Interwar Period Study Guide

Who defeated Trotsky after Lenin’s death to take control of the Soviet Union?

Jospeh Stalin

The U.S. President in 1938 who used Fireside Chats on the radio to speak to the American people was:

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Who was the Czar of Russia until 1917?

Nicholas II

The Soviet Leader who used collectivized farming measures was:

Joseph Stalin

The German leader (blank) joined the (blank) and passed laws that were extremely anti-semitic.

Adolf Hitler, Nazi Party

The treaty that ended WWI was called the:

Treaty of Versailles

What did Germany have to pay as a result of losing WWI?

Reparations

High unemployment, low stock prices and production cuts all led to what?

The Great Depression

Mussolini ruled Italy in the interwar period and joined the what?

Fascist Party

President Roosevelt’s economic plan for the U.S. was the:

New Deal

Stalin’s economic plan for the Soviet Union was called:

The Five Year Plan

What was the book that Adolf Hitler wrote in prison?

Mein Kampf

Who were the two dictators who were good orators and speakers?

Mussolini and Stalin

In what year was Adolf Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany?

1933

What was the name of the government building that was set on fire that helped Hitler become Germany’s dictator?

Reichstag

Who was the fascist leader of Italy during the interwar period?

Mussolini

Why did Russia leave WWI?

Because Lenin pulled out of the war, the Bolsheviks took over, and they became a communist country

After the Bolshevik revolution in Russia, what leader came to power and what name was Russia changed to?

Karl Marx, USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republic)

What 3 tools did Stalin use to create a totalitarian regime in the Soviet Union?

Secret Police, Propaganda and Indoctrination (brainwashing)

Germany under the Weimar Republic (the interwar period) had many economic problems. What were they?

Strain from reparations, hyperinflation due to printing to much money and unemployment.