship that exercises complete political power and control over all aspects of society and seeks to mobilize the masses for action. 
D) A movement characterized by extreme, often expansionist nationalism, anti-socialism, a dynamic and violent leader, and glorification of war and the military. 
E) Launched by Stalin in 1928 and termed the "revolution from above," its goal was to modernize the Soviet Union and generate a Communist society with new attitudes, new loyalties, and a new socialist humanity.
F)Lenin's 1921 policy re-establishing limited economic freedom in the Soviet Union in an attempt to rebuild agriculture and industry in the face of economic disintegration.
G)Stalin's forcible consolidation, beginning in 1929, of individual peasant farms in the Soviet Union into large, state-controlled enterprises.
H)A private army under Mussolini in Italy that destroyed Socialist newspapers, union halls, and local Socialist Party headquarters, eventually pushing Socialists out of the city governments of northern Italy.
I)A 1929 agreement in which Mussolini in Italy recognized the Vatican as an independent state and agreed to give the church heavy financial support in return for the pope's public support.
J)A movement born of extreme nationalism and racism and dominated by Adolf Hitler from 1933 until the end of World War II in 1945.
K)An act pushed through the Reichstag by the Nazis in 1933 that gave Hitler absolute dictatorial power for four years.
L)"Lightning war" using planes, tanks, and trucks, first used by Hitler to crush Poland in four weeks.
M)Hitler's program, based on the guiding principle of racial imperialism, which gave preferential treatment to the Nordic peoples above "inferior" Latin peoples and, at the bottom, "subhuman" Slavs and Jews.
N)The attempted systematic extermination of all European Jews and other "undesirables" by the Nazi state during World War II.
O)The military strategy, set forth by Churchill and adopted by Roosevelt, that called for the defeat of Hitler in Europe before the United States launched an all-out strike against Japan in the Pacific.

Question 8

Which of these best characterizes the impact of the New Deal?

Accepted Answer

A)  It had little or no effect on the U.S. economy. 
B)  It ended the Great Depression. 
C)  It drove the United States deeper into depression. 
D)  It was partly successful, but it did not pull the United States out of the Great Depression. 
A)  It had little or no effect on the U.S. economy. 
B)  It ended the Great Depression. 
C)  It drove the United States deeper into depression. 
D)  It was partly successful, but it did not pull the United States out of the Great Depression.

Question 9

What characterized Mussolini's policies for women?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were more far-reaching than those in the Soviet Union. 
B)  He liberalized divorce laws. 
C)  He required that women be given 20 percent of all higher-level jobs in industry. 
D)  He favored a return to traditional roles and encouraged women to have many children. 
A)  They were more far-reaching than those in the Soviet Union. 
B)  He liberalized divorce laws. 
C)  He required that women be given 20 percent of all higher-level jobs in industry. 
D)  He favored a return to traditional roles and encouraged women to have many children.

Question 10

What was one of Hitler's beliefs about Jews?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were misunderstood 
B)  They were republicans 
C)  They were liberals 
D)  They were Marxist socialists 
A)  They were misunderstood 
B)  They were republicans 
C)  They were liberals 
D)  They were Marxist socialists

Question 11

In June 1941, Hitler ordered what military action?

Accepted Answer

A)  An aerial "blitz" of London to break the will of England 
B)  An attack on the Soviet Union 
C)  The building of an atomic weapon 
D)  Establishment of the Vichy government in France 
A)  An aerial "blitz" of London to break the will of England 
B)  An attack on the Soviet Union 
C)  The building of an atomic weapon 
D)  Establishment of the Vichy government in France

Question 12

What action taken by the Nazis, as illustrated in Map 30.1, "The Growth of Nazi Germany, 1933-1939," was a direct violation of the Treaty of Versailles?

