G.P. Test #3 Flashcards

1
Q

The Dawes Plan

A

reduced reparations that Germany had to pay

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2
Q

What was the result of the United States’ refusal to join the League of Nations?

A

The league became ineffective

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3
Q

What was the Popular Front?

A

a French program that gave workers the right to collective bargaining

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4
Q

One main cause of the Great Depression was

A

individual countries’ economic downturns.

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5
Q

Which of the following was a result of the U.S. stock market crash?

A

Many important banks in Europe collapsed

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6
Q

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt dealt with the Depression in the U.S. by

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instituting a policy of active government intervention in the economy.

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7
Q

Why did people accept dictatorial rulers during the Great Depression?

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Dictators offered simple solutions.

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8
Q

Werner Heisenberg introduced _______ , which suggested that uncertainty governs the physical laws of the universe.

A

the uncertainty principle

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9
Q

What did surrealists want to show the world with their art?

A

that there was a reality beyond the world of physical appearances

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10
Q

After the war, both art and science seemed to reflect

A

uncertainty

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11
Q

In a totalitarian state, individual freedoms are

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denied in favor of broad government control.

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12
Q

How did the Italian Fascists spread propaganda?

A

through the mass media

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13
Q

Mussolini used an appeal to nationalism when he

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demanded more land for Italy

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14
Q

Which group of people was attracted to Mussolini because of their fears of communism and disorder?

A

middle class

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15
Q

By hoarding food and killing livestock, the peasants showed their opposition to

A

collectivization of farms

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16
Q

Who gained control of the Communist party by purging it of anyone who opposed him?

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Stalin

17
Q

Which groups looked to authoritarian regimes to maintain the old social order?

A

churches and landowners

18
Q

Who led the military rebels to victory in the Spanish Civil War?

A

Franco

19
Q

Mussolini’s regime compromised with

A

Italy’s traditional institutions

20
Q

Which countries retained democratic traditions after 1939?

A

France and Britain