Question 1

What were the causes of the Great Depression? How did the European states respond to the Great Depression?

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The Great Depression was caused by a com

Question 2

What were the key institutions of the Italian fascist state? What did kind of government and society did Mussolini and the fascists hope to create?

Accepted Answer

The key institutions of the Italian fasc

Question 3

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
fascism

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Fascism is a far-right, authoritarian ul

Question 4

What best describes the first Popular Front government in France?

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A) It solved the nation's budget problems by eliminating workers' benefits. 
B) It gave ordinary workers new rights and benefits including a minimum wage. 
C) It was able to solve the problems of economic depression. 
D) It collapsed in 1926, allowing Raymond Poincaré's Cartel of the Left to take power. 
E) It remained in power until the German invasion of 1942. 
A) It solved the nation's budget problems by eliminating workers' benefits. 
B) It gave ordinary workers new rights and benefits including a minimum wage. 
C) It was able to solve the problems of economic depression. 
D) It collapsed in 1926, allowing Raymond Poincaré's Cartel of the Left to take power. 
E) It remained in power until the German invasion of 1942.

Question 5

Germany responded to the French occupation of the Ruhr by declaring war on France and Britain.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

What best describes Hitler's book, Mein Kampf ?

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A) It depicted Hitler's plan to take power through a massive rebellion. 
B) It set forth Hitler's ideology of Aryan supremacy and anti-Semitism. 
C) It excluded any trace of Hitler's anti-Semitism. 
D) It was immediately seen by German politicians as the dangerous work of a madman. 
E) It immediately became a best-seller throughout Europe including the Soviet Union. 
A) It depicted Hitler's plan to take power through a massive rebellion. 
B) It set forth Hitler's ideology of Aryan supremacy and anti-Semitism. 
C) It excluded any trace of Hitler's anti-Semitism. 
D) It was immediately seen by German politicians as the dangerous work of a madman. 
E) It immediately became a best-seller throughout Europe including the Soviet Union.

Question 7

What best describes the institutional framework of Mussolini's Fascist dictatorship?

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A) It lacked a secret police force. 
B) It included highly popular and well attended Fascists youth organizations. 
C) It was primarily aimed at aiding the workers and peasants. 
D) It never created the degree of totalitarian control found in Russia and Germany in the 1930s. 
E) It was the most successful of the authoritarian states that appeared in Europe in the interwar years. 
A) It lacked a secret police force. 
B) It included highly popular and well attended Fascists youth organizations. 
C) It was primarily aimed at aiding the workers and peasants. 
D) It never created the degree of totalitarian control found in Russia and Germany in the 1930s. 
E) It was the most successful of the authoritarian states that appeared in Europe in the interwar years.

Question 8

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
totalitarian state

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A totalitarian state is a political syst

Question 9

James Joyce's famous novel featuring "stream-of-consciousness" was

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A) Ulysses 
B) Steppenwolf . 
C) Mrs. Dalloway . 
D) Jacob's Room . 
E) Demian . 
A) Ulysses 
B) Steppenwolf . 
C) Mrs. Dalloway . 
D) Jacob's Room . 
E) Demian .

Question 10

Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal policies in the United States

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A) were successful by 1932. 
B) virtually eliminated unemployment. 
C) brought about government ownership of most industries. 
D) brought about a partial economic recovery, but full employment did not return until World War II's rearmament. 
E) were all declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. 
A) were successful by 1932. 
B) virtually eliminated unemployment. 
C) brought about government ownership of most industries. 
D) brought about a partial economic recovery, but full employment did not return until World War II's rearmament. 
E) were all declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.

Question 11

What was the original purpose of the SS?

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A) The SS was used to raise funds for party activities. 
B) The SS was used to defend the party in meeting halls. 
C) The SS was used as Hitler's personal body guard. 
D) The SS distributed Nazi propaganda. 
E) The SS was the "respectable" face of the Nazis. 
A) The SS was used to raise funds for party activities. 
B) The SS was used to defend the party in meeting halls. 
C) The SS was used as Hitler's personal body guard. 
D) The SS distributed Nazi propaganda. 
E) The SS was the "respectable" face of the Nazis.