Accepted Answer

A)  The remilitarization of the Rhineland 
B)  The invasion of Poland 
C)  The annexation of East Prussia 
D)  The remilitarization of the Sudetenland 
A)  The remilitarization of the Rhineland 
B)  The invasion of Poland 
C)  The annexation of East Prussia 
D)  The remilitarization of the Sudetenland

Question 13

Benito Mussolini's private army was known as what?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Cheka 
B)  The Brown Shirts 
C)  The Black Shirts 
D)  The Stasi 
A)  The Cheka 
B)  The Brown Shirts 
C)  The Black Shirts 
D)  The Stasi

Question 14

Use the following to answer questions :
-Lateran Agreement

Accepted Answer

A) Franklin Delano Roosevelt's plan to reform capitalism in the United States through forceful government intervention in the economy. 
B) A party formed in 1936 in France that encouraged unions and launched a far-reaching New Deal-inspired program of social reform. 
C) A radical dictatorship that exercises complete political power and control over all aspects of society and seeks to mobilize the masses for action. 
D) A movement characterized by extreme, often expansionist nationalism, anti-socialism, a dynamic and violent leader, and glorification of war and the military. 
E) Launched by Stalin in 1928 and termed the "revolution from above," its goal was to modernize the Soviet Union and generate a Communist society with new attitudes, new loyalties, and a new socialist humanity.
F)Lenin's 1921 policy re-establishing limited economic freedom in the Soviet Union in an attempt to rebuild agriculture and industry in the face of economic disintegration.
G)Stalin's forcible consolidation, beginning in 1929, of individual peasant farms in the Soviet Union into large, state-controlled enterprises.
H)A private army under Mussolini in Italy that destroyed Socialist newspapers, union halls, and local Socialist Party headquarters, eventually pushing Socialists out of the city governments of northern Italy.
I)A 1929 agreement in which Mussolini in Italy recognized the Vatican as an independent state and agreed to give the church heavy financial support in return for the pope's public support.
J)A movement born of extreme nationalism and racism and dominated by Adolf Hitler from 1933 until the end of World War II in 1945.
K)An act pushed through the Reichstag by the Nazis in 1933 that gave Hitler absolute dictatorial power for four years.
L)"Lightning war" using planes, tanks, and trucks, first used by Hitler to crush Poland in four weeks.
M)Hitler's program, based on the guiding principle of racial imperialism, which gave preferential treatment to the Nordic peoples above "inferior" Latin peoples and, at the bottom, "subhuman" Slavs and Jews.
N)The attempted systematic extermination of all European Jews and other "undesirables" by the Nazi state during World War II.
O)The military strategy, set forth by Churchill and adopted by Roosevelt, that called for the defeat of Hitler in Europe before the United States launched an all-out strike against Japan in the Pacific. 
A) Franklin Delano Roosevelt's plan to reform capitalism in the United States through forceful government intervention in the economy. 
B) A party formed in 1936 in France that encouraged unions and launched a far-reaching New Deal-inspired program of social reform. 
C) A radical dictatorship that exercises complete political power and control over all aspects of society and seeks to mobilize the masses for action. 
D) A movement characterized by extreme, often expansionist nationalism, anti-socialism, a dynamic and violent leader, and glorification of war and the military. 
E) Launched by Stalin in 1928 and termed the "revolution from above," its goal was to modernize the Soviet Union and generate a Communist society with new attitudes, new loyalties, and a new socialist humanity.
F)Lenin's 1921 policy re-establishing limited economic freedom in the Soviet Union in an attempt to rebuild agriculture and industry in the face of economic disintegration.
G)Stalin's forcible consolidation, beginning in 1929, of individual peasant farms in the Soviet Union into large, state-controlled enterprises.
H)A private army under Mussolini in Italy that destroyed Socialist newspapers, union halls, and local Socialist Party headquarters, eventually pushing Socialists out of the city governments of northern Italy.
I)A 1929 agreement in which Mussolini in Italy recognized the Vatican as an independent state and agreed to give the church heavy financial support in return for the pope's public support.
J)A movement born of extreme nationalism and racism and dominated by Adolf Hitler from 1933 until the end of World War II in 1945.
K)An act pushed through the Reichstag by the Nazis in 1933 that gave Hitler absolute dictatorial power for four years.
L)"Lightning war" using planes, tanks, and trucks, first used by Hitler to crush Poland in four weeks.
M)Hitler's program, based on the guiding principle of racial imperialism, which gave preferential treatment to the Nordic peoples above "inferior" Latin peoples and, at the bottom, "subhuman" Slavs and Jews.
N)The attempted systematic extermination of all European Jews and other "undesirables" by the Nazi state during World War II.
O)The military strategy, set forth by Churchill and adopted by Roosevelt, that called for the defeat of Hitler in Europe before the United States launched an all-out strike against Japan in the Pacific.

