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What is totalitarianism?
a) government that controls nearly all aspects of people's lives
b) socialist government
c) strong, parliamentary system of government
d) total social support including health and old-age pensions
The Treaty of Versailles was signed at the end of World War I. How did the signing of this treaty lead to the outbreak of World War II?
a) The treaty caused resentment and economic hardship in German which led to the rise of Hitler
b) The treaty did not lead to the outbreak of World War II
c) The treaty led to the global economic crash known as the Great Depression which caused democratic governments to obtain power
d) The treaty helped Great Britain takeover Germany and reestablish itself as the only major superpower and cause resentment in
One of the greatest atrocities in history occurred during World War II when the Nazis instituted the systematic killing of over 6 million Jews and other ethnic groups. What is the name given to this horrific ordeal?
a) The Holocaust
b) Concentration Camps
c) Nuremberg Laws
d) Blitzkrieg
What were the aggressive actions taken by the Axis Powers prior to the outbreak of World War II?
a) Invasion of Ethiopia, Manchuria, and the Rhineland
b) Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
c) Invasion of Poland, China, and the USSR
d) Bombing of US embassies in Italy, Spain, and France
Europe struggles to recover from the Great War. Factories switch from war to consumer production. Americans invest wildly in the stock market. U.S. stock market crashes. Banks and Businesses fail. This list describes?
a) The causes and spread of the Great Depression.
b) The reasons for European imperialism.
c) The argument for women’s suffrage.
d) The powder keg which ignited World War I.
The Great Depression caused a lot of hardships for people throughout the world. There was a lack of employment, a lack of government assistance, and inflation was extremely high. What types of political thinking resulted from these hardships?
a) Fascism and militarism
b) Democracy and capitalism
c) Theocracy and monarchy
d) Communism and socialism
What was the immediate effect of the United States dropping the Atomic Bombs on Japan?
a) Japan immediately surrendered and World War II ended
b) Germany vowed to fight to the death against the Americans and the nuclear age began
c) The Soviet Union signed a peace treaty with the United States and the US became the lone superpower
d) European nations spoke out against the use of such weapons and nuclear weapons were banned
All of the folowing were causes and reason for the spread of the great depression except
a) Factories switch from war to consumer production.
b) Countries issued too many war bonds during World War I
c) Americans invest wildly in the stock market.
d) U.S. stock market crashes.
In the War in the Pacific, American forces used a strategy of moving toward Japan by taking control of one island at a time. What was that strategy called?
a) island hopping
b) Operation Overlord
c) trenching
d) guerilla warfare
What was President Truman's solution to ending the war quickly in the Pacific?
a) drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
b) command all U.S. naval forces to retreat back to the United States
c) sign an appeasement treaty with Japan
d) hire private ship owners to assist in the war efforts
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