Question 1

The Munich Conference in 1938 allowed Hitler to take control of which area?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hungary 
B)  Austria 
C)  Czech territory 
D)  Poland 
E)  Alsace-Lorraine 
A)  Hungary 
B)  Austria 
C)  Czech territory 
D)  Poland 
E)  Alsace-Lorraine

Question 2

The American effort to create an atomic bomb that could end the war was called what?

Accepted Answer

A)  Operation Firestrike 
B)  The Manhattan Project 
C)  Operation Overlord 
D)  D-Day 
E)  The Enola Gay 
A)  Operation Firestrike 
B)  The Manhattan Project 
C)  Operation Overlord 
D)  D-Day 
E)  The Enola Gay

Question 3

Hitler's policies on racial purity put which race at the highest point of supremacy?

Accepted Answer

A)  Aryans 
B)  Slavs 
C)  Jews 
D)  Gypsies 
E)  Caucasians 
A)  Aryans 
B)  Slavs 
C)  Jews 
D)  Gypsies 
E)  Caucasians

Question 4

Explain how Stalin's control of the economy through the five-year plans and collectivization affected the Soviet Union.

Accepted Answer

Stalin had been opposed to NEP in the ea

Question 5

Women's participation in the war (on both sides)was found in all of the following areas except

Accepted Answer

A)  munitions manufacturing. 
B)  ground support in the military. 
C)  nursing. 
D)  bus drivers. 
E)  bomber pilots. 
A)  munitions manufacturing. 
B)  ground support in the military. 
C)  nursing. 
D)  bus drivers. 
E)  bomber pilots.

Question 6

Collaboration under Nazi direction was established in all of the following countries except

Accepted Answer

A)  Vichy France. 
B)  Slovakia. 
C)  Finland. 
D)  Poland. 
E)  Croatia. 
A)  Vichy France. 
B)  Slovakia. 
C)  Finland. 
D)  Poland. 
E)  Croatia.

Question 7

Who was not considered undesirable under Hitler's racial profiling?

Accepted Answer

A)  Jews 
B)  Slavs 
C)  Communists 
D)  Gypsies 
E)  Catholics 
A)  Jews 
B)  Slavs 
C)  Communists 
D)  Gypsies 
E)  Catholics

Question 8

The Labour Party prime minister in England who failed to protect workers' interests during the depression was

Accepted Answer

A)  Neville Chamberlain. 
B)  John Maynard Keynes. 
C)  Ramsay MacDonald. 
D)  James Keir Hardie. 
E)  Winston Churchill. 
A)  Neville Chamberlain. 
B)  John Maynard Keynes. 
C)  Ramsay MacDonald. 
D)  James Keir Hardie. 
E)  Winston Churchill.

Question 9

What was the strategy behind the German tactic of Blitzkrieg?

Accepted Answer

A)  Raining down massive artillery shelling on Britain. 
B)  Directing bombing raids by the Luftwaffe. 
C)  Rapidly mobilizing tanks and troops to overwhelm opponents. 
D)  Defying a neutrality pact with Stalin and invade Poland without notice. 
E)  Creating a single front war on the east after neutralizing France. 
A)  Raining down massive artillery shelling on Britain. 
B)  Directing bombing raids by the Luftwaffe. 
C)  Rapidly mobilizing tanks and troops to overwhelm opponents. 
D)  Defying a neutrality pact with Stalin and invade Poland without notice. 
E)  Creating a single front war on the east after neutralizing France.

Question 10

Resistance to Stalinization was found mostly among which population in Russia?

Accepted Answer

A)  Urban factory workers 
B)  Conscripted labor forces 
C)  Labor unions 
D)  Workers' Soviets 
E)  Peasants 
A)  Urban factory workers 
B)  Conscripted labor forces 
C)  Labor unions 
D)  Workers' Soviets 
E)  Peasants

Question 11

In the Spanish Civil War,Francisco Franco represented what faction?

Accepted Answer

A)  Republicans 
B)  Fascists 
C)  Monarchists 
D)  Nationalists 
E)  Social Democrats 
A)  Republicans 
B)  Fascists 
C)  Monarchists 
D)  Nationalists 
E)  Social Democrats

Question 12

The French resistance movement was led by

Accepted Answer

A)  François Mitterand. 
B)  Charles de Gaulle. 
C)  Henri Pétain. 
D)  Maurice Deschamps. 
E)  Paul Reynaud. 
A)  François Mitterand. 
B)  Charles de Gaulle. 
C)  Henri Pétain. 
D)  Maurice Deschamps. 
E)  Paul Reynaud.