Question 15

Based on Map 30.2, "World War II in Europe and Africa, 1939-1945," which was the only European member of the Allies not occupied by the Axis powers?

Accepted Answer

A)  France 
B)  Norway 
C)  Denmark 
D)  Great Britain 
A)  France 
B)  Norway 
C)  Denmark 
D)  Great Britain

Question 16

By 1950, 75 percent of all Soviet doctors were what?

Accepted Answer

A)  Retired army officers 
B)  Jews 
C)  Women 
D)  Former kulaks 
A)  Retired army officers 
B)  Jews 
C)  Women 
D)  Former kulaks

Question 17

What World War II battle was the turning point for the Allies in the Pacific in 1944?

Accepted Answer

A)  Battle of Midway 
B)  Battle of Leyte Gulf 
C)  Battle of the Coral Sea 
D)  Battle of Guadalcanal 
A)  Battle of Midway 
B)  Battle of Leyte Gulf 
C)  Battle of the Coral Sea 
D)  Battle of Guadalcanal

Question 18

Use the following to answer questions :
-Holocaust

Accepted Answer

A) Franklin Delano Roosevelt's plan to reform capitalism in the United States through forceful government intervention in the economy. 
B) A party formed in 1936 in France that encouraged unions and launched a far-reaching New Deal-inspired program of social reform. 
C) A radical dictatorship that exercises complete political power and control over all aspects of society and seeks to mobilize the masses for action. 
D) A movement characterized by extreme, often expansionist nationalism, anti-socialism, a dynamic and violent leader, and glorification of war and the military. 
E) Launched by Stalin in 1928 and termed the "revolution from above," its goal was to modernize the Soviet Union and generate a Communist society with new attitudes, new loyalties, and a new socialist humanity.
F)Lenin's 1921 policy re-establishing limited economic freedom in the Soviet Union in an attempt to rebuild agriculture and industry in the face of economic disintegration.
G)Stalin's forcible consolidation, beginning in 1929, of individual peasant farms in the Soviet Union into large, state-controlled enterprises.
H)A private army under Mussolini in Italy that destroyed Socialist newspapers, union halls, and local Socialist Party headquarters, eventually pushing Socialists out of the city governments of northern Italy.
I)A 1929 agreement in which Mussolini in Italy recognized the Vatican as an independent state and agreed to give the church heavy financial support in return for the pope's public support.
J)A movement born of extreme nationalism and racism and dominated by Adolf Hitler from 1933 until the end of World War II in 1945.
K)An act pushed through the Reichstag by the Nazis in 1933 that gave Hitler absolute dictatorial power for four years.
L)"Lightning war" using planes, tanks, and trucks, first used by Hitler to crush Poland in four weeks.
M)Hitler's program, based on the guiding principle of racial imperialism, which gave preferential treatment to the Nordic peoples above "inferior" Latin peoples and, at the bottom, "subhuman" Slavs and Jews.
N)The attempted systematic extermination of all European Jews and other "undesirables" by the Nazi state during World War II.
O)The military strategy, set forth by Churchill and adopted by Roosevelt, that called for the defeat of Hitler in Europe before the United States launched an all-out strike against Japan in the Pacific. 
A) Franklin Delano Roosevelt's plan to reform capitalism in the United States through forceful government intervention in the economy. 
B) A party formed in 1936 in France that encouraged unions and launched a far-reaching New Deal-inspired program of social reform. 
C) A radical dictatorship that exercises complete political power and control over all aspects of society and seeks to mobilize the masses for action. 
D) A movement characterized by extreme, often expansionist nationalism, anti-socialism, a dynamic and violent leader, and glorification of war and the military. 
E) Launched by Stalin in 1928 and termed the "revolution from above," its goal was to modernize the Soviet Union and generate a Communist society with new attitudes, new loyalties, and a new socialist humanity.
F)Lenin's 1921 policy re-establishing limited economic freedom in the Soviet Union in an attempt to rebuild agriculture and industry in the face of economic disintegration.
G)Stalin's forcible consolidation, beginning in 1929, of individual peasant farms in the Soviet Union into large, state-controlled enterprises.
H)A private army under Mussolini in Italy that destroyed Socialist newspapers, union halls, and local Socialist Party headquarters, eventually pushing Socialists out of the city governments of northern Italy.
I)A 1929 agreement in which Mussolini in Italy recognized the Vatican as an independent state and agreed to give the church heavy financial support in return for the pope's public support.
J)A movement born of extreme nationalism and racism and dominated by Adolf Hitler from 1933 until the end of World War II in 1945.
K)An act pushed through the Reichstag by the Nazis in 1933 that gave Hitler absolute dictatorial power for four years.
L)"Lightning war" using planes, tanks, and trucks, first used by Hitler to crush Poland in four weeks.
M)Hitler's program, based on the guiding principle of racial imperialism, which gave preferential treatment to the Nordic peoples above "inferior" Latin peoples and, at the bottom, "subhuman" Slavs and Jews.
N)The attempted systematic extermination of all European Jews and other "undesirables" by the Nazi state during World War II.
O)The military strategy, set forth by Churchill and adopted by Roosevelt, that called for the defeat of Hitler in Europe before the United States launched an all-out strike against Japan in the Pacific.

