He served as the Soviet Union’s first Commisar of war Trotsky The Bolsheviks controlled this part of Russia in the civil

1. He served as the Soviet Union’s first Commisar of war • Trotsky • The Bolsheviks controlled this part of Russia in the civil war • The Heartland or center around Moscow • Which of the following countries did not intervene in the Russian civil war 1918-1921? America,Germany,Japan • Germany

2. Finland, Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania gained their independence as a result of the Russian civil war. What act/event led to Russia regaining these territories? • The Hitler/Stalin non-aggression pact August 23, 1939 • Which economic policy produced greater economic production in Russia, War Communism or the New Economic Policy? • New Economic Policy • The New economic policy was said to be a compromise with what? • Capitalism • Which of the following men would have most supported the NEP? Stalin/Trotsky/Kirov • Trotsky

3. A revolt by the sailors at this naval base led Lenin to believe that he needed to change from war communism to the NEP. • Kronstadt Naval base in Petrograd • Name one area of the economy controlled by the government under the NEP. • Large industries, foreign trade, transportation • The true political power in the Soviet System was found in this group which consisted of the Communist party’s top leaders. • Politburo • He argued for the doctrine of “permanent revolution”. • Trotsky

4. If Stalin did not believe in “permanent revolution” then what did he believe in? • Socialism in one country • Who wrote Problems with Leninism in 1924? • Stalin • If I believed in the NEP, would that make me a left or right Bolshevik? • Right • Ultimately, would Stalin have been a left or right bolshevik? • Left

5. What was Stalin’s economic policy called? • 5 year plan • What the two key areas of production focused on in the 5 year plans? • Industrial output and Agricultural output • Which aspect of the economy improved the most? • Industrial • The soviet economy was put under the direction of this agency? • GOSPLAN • This group most resisted the collectivzation of agriculture • Kulaks

6. In the second 5 year plan, Stalin made concessions to the Peasants that were very similar to those of the ______. • New Economic Policy • The assassination of this man led to the great purge by Stalin. • Sergei Kirov • What group was targeted in the purge? • Old Bolsheviks • Stalins use of Kirov for emergency powers was similar to what event for Hitler? • Burning of the Reichstag

7. In 1922 the Soviets signed the Treaty of Rapallo, a treaty of friendship with which country? • Germany • He was the king of Italy that appointed Mussolini as the Premier. • Victor Emmanuel

8. What type of job did Benito Mussolini hold before he became a politician? • Editor of newspapers Avanti, Il popolo d’Italia • Who is Benito Mussolini named after? • Benito Juarez • Would a fascist be to the political left or right? • Right • Name two things that characterized fascism: • Nationalistic,militaristic,anti-marxist

9. The fascists followed strong leaders. What was the Italian and German name for leader? • Il Duce, Der Fuhrer • If you went to a party with a squadistri, what would he be wearing? • Black shirt • Legend has it that Mussolini took power in Italy when his black shirts did this: • Marched on Rome 1922 • What happened first; Mussolini’s march on Rome or the Enabling act? • Mussolini’s march on Rome

10. What do Hitler and Mussolini have in common for how they came to be Prime Minister’s for their country? • Both were appointed • This moderate socialist’s murder caused a political crisis for Mussolini • Giacomo Matteotti • Mussolini developed these as means of carrying out an economic policy that blended private ownership in and government control of the economy. • Syndicates or corporations

11. Who was the Lateran accord an agreement between? • Mussolini and the Pope • Karl Liebknicht belonged to which German political party? • Social Democrat • With what name did he sign some of his letters? • Spartacus • Did the Sparticist revolt in 1919 Germany succeed? • No

12. Who were the only two Presidents of the Weimar Republic? • Friederich Ebert and Paul Von Hindenburg • To stop this Putsch, the workers of Berlin shut down the cities utilities and transportation • Kapp Putsch • What did France do to help cause German hyper inflation? • Occupied the Ruhr Valley • Which two countries signed the Locarno pact • Germany and France

13. In the Locarno pact Germany promised to permanently demilitarize the Rhineland. Who broke this promise? • Hitler • Who was the leader of the SA or brown shirts? • Ernst Roehm • On what night will Ernst get killed by Hitler’ order? • Night of the long knives –June 30, 1034 • What did Erich Ludendorf help Hitler try to do in 1923? • Munich Beer Hall Putsch

14. Where did Hitler spend most of 1923/1924? • In jail • While in jail what did Hitler write? • Mein Kampf • What was Lebensraum to Hitler? • Living Space • Where did Hitler propose to get this Lebensraum? • Soviet Union

15. This event on February 27, 1933 caused President Von Hindenburg to suspend freedom of speech, the press and other civil liberties. • The Reichstag fire • What did the Reichstag pass by 2/3 vote on March 23, 1933 • The enabling act • What did the enabling act give to Hitler? • Dictatorial powers for 4 years • What right did German Jews lose in 1933? • The right to hold government jobs.

