History Quiz: The Rise Of Dictators

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1.

What political and economic challenges did the Western world face in the 1920's and 1930's, and how did various countries react to these challenges?
2.

Many Italians supported the Fascist party because it:
- A.
  
  Promised to improve the economy
- B.
  
  Was the only political party
- C.
  
  Pledged to unite Italy and Germany
- D.
  
  Ended the influence of the Church
3.

Under Mussolini's rule in Italy...
- A.
  
  A democracy was put in place
- B.
  
  The socialists came into power
- C.
  
  There was a one-party dictatorship
- D.
  
  Free speech was encouraged
4.

What was the appeal of Mussolini's fascist government to Italians?
- A.
  
  The fascists supported democratic ideals.
- B.
  
  The fascists supported a classless society.
- C.
  
  The fascists ended political feuding in government.
- D.
  
  The fascists worked for socialist change.
5.

What was the main purpose of Stalin's five-year plans?
- A.
  
  To turn the Soviet Union into a military power
- B.
  
  To increase farm production
- C.
  
  To produce more consumer goods
- D.
  
  To turn the Soviet Union into a modern industrial power
6.

On Stalin's collectives...
- A.
  
  Individual peasants could own small plots of land
- B.
  
  Agricultural output skyrocketed in the 1930's
- C.
  
  The government provided tractors, fertilizers, and seed
- D.
  
  Peasants set all prices and controlled access to farm supplies
7.

Stalin attempted to make the cultural life of the Soviet Union more Russian by promoting a policy of...
- A.
  
  Russification
- B.
  
  Surrealism
- C.
  
  Tsarism
- D.
  
  Capitalism
8.

What was the cause of Stalin's Great Purge?
- A.
  
  Peasants did not want to give up their lands to the state
- B.
  
  Central planners did not achieve production goals
- C.
  
  Stalin feared rival party leaders
- D.
  
  The kuklaks resisted collectivization
9.

What was the drawback of being among the Soviet elite under Stalin?
- A.
  
  The elite often suffered from Stalin's purges
- B.
  
  The elite could not get scarce consumer goods
- C.
  
  The elite could not join the Communist Party
- D.
  
  The elite could not find good housing
10.

Which group sharply criticized the Weimar Republic as too weak and longed for another strong leader like Bismarck?
- A.
  
  Women's groups
- B.
  
  Communists
- C.
  
  Socialists
- D.
  
  Conservative Germans
11.

What measure did the Nazis take that was a rejection of the Versailles Treaty?
- A.
  
  They launched large public works projects
- B.
  
  They rearmed Germany
- C.
  
  They passed the Nuremberg Laws
- D.
  
  They established the Gestapo
12.

In 1935, the Nazis passed the Nuremberg Laws which
- A.
  
  Combined all Protestant sects into a single state church
- B.
  
  Deprived the Jews of German citizenship
- C.
  
  Required all young Germans to join the Hitler Youth
- D.
  
  Established the Third Reich under Hitler
13.

Which of the following helped Adolf Hitler gain power in Germany?
- A.
  
  The promise of a new democracy
- B.
  
  The Great Depression
- C.
  
  Big business and labor
- D.
  
  The support of the Weimar government
14.

Which of the following statements regarding Germany under Hitler is true?
- A.
  
  Most Germans were barely affected by Nazism
- B.
  
  The Nazis controlled all aspects of German life
- C.
  
  The Nazis controlled the government but had little influence on other German institutions
- D.
  
  The Nazis kept firm control over Germany but followed moderate and tolerant policies
15.

France occupied Germany's coal rich Ruhr Valley in 1923
- A.
  
  To protest the policies of Adolf Hitler
- B.
  
  Because the French wanted to acquire more land
- C.
  
  To force striking German miners back to work
- D.
  
  Because Germany had fallen behind in reparations
16.

What 1924 agreement reduced German reparations and provided U.S. loans to Germany?
- A.
  
  Dawes Plan
- B.
  
  Versailles Treaty
- C.
  
  Locarno treaties
- D.
  
  Kellogg-Briand Pact