Glencoe World History: Modern Times, California Edition

Chapter 9: The West Between Wars

Self-Check Quiz

1
Which of the following is NOT a reason why peace was short-lived after World War I?
A)The League of Nations was weak because the United States did not join.
B)Germany became unable to pay war reparations.
C)Germany and France signed the Treaty of Locarno.
D)Countries were unwilling to cut back their military forces.
2
In France, the Great Depression __________
A)caused inflation as early as 1922.
B)caused the French to lose confidence in their political system after repeated collapses of cabinets.
C)led to a conservative government.
D)led to anti-worker legislation under the French New Deal.
3
The economist John Maynard Keynes advocated __________ as a remedy for economic depression.
A)increased government spending
B)expanded workers’ rights
C)increased tariffs on imports
D)the printing of money
4
Which is NOT a characteristic of the totalitarian states that emerged after World War I?
A)The states were led by a single leader and a single party.
B)Individual freedom was subordinate to the collective will of the masses.
C)The states used mass propaganda techniques and modern technology to fulfill their goals.
D)The leaders required only passive obedience from their subjects, not active involvement.
5
Totalitarianism in Italy under Mussolini involved __________
A)the use of newspapers to spread propaganda.
B)total control of the Catholic Church.
C)the complete destruction of the old power structure.
D)the demise of traditional institutions.
6
In order to strengthen his control over the party bureaucracy in the Soviet Union, Stalin __________
A)restored many previously outlawed capitalist practices.
B)dismissed adversaries from office.
C)ended the Politburo.
D)purged those who threatened his political power.
7
__________ aided Francisco Franco in his revolt against the democratic government in Spain.
A)Italy
B)France
C)The Soviet Union
D)Great Britain
8
In Mein Kampf, Hitler expressed his favorable views on __________
A)democracy.
B)communism.
C)Jews.
D)nationalism.
9
Hitler gained power in Germany __________
A)by overthrowing the Weimar government.
B)with the support of Germany’s democrats.
C)legally by becoming chancellor.
D)with the help of outside powers.
10
Hitler used all of the following means to establish a totalitarian state in Germany EXCEPT __________
A)staging mass rallies.
B)forming the Schutzstaffeln.
C)starting anti-Semitic policies.
D)encouraging women to join the workforce.
11
While many Germans accepted the Nazi dictatorship, ___________ suffered increasingly harsh persecution under the Nuremberg laws.
A)women
B)Communists
C)Jews
D)democrats
12
In __________, the Nazis used film as a propaganda tool to great effect.
A)Birth of a Nation.
B)The Triumph of the Will.
C)Quo Vadis.
D)Kraft durch Freude.
13
__________ held an important position as the Nazi propaganda minister.
A)Joseph Goebbels
B)Leni Riefenstahl
C)Paul von Hindenburg
D)Heinrich Himmler
14
The intellectual uncertainties and sense of despair reflected in art during the period following World War I and the Great Depression was best characterized by which of the following?
A)Strength through Joy
B)“The world does not make sense, so why should art?”
C)“. . . a simply shocking lack of skill . . .”
D)none of the above
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