The Interwar Period - Study Guide

In 1920, a dictatorship ruled?

Russia

All of the following contributed to the weakness of the Weimar Republic except

The implementation of the Dawes Plan.

All of the following increased during the Great Depression except

Imports and exports

During the global depression, war debts caused great suffering in

Germany

The New Deal involved attempts to stimulate the American economy by

increasing government spending.

All of the following were common to both fascism and communism except

A classless society

The title of Hitler’s book Mein Kampf in English is

My Struggle

By 1935, which of the following eastern European countries was still a democracy?

Czechoslovakia

Hitler’s main method for achieving lebensraum was to

conquer other countries

Nazism was the German form of

Fascism

All of the following countries took control of other countries’ territory during the 1930s except

Spain

What country invaded Manchuria in 1931?

Japan

All of the following joined the Axis Powers except

Soviet Union

Which of the following was the leader of the Third Reich?

Adolf Hitler

During Spain’s civil war, Francisco Franco was the leader of

Spanish rebel troops

The Munich Conference was held to address the problems of a German threat to the nation of

Czechoslovakia

After World War I, most European nations had what type of government, if only temporarily?

Democratic

What event marked the beginning of the Great Depression?

The stock market crash of 1929.

“Il Duce” was the title of which of the following leaders?

Benito Mussolini

What was one part of Roosevelt’s New Deal program to fight the Depression?

Large public works projects helped to provide jobs.

Which German political party sought to overturn the Treaty of Versailles and combat communism?

Nazi

Which of the following was true of Germany, Italy, and Japan during the early 1930s?

All three successfully invaded other nations.

What term was used to identify the alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan?

Axis Powers

What was the goal of U.S isolationists after World War I?

That political ties to other countries should be avoided.

Which of the following countries signed a non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union in 1939?

Germany