Question 1

How was "mass culture" different from older forms of popular culture,and what factors contributed to its rise?

Accepted Answer

Mass culture was different from previous

Question 2

Under the influence of John Maynard Keynes,the Roosevelt administration instituted policies aimed at getting the country "back on its feet" by first abandoning:

Accepted Answer

A)  the idea of a balanced budget. 
B)  the policy of currency management. 
C)  the system of relief programs. 
D)  the public works projects. 
E)  the states to their own fates. 
A)  the idea of a balanced budget. 
B)  the policy of currency management. 
C)  the system of relief programs. 
D)  the public works projects. 
E)  the states to their own fates.

Question 3

The term fascio means group or band and derives from the symbol of an ax bundled with sticks that represented the authority of the Roman state.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

How did the war contribute to the emergence of fascism in Italy?

Accepted Answer

The war left Italy in a difficult positi

Question 5

Although Lenin wanted to establish,for the short term,a state-capitalist economic system in Russia,which resembled the successful European wartime economies,the necessities of the civil war pushed the government to a more radical economic system known as:

Accepted Answer

A)  socialism for the masses. 
B)  socialism with a human face. 
C)  peacetime communism. 
D)  mercantile communism. 
E)  war communism. 
A)  socialism for the masses. 
B)  socialism with a human face. 
C)  peacetime communism. 
D)  mercantile communism. 
E)  war communism.

Question 6

How did Mussolini manage the Italian state's long-standing conflict with the Catholic Church?

Accepted Answer

A)  by banning Catholic political groups throughout Italy 
B)  by denying diplomatic recognition to the Vatican in 1925 
C)  by asking prominent Catholic politicians to join the fascist regime 
D)  by staging a public reconciliation with the Church, including independence for the Vatican in 1929 
E)  by forcibly appointing a new pope, Pius XI, when Benedict XV died in 1929 
A)  by banning Catholic political groups throughout Italy 
B)  by denying diplomatic recognition to the Vatican in 1925 
C)  by asking prominent Catholic politicians to join the fascist regime 
D)  by staging a public reconciliation with the Church, including independence for the Vatican in 1929 
E)  by forcibly appointing a new pope, Pius XI, when Benedict XV died in 1929

Question 7

What role did the economy play in the collapse of the Weimar Republic?

Accepted Answer

The collapse of the Weimar Republic,and

Question 8

The SS (Schutzstaffel)was created as an alternative to the radical and possibly revolutionary SA (Hitler's storm troopers).

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Which of the following was the most prominent beneficial effect of the New Economic Policy (NEP)?

Accepted Answer

A)  the recovery of Russian agriculture to prewar levels of prosperity 
B)  the increase of agricultural goods, especially food, flowing into Russian cities 
C)  greatly increased public faith in the communists' ability to manage the Soviet economy 
D)  the sudden leap forward in Soviet industrial production 
E)  the increased support for the communists from the wealthy landowners, the kulaks 
A)  the recovery of Russian agriculture to prewar levels of prosperity 
B)  the increase of agricultural goods, especially food, flowing into Russian cities 
C)  greatly increased public faith in the communists' ability to manage the Soviet economy 
D)  the sudden leap forward in Soviet industrial production 
E)  the increased support for the communists from the wealthy landowners, the kulaks

Question 10

Which of the following describes a way in which Stalin's "Great Terror" defeated its own purpose?

Accepted Answer

A)  The effort to create a more unified socialist country cut the Soviet Union off from overseas outlets to spread revolution. 
B)  In trying to take direct control over economic and political life, Stalin managed to eliminate many of his most talented subordinates. 
C)  Speeding up the rate of industrialization created unemployment that even communism could not manage. 
D)  By eliminating his major political opponents, Stalin only increased opposition on the part of minor officials who previously supported him. 
E)  Stalin's actions galvanized opposition to his rule and led, in 1938, to his overthrow by Nikita Khrushchev. 
A)  The effort to create a more unified socialist country cut the Soviet Union off from overseas outlets to spread revolution. 
B)  In trying to take direct control over economic and political life, Stalin managed to eliminate many of his most talented subordinates. 
C)  Speeding up the rate of industrialization created unemployment that even communism could not manage. 
D)  By eliminating his major political opponents, Stalin only increased opposition on the part of minor officials who previously supported him. 
E)  Stalin's actions galvanized opposition to his rule and led, in 1938, to his overthrow by Nikita Khrushchev.