Question 19

Use the following to answer questions :
-Nazism

Accepted Answer

A) Franklin Delano Roosevelt's plan to reform capitalism in the United States through forceful government intervention in the economy. 
B) A party formed in 1936 in France that encouraged unions and launched a far-reaching New Deal-inspired program of social reform. 
C) A radical dictatorship that exercises complete political power and control over all aspects of society and seeks to mobilize the masses for action. 
D) A movement characterized by extreme, often expansionist nationalism, anti-socialism, a dynamic and violent leader, and glorification of war and the military. 
E) Launched by Stalin in 1928 and termed the "revolution from above," its goal was to modernize the Soviet Union and generate a Communist society with new attitudes, new loyalties, and a new socialist humanity.
F)Lenin's 1921 policy re-establishing limited economic freedom in the Soviet Union in an attempt to rebuild agriculture and industry in the face of economic disintegration.
G)Stalin's forcible consolidation, beginning in 1929, of individual peasant farms in the Soviet Union into large, state-controlled enterprises.
H)A private army under Mussolini in Italy that destroyed Socialist newspapers, union halls, and local Socialist Party headquarters, eventually pushing Socialists out of the city governments of northern Italy.
I)A 1929 agreement in which Mussolini in Italy recognized the Vatican as an independent state and agreed to give the church heavy financial support in return for the pope's public support.
J)A movement born of extreme nationalism and racism and dominated by Adolf Hitler from 1933 until the end of World War II in 1945.
K)An act pushed through the Reichstag by the Nazis in 1933 that gave Hitler absolute dictatorial power for four years.
L)"Lightning war" using planes, tanks, and trucks, first used by Hitler to crush Poland in four weeks.
M)Hitler's program, based on the guiding principle of racial imperialism, which gave preferential treatment to the Nordic peoples above "inferior" Latin peoples and, at the bottom, "subhuman" Slavs and Jews.
N)The attempted systematic extermination of all European Jews and other "undesirables" by the Nazi state during World War II.
O)The military strategy, set forth by Churchill and adopted by Roosevelt, that called for the defeat of Hitler in Europe before the United States launched an all-out strike against Japan in the Pacific. 
A) Franklin Delano Roosevelt's plan to reform capitalism in the United States through forceful government intervention in the economy. 
B) A party formed in 1936 in France that encouraged unions and launched a far-reaching New Deal-inspired program of social reform. 
C) A radical dictatorship that exercises complete political power and control over all aspects of society and seeks to mobilize the masses for action. 
D) A movement characterized by extreme, often expansionist nationalism, anti-socialism, a dynamic and violent leader, and glorification of war and the military. 
E) Launched by Stalin in 1928 and termed the "revolution from above," its goal was to modernize the Soviet Union and generate a Communist society with new attitudes, new loyalties, and a new socialist humanity.
F)Lenin's 1921 policy re-establishing limited economic freedom in the Soviet Union in an attempt to rebuild agriculture and industry in the face of economic disintegration.
G)Stalin's forcible consolidation, beginning in 1929, of individual peasant farms in the Soviet Union into large, state-controlled enterprises.
H)A private army under Mussolini in Italy that destroyed Socialist newspapers, union halls, and local Socialist Party headquarters, eventually pushing Socialists out of the city governments of northern Italy.
I)A 1929 agreement in which Mussolini in Italy recognized the Vatican as an independent state and agreed to give the church heavy financial support in return for the pope's public support.
J)A movement born of extreme nationalism and racism and dominated by Adolf Hitler from 1933 until the end of World War II in 1945.
K)An act pushed through the Reichstag by the Nazis in 1933 that gave Hitler absolute dictatorial power for four years.
L)"Lightning war" using planes, tanks, and trucks, first used by Hitler to crush Poland in four weeks.
M)Hitler's program, based on the guiding principle of racial imperialism, which gave preferential treatment to the Nordic peoples above "inferior" Latin peoples and, at the bottom, "subhuman" Slavs and Jews.
N)The attempted systematic extermination of all European Jews and other "undesirables" by the Nazi state during World War II.
O)The military strategy, set forth by Churchill and adopted by Roosevelt, that called for the defeat of Hitler in Europe before the United States launched an all-out strike against Japan in the Pacific.