16. These laws defined a person as a jew if they had at least one Jewish grandparent? • Nuremburg laws • What did the Nuremburg laws deprive German Jews of? • Citizenship and the right to marry non-Jews • This event followed the assassination of a German official in Paris by a Polish Jew. • Kristalnacht

17. In 1924 France signed an alliance with Czechoslovakia-when would France fail to live up to this alliance? • When Hitler took the Sudetenland in 1938. • We know that Hitler issued the Nuremburg laws in 1935, what did he do in that year in violation of the Versailles treaty? • He declared he would rearm Germany • Where was Italy aggressive in 1935? • Ethiopia • Who was the leader of Ethiopia? • Haile Selassi • To what organization did Haile Selassie protest this? • League of nations.

18. What did Hitler remilitarize in 1936? • The Rhineland • What two agreements did this violate? • Versailles and Locarno • What group won the Spanish parliamentary election in 1936? • The left wing popular front party • He led the conservatives in the Spanish Civil war against the liberal gov’t. • Francisco Franco

19. Who aided Franco in his war effort? • Mussolini and Hitler • In 1938 Hitler completed an anschluss with this country. • Austria • What did Neville Chamberlain give to Hitler in 1938 to appease him. • The Sudetenland • The meeting between Hitler, Chamberlain and Daladier is known as the: • Munich Conference

20. What two aspects of the newly created Poland did Germany seek to change? • Germany wanted the free city of Danzig back and more routes over the Polish Corridor. • What did Hitler get before he invaded Poland? • Non-aggression pact with Russia. • What did Russia get as a result of this agreement? • A sphere of influence in Eastern Europe

21. What happened on September 1, 1939? • Hitler invaded Poland, starting WWII • What happened on Sept. 3, 1939? • Great Britain and France declared war on Germany

22. He organized the SS • Heinrich Himmler • Who became the Prime Minister after Franz von Papen in 1932? • Kurt Von Schleicher • Who appointed Hitler to be Chancellor in 1933? • Paul Von Hindenburg • Who was Hitler’s Vice chancellor? • Franz Von Papen

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24. Was English Economist John Maynard Keynes for or against the harsh war reparations charged to Germany in the treaty of Versailles? • Against

25. German inflation shot up after the French occupied this German region in 1923. Ruhr

26. Which came first: Mussolini seizing power or Hitler’s “beer hall Putsch” Mussolini seizing power

27. According to this plan from 1924, German war reparations were reduced and put on a sliding scale. • Dawes Plan

28. Which came first: The Locarno treaty or the Kellogg-Briand Pact? Treaty of Locarno

29. What agreement outlawed war as a national policy choice? Kellogg-Briand Pact

30. In March of 1936, Hitler rearmed this territory in violation of the Treaty of Versailles. Rhineland

31. Which two countries withdrew from the league of nations in 1933? Germany and Japan

32. What countries made up the axis powers in 1942? Japan, Italy, Germany

33. Which countries belonged to the Grand Alliance in 1944? • France, England, America, Russia

34. In October 1935, Mussolini successfully invaded this country. Ethiopia

35. These laws deprived German Jew of all rights of citizenship • Nuremburg Laws

36. Who appointed Hitler Chancellor of Germany? Hindenburg

37. After what event was the enabling act passed in Germany? Reichstag fire

38. Who talked Hindenburg into appointing Hitler to Chancellor? Franz Von Papen

39. Which came first: the beginning of the Spanish civil war or the Anschluss? Spanish Civil war

40. Who said “we are 100 years behind the advanced countries. We must make up this distance in 10 years. Either we do it or we shall go under” • Stalin

41. Hitler took this country in 1938 to complete the outlawed Anschluss he desired. Austria

42. Czechoslovakia had to lose this in order for England to gain “Peace in our time” Sedetenland

43. Who said: “I bring you Peace in our time”? Neville Chamberlain British Prime Minister

44. After what meeting did Chamberlain get the paper which brought “Peace in our time” Munich Conference 1938

45. Arguably, the Munich agreement between Chamberlain and Hitler was history’s best example of this: Appeasement

46. The first “crisis” on the way to world war II occurred when Japan took this territory in 1931. Manchuria

47. This was signed 8 days before Hitler invaded Poland Non-Aggression Pact between Russia and Germany

48. Who made the following statement: “Everything in the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state” • Mussolini

49. This country actually separated Germany from East Prussia? Poland Polish Corridor

50. For which country was this true: It was bitterly disappointed by its modest territorial gains by the treaty of Versailles • Italy