Question 1

How did Mohandas Gandhi fight against British colonial rule of India?

Accepted Answer

A)  He organized a vast network of resistance fighters. 
B)  He used his skills as a lawyer to marshal international support for Indian independence. 
C)  He encouraged Indians to practice civil disobedience. 
D)  He worked within the colonial system, campaigning for autonomy and self-government. 
A)  He organized a vast network of resistance fighters. 
B)  He used his skills as a lawyer to marshal international support for Indian independence. 
C)  He encouraged Indians to practice civil disobedience. 
D)  He worked within the colonial system, campaigning for autonomy and self-government. C

Question 2

What advantages did the Allied powers have over the Axis powers that allowed them to win the war?

Accepted Answer

A)  Vastly superior weapons and technology as well as a strong industrial base 
B)  Greater manpower and resources and access to goods from their global empires 
C)  The support of their civilian populations, which the Axis leaders never had 
D)  A more sophisticated understanding of propaganda and mass media as well as the tools to use it more effectively 
A)  Vastly superior weapons and technology as well as a strong industrial base 
B)  Greater manpower and resources and access to goods from their global empires 
C)  The support of their civilian populations, which the Axis leaders never had 
D)  A more sophisticated understanding of propaganda and mass media as well as the tools to use it more effectively B

Question 3

Which of the following accurately describes one of the major sources of social tension during the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

A)  Many people fled the cities, overwhelming the ability of rural communities to support their own populations. 
B)  Even though the majority of people had jobs, they lived in constant fear that they would be replaced by cheaper laborers, like women or colonial workers. 
C)  Gender roles seemed to be reversed, as women often supported their families while their unemployed husbands remained at home. 
D)  Governments imposed restrictions on the number of children couples could have, as the burgeoning welfare states were weighed down by the burden of increased fertility. 
A)  Many people fled the cities, overwhelming the ability of rural communities to support their own populations. 
B)  Even though the majority of people had jobs, they lived in constant fear that they would be replaced by cheaper laborers, like women or colonial workers. 
C)  Gender roles seemed to be reversed, as women often supported their families while their unemployed husbands remained at home. 
D)  Governments imposed restrictions on the number of children couples could have, as the burgeoning welfare states were weighed down by the burden of increased fertility. C

Question 4

In the 1930s, although the views of politicians varied, what was one belief that was shared by all?

Accepted Answer

A)  Greater popular participation in politics would secure political stability by heightening the sense of shared responsibility. 
B)  Pump priming and government-sponsored job programs offered surefire solutions to the economic crisis. 
C)  Falling birthrates indicated a serious weakening or the imminent collapse of individual nations, if not of European society altogether. 
D)  An expansion of overseas markets would generate impressive revenues and lead to future prosperity. 
A)  Greater popular participation in politics would secure political stability by heightening the sense of shared responsibility. 
B)  Pump priming and government-sponsored job programs offered surefire solutions to the economic crisis. 
C)  Falling birthrates indicated a serious weakening or the imminent collapse of individual nations, if not of European society altogether. 
D)  An expansion of overseas markets would generate impressive revenues and lead to future prosperity.

Question 5

According to this map, which of the following statements supports why the Nationalists were successful during the Spanish Civil War?
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Accepted Answer

A)  They were able to use strategic positions to launch naval attacks. 
B)  They had control over key cities like Madrid and Barcelona. 
C)  They were able to mobilize and expand more easily than the Republicans could. 
D)  They had the assistance of neighboring Portugal. 
A)  They were able to use strategic positions to launch naval attacks. 
B)  They had control over key cities like Madrid and Barcelona. 
C)  They were able to mobilize and expand more easily than the Republicans could. 
D)  They had the assistance of neighboring Portugal.

Question 6

What economic policy did the Nazi Party pursue that centered on stimulating the economy through government spending on tanks and airplanes and on public works programs such as the building of the Autobahn?

Accepted Answer

A)  Laissez-faire economics 
B)  Pump priming 
C)  Money creation 
D)  Credit deflation 
A)  Laissez-faire economics 
B)  Pump priming 
C)  Money creation 
D)  Credit deflation

Question 7

How did Adolf Hitler and the National Socialists use a combination of racism, violence, and propaganda to attract followers before 1932?