Question 13

The first victims in the Great Purges were the leaders of the NKVD.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

What were the causes of the Great Depression,according to Keynes,and what did he suggest as the necessary recovery plan?

Accepted Answer

Keynes looked at the policies in place i

Question 15

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 16

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

Accepted Answer

The National Socialist Party rose in the

Question 17

Churchill,Stalin,and Roosevelt met during the war to discuss postwar goals.The most important of these was the conference at

Accepted Answer

A)  Teheran. 
B)  Yalta. 
C)  Crete. 
D)  Kiev. 
E)  Beirut. 
A)  Teheran. 
B)  Yalta. 
C)  Crete. 
D)  Kiev. 
E)  Beirut.

Question 18

What was Léon Blum able to accomplish in French politics?

Accepted Answer

A)  He overturned the politics of appeasement proposed by Chamberlain. 
B)  He reached a détente with Comintern. 
C)  He formed a Popular Front coalition between Socialism, Communist, and Radical parties to work cooperatively against Nazism. 
D)  He established an alliance of the scientific community to raise conscious awareness against warfare. 
E)  He brought together radical anarchosyndicalists with conservative Republicans to object to the Spanish Civil War. 
A)  He overturned the politics of appeasement proposed by Chamberlain. 
B)  He reached a détente with Comintern. 
C)  He formed a Popular Front coalition between Socialism, Communist, and Radical parties to work cooperatively against Nazism. 
D)  He established an alliance of the scientific community to raise conscious awareness against warfare. 
E)  He brought together radical anarchosyndicalists with conservative Republicans to object to the Spanish Civil War.

Question 19

What was the Night of Long Knives?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hitler's assassination of the president to seize complete control of Germany 
B)  Widespread destruction of Jewish businesses 
C)  The elimination of the Communist Party within Germany 
D)  Hitler's purge of his political opposition and his stormtrooper leaders 
E)  The first campaign to seize the Sudetenland 
A)  Hitler's assassination of the president to seize complete control of Germany 
B)  Widespread destruction of Jewish businesses 
C)  The elimination of the Communist Party within Germany 
D)  Hitler's purge of his political opposition and his stormtrooper leaders 
E)  The first campaign to seize the Sudetenland

Question 20

Eugenicist theories in Germany focused on what aspect of eliminating the undesirable elements?

Accepted Answer

A)  Intermarriage of suitable members of the population 
B)  Sterilization of inferior members of the population 
C)  Euthanasia 
D)  Denial of social services to the genetically inferior 
E)  All of these. 
A)  Intermarriage of suitable members of the population 
B)  Sterilization of inferior members of the population 
C)  Euthanasia 
D)  Denial of social services to the genetically inferior 
E)  All of these.

Exam 27: Democracy Under Siege,1929-1945

The Munich Conference in 1938 allowed Hitler to take control of which area?

The American effort to create an atomic bomb that could end the war was called what?

Hitler's policies on racial purity put which race at the highest point of supremacy?

Explain how Stalin's control of the economy through the five-year plans and collectivization affected the Soviet Union.

Women's participation in the war (on both sides)was found in all of the following areas except

Collaboration under Nazi direction was established in all of the following countries except

Who was not considered undesirable under Hitler's racial profiling?

The Labour Party prime minister in England who failed to protect workers' interests during the depression was

What was the strategy behind the German tactic of Blitzkrieg?

Resistance to Stalinization was found mostly among which population in Russia?

In the Spanish Civil War,Francisco Franco represented what faction?

The French resistance movement was led by

The first victims in the Great Purges were the leaders of the NKVD.

What were the causes of the Great Depression,according to Keynes,and what did he suggest as the necessary recovery plan?

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

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

Churchill,Stalin,and Roosevelt met during the war to discuss postwar goals.The most important of these was the conference at

What was Léon Blum able to accomplish in French politics?

What was the Night of Long Knives?

Eugenicist theories in Germany focused on what aspect of eliminating the undesirable elements?

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