Question 20

Use the following to answer questions :
-fascism

Accepted Answer

A) Franklin Delano Roosevelt's plan to reform capitalism in the United States through forceful government intervention in the economy. 
B) A party formed in 1936 in France that encouraged unions and launched a far-reaching New Deal-inspired program of social reform. 
C) A radical dictatorship that exercises complete political power and control over all aspects of society and seeks to mobilize the masses for action. 
D) A movement characterized by extreme, often expansionist nationalism, anti-socialism, a dynamic and violent leader, and glorification of war and the military. 
E) Launched by Stalin in 1928 and termed the "revolution from above," its goal was to modernize the Soviet Union and generate a Communist society with new attitudes, new loyalties, and a new socialist humanity.
F)Lenin's 1921 policy re-establishing limited economic freedom in the Soviet Union in an attempt to rebuild agriculture and industry in the face of economic disintegration.
G)Stalin's forcible consolidation, beginning in 1929, of individual peasant farms in the Soviet Union into large, state-controlled enterprises.
H)A private army under Mussolini in Italy that destroyed Socialist newspapers, union halls, and local Socialist Party headquarters, eventually pushing Socialists out of the city governments of northern Italy.
I)A 1929 agreement in which Mussolini in Italy recognized the Vatican as an independent state and agreed to give the church heavy financial support in return for the pope's public support.
J)A movement born of extreme nationalism and racism and dominated by Adolf Hitler from 1933 until the end of World War II in 1945.
K)An act pushed through the Reichstag by the Nazis in 1933 that gave Hitler absolute dictatorial power for four years.
L)"Lightning war" using planes, tanks, and trucks, first used by Hitler to crush Poland in four weeks.
M)Hitler's program, based on the guiding principle of racial imperialism, which gave preferential treatment to the Nordic peoples above "inferior" Latin peoples and, at the bottom, "subhuman" Slavs and Jews.
N)The attempted systematic extermination of all European Jews and other "undesirables" by the Nazi state during World War II.
O)The military strategy, set forth by Churchill and adopted by Roosevelt, that called for the defeat of Hitler in Europe before the United States launched an all-out strike against Japan in the Pacific. 
A) Franklin Delano Roosevelt's plan to reform capitalism in the United States through forceful government intervention in the economy. 
B) A party formed in 1936 in France that encouraged unions and launched a far-reaching New Deal-inspired program of social reform. 
C) A radical dictatorship that exercises complete political power and control over all aspects of society and seeks to mobilize the masses for action. 
D) A movement characterized by extreme, often expansionist nationalism, anti-socialism, a dynamic and violent leader, and glorification of war and the military. 
E) Launched by Stalin in 1928 and termed the "revolution from above," its goal was to modernize the Soviet Union and generate a Communist society with new attitudes, new loyalties, and a new socialist humanity.