Question 11

The Bolsheviks won the civil war in Russia because they were better organized than the Whites and others who opposed the socialist state.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

According to Joseph Goebbels in his pamphlet Why Are We Enemies of the Jews,the Nazi party was founded on the twin hatreds of Jews and:

Accepted Answer

A)  capitalism. 
B)  socialism. 
C)  nationalism. 
D)  militarism. 
E)  communism. 
A)  capitalism. 
B)  socialism. 
C)  nationalism. 
D)  militarism. 
E)  communism.

Question 13

What was the Night of the Long Knives?

Accepted Answer

A)  a round of brutal street fighting between Nazi and communists gangs immediately after Hitler's rise to power 
B)  an attack on the Reichstag in Berlin by anarchists 
C)  a nickname for the first round of arrests that sent thousands of German Jews into concentration camps 
D)  a lethal purge of Hitler's SA in 1934, killing over a thousand officials he considered too radical 
E)  the nickname for the coordinated attacks made on Jewish businesses and synagogues in 1938 
A)  a round of brutal street fighting between Nazi and communists gangs immediately after Hitler's rise to power 
B)  an attack on the Reichstag in Berlin by anarchists 
C)  a nickname for the first round of arrests that sent thousands of German Jews into concentration camps 
D)  a lethal purge of Hitler's SA in 1934, killing over a thousand officials he considered too radical 
E)  the nickname for the coordinated attacks made on Jewish businesses and synagogues in 1938

Question 14

Some artists of the 1920s and 1930s sought to express pain and outrage directly to a mass audience in graphic detail.Most notable among these artists were:

Accepted Answer

A)  Diego Rivera and Thomas Hart Benton. 
B)  Reginald Marsh and Emiliano Zapata. 
C)  José Clement Orozco and J. Alfred Prufrock. 
D)  Pancho Villa and John J. Pershing. 
E)  Thomas Hart Benton and J. Alfred Prufrock. 
A)  Diego Rivera and Thomas Hart Benton. 
B)  Reginald Marsh and Emiliano Zapata. 
C)  José Clement Orozco and J. Alfred Prufrock. 
D)  Pancho Villa and John J. Pershing. 
E)  Thomas Hart Benton and J. Alfred Prufrock.

Question 15

The Five-Year Plan resulted in enormous growth in population and in industrialization of Russia.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 25: Turmoil between the Wars

How was "mass culture" different from older forms of popular culture,and what factors contributed to its rise?

Under the influence of John Maynard Keynes,the Roosevelt administration instituted policies aimed at getting the country "back on its feet" by first abandoning:

The term fascio means group or band and derives from the symbol of an ax bundled with sticks that represented the authority of the Roman state.

How did the war contribute to the emergence of fascism in Italy?

Although Lenin wanted to establish,for the short term,a state-capitalist economic system in Russia,which resembled the successful European wartime economies,the necessities of the civil war pushed the government to a more radical economic system known as:

How did Mussolini manage the Italian state's long-standing conflict with the Catholic Church?

What role did the economy play in the collapse of the Weimar Republic?

The SS (Schutzstaffel)was created as an alternative to the radical and possibly revolutionary SA (Hitler's storm troopers).

Which of the following was the most prominent beneficial effect of the New Economic Policy (NEP)?

Which of the following describes a way in which Stalin's "Great Terror" defeated its own purpose?

The Bolsheviks won the civil war in Russia because they were better organized than the Whites and others who opposed the socialist state.

According to Joseph Goebbels in his pamphlet Why Are We Enemies of the Jews,the Nazi party was founded on the twin hatreds of Jews and:

What was the Night of the Long Knives?

Some artists of the 1920s and 1930s sought to express pain and outrage directly to a mass audience in graphic detail.Most notable among these artists were:

The Five-Year Plan resulted in enormous growth in population and in industrialization of Russia.

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