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Question 8

Discuss the reasons why Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler succeeded in implementing their domestic policies for modernization, industrialization, and economic recovery. Make sure you consider state-sanctioned violence, who benefited the most from their policies, and whether people had sufficient cause to believe that life was better under them than under the previous governments.

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Question 9

The term totalitarianism, as it is applied to the Fascist, Nazi, and Communist regimes of the 1930s, refers to

Accepted Answer

A)  European states in which the leader came to power only after a rigged election. 
B)  a highly centralized system of government that attempts to control society and ensure obedience through a single party and police terror. 
C)  an economic and political system in which private property is abolished and all citizens are asked to devote their total allegiance to the state. 
D)  a political movement whose leaders believe in total economic and political equality for all citizens. 
A)  European states in which the leader came to power only after a rigged election. 
B)  a highly centralized system of government that attempts to control society and ensure obedience through a single party and police terror. 
C)  an economic and political system in which private property is abolished and all citizens are asked to devote their total allegiance to the state. 
D)  a political movement whose leaders believe in total economic and political equality for all citizens.

Question 10

Why was the situation at Dunkirk in the spring of 1940 both a symbol of disaster and a symbol of heroism for the Allies?

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Question 11

Which eastern European country was able to increase industrial capacity, despite the depression and despite being far less economically developed than its Western neighbors?

Accepted Answer

A)  Bulgaria 
B)  Romania 
C)  Serbia 
D)  Hungary 
A)  Bulgaria 
B)  Romania 
C)  Serbia 
D)  Hungary

Question 12

What was U.S. president Franklin Delano Roosevelt's "New Deal"?

Accepted Answer

A)  A new political party developed with a coalition of former Communists who were disillusioned with Stalin and liberal Democrats 
B)  A program of economic legislation designed to provide relief and recovery from the Great Depression 
C)  A movement to assist Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany that gained momentum after Kristallnacht in 1938 
D)  A political platform based around a policy of nonintervention in European wars 
A)  A new political party developed with a coalition of former Communists who were disillusioned with Stalin and liberal Democrats 
B)  A program of economic legislation designed to provide relief and recovery from the Great Depression 
C)  A movement to assist Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany that gained momentum after Kristallnacht in 1938 
D)  A political platform based around a policy of nonintervention in European wars

Question 13

What event persuaded the previously isolationist United States to enter the war on the side of the Allies?

Accepted Answer

A)  The German bombing of Britain in the summer of 1940 
B)  The German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941 
C)  The Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor and the Philippines in December 1941 
D)  The Nazi meeting in Wannsee in January 1942, at which the "Final Solution" was formalized 
A)  The German bombing of Britain in the summer of 1940 
B)  The German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941 
C)  The Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor and the Philippines in December 1941 
D)  The Nazi meeting in Wannsee in January 1942, at which the "Final Solution" was formalized

Question 14

In his 1931 address, Pope Pius XI (r. 1922-1939)

Accepted Answer

A)  condemned the rising tide of ethnic tensions in eastern Europe as well as political extremism in countries such as Italy, Germany, and Russia. 
B)  blamed the decline in European fertility rates on the modern neglect of the family, the emancipation of women, and the spread of contraception. 
C)  condemned the failure of modern societies to provide their citizens with the moral and material conditions necessary for a decent life. 
D)  called upon Europeans to return to their religious faith in this time of economic distress and to focus on family, thrift, and hard work. 
A)  condemned the rising tide of ethnic tensions in eastern Europe as well as political extremism in countries such as Italy, Germany, and Russia. 
B)  blamed the decline in European fertility rates on the modern neglect of the family, the emancipation of women, and the spread of contraception. 
C)  condemned the failure of modern societies to provide their citizens with the moral and material conditions necessary for a decent life. 
D)  called upon Europeans to return to their religious faith in this time of economic distress and to focus on family, thrift, and hard work.

Question 15

How did Nazi propaganda justify the German invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1938?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Nazis fabricated a plot in which Czech Jews, with the support of Czechoslovakia's democratic government, had threatened to assassinate Hitler. 
B)  Nazi propaganda showed the German population newsreels of the Czech army mobilizing on the Austrian front in preparation for avenging the German annexation of Austria. 
C)  The Nazis accused Czechoslovakia of persecuting its German minority and warned the Czechs that they would have to grant autonomy to the German-populated Sudetenland or face invasion. 
D)  The Nazis claimed that the Czech government had asked for assistance in stabilizing its discredited parliamentary democracy. 
A)  The Nazis fabricated a plot in which Czech Jews, with the support of Czechoslovakia's democratic government, had threatened to assassinate Hitler. 
B)  Nazi propaganda showed the German population newsreels of the Czech army mobilizing on the Austrian front in preparation for avenging the German annexation of Austria. 
C)  The Nazis accused Czechoslovakia of persecuting its German minority and warned the Czechs that they would have to grant autonomy to the German-populated Sudetenland or face invasion. 
D)  The Nazis claimed that the Czech government had asked for assistance in stabilizing its discredited parliamentary democracy.