Question 12

Above all else, the German Expressionists were influenced by the ideas of Freud.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

What were social consequences of the Great Depression in Europe and the United States?

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The Great Depression had significant soc

Question 14

What was true of the Lateran Accords of 1929?

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A) They nationalized all church property. 
B) They recognized Catholicism as the sole religion of Italy. 
C) They marked the Catholic church's official condemnation of the Fascist state. 
D) They eliminated government support for the Catholic church. 
E) They turned the property of the Vatican over to the Italian government in exchange for tax reductions. 
A) They nationalized all church property. 
B) They recognized Catholicism as the sole religion of Italy. 
C) They marked the Catholic church's official condemnation of the Fascist state. 
D) They eliminated government support for the Catholic church. 
E) They turned the property of the Vatican over to the Italian government in exchange for tax reductions.

Question 15

Why were relations between France and Germany so difficult in the years immediately following World War I?

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Relations between France and Germany wer

Question 16

What did "Strength through Joy" achieve?

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A) It was one of the most effective Nazi propaganda films. 
B) It was Fascist Italy's most popular national recreation agency. 
C) It monitored and homogenized the leisure time of the German workers. 
D) It failed miserably in its attempts to draw German workers to vacation package tours. 
E) It was Spain's Franco's attempt to emulate the popular propaganda movements of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. 
A) It was one of the most effective Nazi propaganda films. 
B) It was Fascist Italy's most popular national recreation agency. 
C) It monitored and homogenized the leisure time of the German workers. 
D) It failed miserably in its attempts to draw German workers to vacation package tours. 
E) It was Spain's Franco's attempt to emulate the popular propaganda movements of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy.

Question 17

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
Adolf Hitler

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Adolf Hitler was a German politician and

Question 18

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
Weimar Republic

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The Weimar Republic refers to the federa

Question 19

All of the following concepts were central to the psychological theories of Carl Jung EXCEPT

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A) the collective unconscious. 
B) the process of individuation. 
C) the uncertainty principle. 
D) universal archetypes. 
E) the importance of universal myths. 
A) the collective unconscious. 
B) the process of individuation. 
C) the uncertainty principle. 
D) universal archetypes. 
E) the importance of universal myths.

Question 20

What were Hitler's core ideas or assumptions? What were the methods used to implement them once he and the Nazis had established the Nazi state in Germany?

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Adolf Hitler's core ideas and assumption

Exam 26: The Futile Search for Stability: Europe Between the Wars, 1919-1939

What were the causes of the Great Depression? How did the European states respond to the Great Depression?

What were the key institutions of the Italian fascist state? What did kind of government and society did Mussolini and the fascists hope to create?

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. fascism

What best describes the first Popular Front government in France?

Germany responded to the French occupation of the Ruhr by declaring war on France and Britain.

What best describes Hitler's book, Mein Kampf ?

What best describes the institutional framework of Mussolini's Fascist dictatorship?

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. totalitarian state

James Joyce's famous novel featuring "stream-of-consciousness" was

Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal policies in the United States

What was the original purpose of the SS?

Above all else, the German Expressionists were influenced by the ideas of Freud.

What were social consequences of the Great Depression in Europe and the United States?

What was true of the Lateran Accords of 1929?

Why were relations between France and Germany so difficult in the years immediately following World War I?

What did "Strength through Joy" achieve?

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Adolf Hitler

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Weimar Republic

All of the following concepts were central to the psychological theories of Carl Jung EXCEPT

What were Hitler's core ideas or assumptions? What were the methods used to implement them once he and the Nazis had established the Nazi state in Germany?

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The Hellenistic World

The Roman Republic

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The Recovery and Growth of European Society in the High Middle Ages

The Rise of Kingdoms and the Growth of Church Power

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