Chapter 19 Flashcards

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1
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Nikolai Bukhatin and the right wing of the Communist Party favored

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relatively slow industrialization

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The Bolshevik revolution can be characterized as

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a world historical movement

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While the term “fascism” is still under dispute, the governments regarded as fascists were all of the following except

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anti-small business

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Through the Lateran Accord of 1929, Mussolini made peace with

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the Roman Catholic Church

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The Irish national uprising on Easter Monday 1916

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was the only rebellion of a national group against any government in WWI

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The era of reparations came to an end in 1932 as a result of the

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Lausanne Conference

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The only central European successor state not to eventually adopt a self-imposed authoritarian government was

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Czechoslovakia

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In the 1920s, the effect of worldwide improved wheat farming was

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decreased agricultural revenues

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9
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The Weimar Republic gained stability and self-confidence under the leadership of

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Stresemann

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10
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A new spirit of hope was brought to Europe by the

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Locarno Agreement

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11
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The difficulties of the Great Depression included all of the following except

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colonial independence

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Which of the following is the most accurate statement about Mussolini?

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He was original a socialist and became a nationalist during WWI

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13
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The Nuremberg Laws

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stripped German Jews of their citizenship

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14
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France’s Popular Front was a coalition of

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left-wing parties

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Hitler’s rise to power was largely the result of

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miscalculations by political elites

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By late 1921, it was clear only _____ remained loyal to the Dictatorship of the Proletariat

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Bolsheviks

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17
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The 21 Conditions of the Comintern sought to destroy

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Democratic Socialism

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18
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Stalin’s rise to power depended on his

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command of the bureaucracy

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19
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On what constitutional basis did Hitler issue an Emergency Decree suspending civil liberties?

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Article 48

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20
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Gosplan oversaw

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the entire Soviet economy

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21
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Which successor state avoided a self-imposed authoritarian government?

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Czechoslovakia

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22
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The _____ Republic was the German democratic regime that existed between the end of WWI and Hitler’s coming to power in 1933

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Weimar

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23
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Following the Paris peace treaties, all of the following transpired EXCEPT

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Germany believed treaty provisions were not properly enforced

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The replacement of private peasant farms with huge state-run and state-owned farms was called

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collectivization

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25
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Nazi policy called for German women to do all of the following EXCEPT

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occupy key positions in the German gov.

26
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The Lateran Accord of 1929 established that:

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the pope was the ruler of the independent Vatican city

27
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While the capitalist economies of W. Europe struggled in the Great Depression, the Soviet Union undertook:

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a tremendous industrial advance

28
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The 1935 Nuremberg Laws:

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stripped German Jews of their rights

29
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In 1924, this plan reorganized the administration and transfer of reparations, which, in turn, smoothed the debt repayments of to the US

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Dawes Plan

30
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Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany:

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by legal means

31
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Most scholars agree that all of the following adjectives could be applied to fascist governments EXCEPT

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anti-Catholic

32
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Which of the following was NOT a factor that contributed to the intense severity and the extended length of the Great Depression in Europe?

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increasing governmental control of economic affairs

33
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_____ orchestrated the imprisonment and execution of millions of Soviet citizens between 1934 and 1939

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Stalin

34
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The Soviet Communist Party was ____ in its ideology

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atheist

35
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_______, meaning “crystal night,” refers to the broken glass that littered German streets after the looting/destruction of Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues across Germany on the orders of the Nazi Party in November 1938

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Kristallnacht

36
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Stalin’s rise to power depended on his

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command of the bureaucracy

37
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Following the end of WWI, a state of normalcy:

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could not be restored

38
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The fascists’ seizure of the Italian gov. can be primarily attributed to the

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failure of the king to authorize the army to block the Black Shirt March

39
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Most money the Allies collected in war reparations went to

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France

40
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On March 23, 1933, the Reichstag passed a/an ____ that permitted Hitler to rule by decree

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Enabling Act

41
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Hitler declared at the Munich Conference:

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“I have no more territorial demands to make in Europe”

42
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During this one battle, the Russians lost more men than the Americans lost in combat during the entire war

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Stalingrad

43
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Partly because it made new European alignments this, in many respects, is seen as a training ground for WWII

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Spanish Civil War

44
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At Potsdam the Allies agreed to

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divide Germany into occupation zones

45
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Hitler assigned women a special place in the war effort that included all of the following EXCEPT

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women working on the front lines of battles, especially as ambulance drivers

46
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The League of Nations condemned Japan for the use of force against Manchuria and:

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did nothing else of substance

47
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The Battle of the Bulge:

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was Germany’s last “gasp” in the West

48
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Hitler decided on a “final solution of the Jewish Problem”:

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extermination

49
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Hitler’s vision for a new Germany included more living space, known as _____, which would be taken from the Slavs

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lebensraum

50
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The term Aunchluss refers to:

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the union of Germany with Austria following the 1938 German invasion

51
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The Munich agreement is often considered a classic example of _____

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appeasement

52
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When the Germans invaded France:

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France’s forces were quickly overcome

53
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Any chance of the British considering terms set by the Germans, in the face of defeat, disappeared when this man became prime minister in May 1940

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Churchill

54
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Hitler often spoke of the “new order” that he meant to impose after he had established his _____ throughout Europe

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Third Reich

55
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Blitzkrieg means

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“lightning strikes,” which is how Hitler hoped to win

56
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The Battle of Britain resulted in

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a victory for the British and the abandonment of Hitler’s plans to invade England

57
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The code name for Germany’s invasion of Russia was Operation _____

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Barbaroosa

58
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The German invasion of this country was the immediate cause of WWII

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Poland

59
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In a secret agreement, signed in August 1939, these two nations agreed to divide Poland amongst themselves

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Soviet Union and Germany

60
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The tide turned in favor of the US in the Pacific theatre at this turning point of the war

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Battle of Midway