Question 16

In 1936, how did both France and Britain lead Mussolini to believe that they would do little to stop fascist aggression?

Accepted Answer

A)  They thwarted an attempt by some members of the League of Nations to impose a rigorous embargo on Italy following Mussolini's invasion of Ethiopia. 
B)  They forcibly repatriated Italian refugees fleeing arrest by Mussolini's Fascist police force. 
C)  They agreed to lower import duties on Italian goods despite Italy's seizure of Abyssinia two weeks earlier. 
D)  They failed to protest or otherwise respond to the virulent rhetoric that accompanied Mussolini's declaration of a "Rome-Berlin Axis." 
A)  They thwarted an attempt by some members of the League of Nations to impose a rigorous embargo on Italy following Mussolini's invasion of Ethiopia. 
B)  They forcibly repatriated Italian refugees fleeing arrest by Mussolini's Fascist police force. 
C)  They agreed to lower import duties on Italian goods despite Italy's seizure of Abyssinia two weeks earlier. 
D)  They failed to protest or otherwise respond to the virulent rhetoric that accompanied Mussolini's declaration of a "Rome-Berlin Axis."

Question 17

How did Mohandas Gandhi challenge British rule in India, and how did the British government attempt to split his movement?

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Question 18

What was the purpose of the Manhattan Project?

Accepted Answer

A)  To make America the financial capital of the postwar world 
B)  To create a postwar alliance between Britain and the United States 
C)  To break German wartime codes using advanced mathematics 
D)  To develop the atomic bomb 
A)  To make America the financial capital of the postwar world 
B)  To create a postwar alliance between Britain and the United States 
C)  To break German wartime codes using advanced mathematics 
D)  To develop the atomic bomb

Question 19

Why did Italy invade Ethiopia in 1935, and how was the handling of this event by the League of Nations evidence of the league's ineffectiveness?

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Question 20

Describe the escalation of the Nazi persecution of the Jews from Hitler's rise to power until the end of World War II. In your answer, consider factors like the Nazi's use of legal means to discriminate against the Jews, the role of propaganda in garnering the support of the German population, and the creation and implementation of the "Final Solution."

Accepted Answer

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Exam 26: The Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945

How did Mohandas Gandhi fight against British colonial rule of India?

What advantages did the Allied powers have over the Axis powers that allowed them to win the war?

Which of the following accurately describes one of the major sources of social tension during the Great Depression?

In the 1930s, although the views of politicians varied, what was one belief that was shared by all?

According to this map, which of the following statements supports why the Nationalists were successful during the Spanish Civil War? ​ ​

What economic policy did the Nazi Party pursue that centered on stimulating the economy through government spending on tanks and airplanes and on public works programs such as the building of the Autobahn?

How did Adolf Hitler and the National Socialists use a combination of racism, violence, and propaganda to attract followers before 1932?

The term totalitarianism, as it is applied to the Fascist, Nazi, and Communist regimes of the 1930s, refers to

Why was the situation at Dunkirk in the spring of 1940 both a symbol of disaster and a symbol of heroism for the Allies?

Which eastern European country was able to increase industrial capacity, despite the depression and despite being far less economically developed than its Western neighbors?

What was U.S. president Franklin Delano Roosevelt's "New Deal"?

What event persuaded the previously isolationist United States to enter the war on the side of the Allies?

In his 1931 address, Pope Pius XI (r. 1922-1939)

How did Nazi propaganda justify the German invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1938?

In 1936, how did both France and Britain lead Mussolini to believe that they would do little to stop fascist aggression?

How did Mohandas Gandhi challenge British rule in India, and how did the British government attempt to split his movement?

What was the purpose of the Manhattan Project?

Why did Italy invade Ethiopia in 1935, and how was the handling of this event by the League of Nations evidence of the league's ineffectiveness?

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