Question 1

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Night of Long Knives

Accepted Answer

First purge of the SA, in whic

Question 2

Who were the "kulaks" in Soviet Russia?

Accepted Answer

A)  Intellectuals who were purged from the Communist Party. 
B)  Technical specialists who were suspected of espionage. 
C)  Women's cadres who collected grain from the agricultural collectives. 
D)  Peasants who were accused of being wealthy hoarders following NEP. 
E)  Convicts who were forced into labor gangs. 
A)  Intellectuals who were purged from the Communist Party. 
B)  Technical specialists who were suspected of espionage. 
C)  Women's cadres who collected grain from the agricultural collectives. 
D)  Peasants who were accused of being wealthy hoarders following NEP. 
E)  Convicts who were forced into labor gangs.

Question 3

One of the most successful Nazi propaganda pieces, Triumph of the Will , was produced by ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Josef Goebbels 
B)  Heinrich Reinhardt 
C)  Leni Riefenstahl 
D)  Sergei Eisenstein 
E)  Orson Welles 
A)  Josef Goebbels 
B)  Heinrich Reinhardt 
C)  Leni Riefenstahl 
D)  Sergei Eisenstein 
E)  Orson Welles

Question 4

Collaborationist governments assisting Nazis were established in Slovakia and Croatia.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

What was Operation Barbarossa?

Accepted Answer

A)  The attempt to convince Japan to attack China 
B)  The plan to lay siege to Britain in the autumn of 1940 
C)  The Axis support of Finland to distract Soviet troops from attacking along the Eastern Front 
D)  Hitler's plan to take over Russia 
E)  The Allied assault on the Axis in coming up from North Africa through the soft underbelly of central Europe 
A)  The attempt to convince Japan to attack China 
B)  The plan to lay siege to Britain in the autumn of 1940 
C)  The Axis support of Finland to distract Soviet troops from attacking along the Eastern Front 
D)  Hitler's plan to take over Russia 
E)  The Allied assault on the Axis in coming up from North Africa through the soft underbelly of central Europe

Question 6

Who wrote a book that could be considered the "alt-right" of the 1930s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Adolf Hitler 
B)  Benito Mussolini 
C)  George Orwell 
D)  Winston Churchill 
E)  None of these 
A)  Adolf Hitler 
B)  Benito Mussolini 
C)  George Orwell 
D)  Winston Churchill 
E)  None of these

Question 7

According to Keynes, what caused the Great Depression, and what could bring the economy into recovery?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. Keynes looked at the

Question 8

What was Hitler's two-stage approach to conquering Europe? What brought it to an end?

Accepted Answer

Using the blitzkrieg to rapidly invade a

Question 9

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Nuremburg Laws

Accepted Answer

Edicts issued by the Nazis in

Question 10

How many people were put in prison by Franco immediately following the Spanish Civil War?

Accepted Answer

A)  10,000 
B)  50,000 
C)  100,000 
D)  500,000 
E)  over 1,000,000 
A)  10,000 
B)  50,000 
C)  100,000 
D)  500,000 
E)  over 1,000,000

Question 11

What was the chief accomplishment of the National Unity Government in Britain?

Accepted Answer

A)  Taking Britain off the gold standard 
B)  Imposing protective tariffs to promote the British economy 
C)  Holding onto the principles of democracy 
D)  Achieving a balanced budget 
E)  Reversing deflationary practices 
A)  Taking Britain off the gold standard 
B)  Imposing protective tariffs to promote the British economy 
C)  Holding onto the principles of democracy 
D)  Achieving a balanced budget 
E)  Reversing deflationary practices

Question 12

The French Popular Front was led by Charles de Gaulle.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Einsatzgruppen were ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the secret police force who arrested, tortured, and executed political opposition to Hitler 
B)  mobile killing squads charged with eliminating undesirables 
C)  a series of camps in Poland designed for efficient disposal of Jews 
D)  plans to relocate the entire population of undesirables into newly conquered Russian lands 
E)  generals in charge of concentration camps with quotas to implement the Final Solution 
A)  the secret police force who arrested, tortured, and executed political opposition to Hitler 
B)  mobile killing squads charged with eliminating undesirables 
C)  a series of camps in Poland designed for efficient disposal of Jews 
D)  plans to relocate the entire population of undesirables into newly conquered Russian lands 
E)  generals in charge of concentration camps with quotas to implement the Final Solution

Question 14

Analyze the rise to power of Hitler and the Nazi Party.

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. The National Socialis

Question 15

What country liberated Berlin on May 8, 1945?

Accepted Answer

A)  France 
B)  The United States 
C)  Britain 
D)  The Soviet Union 
E)  All of these. 
A)  France 
B)  The United States 
C)  Britain 
D)  The Soviet Union 
E)  All of these.

Question 16

After consultation with scientists about efficient methods, Nazis killed millions of Jews with insecticide in death camps.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

What was one of the most surprising diplomatic partnerships of the 1930s?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Molotov-Ribbentrop Agreement 
B)  The Munich-Rome Axis 
C)  The Tokyo Accords 
D)  The Sykes-Picot Agreement 
E)  Lend-Lease Program 
A)  The Molotov-Ribbentrop Agreement 
B)  The Munich-Rome Axis 
C)  The Tokyo Accords 
D)  The Sykes-Picot Agreement 
E)  Lend-Lease Program

Question 18

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-kulaks

Accepted Answer

Entrepreneurial peas

Question 19

What was the Luftwaffe?

Accepted Answer

A)  The German program of eugenics 
B)  The new air force 
C)  A program of managed economy that reduced unemployment to less than 1 percent 
D)  The attack policy to expand the Reich to the East 
E)  The secret police 
A)  The German program of eugenics 
B)  The new air force 
C)  A program of managed economy that reduced unemployment to less than 1 percent 
D)  The attack policy to expand the Reich to the East 
E)  The secret police

Question 20

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Virginia Woolf

Accepted Answer

Pacifist English wri

Exam 27: Democracy Under Siege

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Night of Long Knives

Who were the "kulaks" in Soviet Russia?

One of the most successful Nazi propaganda pieces, Triumph of the Will , was produced by ______________.

Collaborationist governments assisting Nazis were established in Slovakia and Croatia.

What was Operation Barbarossa?

Who wrote a book that could be considered the "alt-right" of the 1930s?

According to Keynes, what caused the Great Depression, and what could bring the economy into recovery?

What was Hitler's two-stage approach to conquering Europe? What brought it to an end?

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Nuremburg Laws

How many people were put in prison by Franco immediately following the Spanish Civil War?

What was the chief accomplishment of the National Unity Government in Britain?

The French Popular Front was led by Charles de Gaulle.

Einsatzgruppen were ______________.

Analyze the rise to power of Hitler and the Nazi Party.

What country liberated Berlin on May 8, 1945?

After consultation with scientists about efficient methods, Nazis killed millions of Jews with insecticide in death camps.

What was one of the most surprising diplomatic partnerships of the 1930s?

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -kulaks

What was the Luftwaffe?

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Virginia Woolf

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