F)Lenin's 1921 policy re-establishing limited economic freedom in the Soviet Union in an attempt to rebuild agriculture and industry in the face of economic disintegration.
G)Stalin's forcible consolidation, beginning in 1929, of individual peasant farms in the Soviet Union into large, state-controlled enterprises.
H)A private army under Mussolini in Italy that destroyed Socialist newspapers, union halls, and local Socialist Party headquarters, eventually pushing Socialists out of the city governments of northern Italy.
I)A 1929 agreement in which Mussolini in Italy recognized the Vatican as an independent state and agreed to give the church heavy financial support in return for the pope's public support.
J)A movement born of extreme nationalism and racism and dominated by Adolf Hitler from 1933 until the end of World War II in 1945.
K)An act pushed through the Reichstag by the Nazis in 1933 that gave Hitler absolute dictatorial power for four years.
L)"Lightning war" using planes, tanks, and trucks, first used by Hitler to crush Poland in four weeks.
M)Hitler's program, based on the guiding principle of racial imperialism, which gave preferential treatment to the Nordic peoples above "inferior" Latin peoples and, at the bottom, "subhuman" Slavs and Jews.
N)The attempted systematic extermination of all European Jews and other "undesirables" by the Nazi state during World War II.
O)The military strategy, set forth by Churchill and adopted by Roosevelt, that called for the defeat of Hitler in Europe before the United States launched an all-out strike against Japan in the Pacific.

Exam 30: The Great Depression and World War Ii, 1929-1945

How did Stalin's reforms of Soviet society transform the lives of Soviet women?

Which of the following characterized Nazi culture under Hitler?

Vladimir Lenin's New Economic Policy was a political compromise with what group?

By 1941, what group made up one-half of all Communist Party members in the Soviet Union?

When and why did the Great Depression start?

How did Hitler and the Nazi Party use propaganda to gather support? What kinds of propaganda did they use?

Use the following to answer questions : -Enabling Act

Which of these best characterizes the impact of the New Deal?

What characterized Mussolini's policies for women?

What was one of Hitler's beliefs about Jews?

In June 1941, Hitler ordered what military action?

What action taken by the Nazis, as illustrated in Map 30.1, "The Growth of Nazi Germany, 1933-1939," was a direct violation of the Treaty of Versailles?

Benito Mussolini's private army was known as what?

Use the following to answer questions : -Lateran Agreement

Based on Map 30.2, "World War II in Europe and Africa, 1939-1945," which was the only European member of the Allies not occupied by the Axis powers?

By 1950, 75 percent of all Soviet doctors were what?

What World War II battle was the turning point for the Allies in the Pacific in 1944?

Use the following to answer questions : -Holocaust

Use the following to answer questions : -Nazism

Use the following to answer questions : -fascism

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