Quiz 1 Flashcards
The Blood Libel claims, falsely, that
Jews kill Christian babies and use their blood in cooking
Teaching healthy breeding through education programs, when geared at people in the correct race is an example of
Positive eugenics
Which of the following groups is the gypsies according to the common language of the early 20th century
Roma
According to Farrars Aptitude of the Races, which race belongs to the Semi-civilized category
Asians, because they had inventions and big cities but their contributions were long ago
According to Farrer, Savages
Will inevitably go extinct because they cannot survive in civilization. but the civilized are christians and should not actively kill them
According to the article The Jewish Nose, in the early 1800s, Jews were associated with blackness. There was a lot of reasons for this but the one he discusses is
They were mostly poor and lived in slums and had a skin disease (plica polinica) that darkened their skin. By the 1900s, middle class Jews didnt have this condition so were less visibly dark
Forced sterilization was
Implemented in the United States and affirmed as legal by the Supreme Court on the grounds that it was like mandatory vaccination
Leaders in the German eugenic movement called for something that was not called for in the American and British eugenic movements. What was it?
The states should kill the incurably feebleminded
In the Weimer Republic, the position of chancellor is
Not really like any US positions. Its leader of the government but appointed by the president and can be removed by the president or by a vote of no confident from the parliament
The economy of Germany during the Weimer Republic was
Terrible at first (hyperinflation), then pretty good, then terrible again (great depression)
Who were the right wing street fighters who beat up Jews and communists
The Stormtroopers
He was the head of the SS
Heinrich Himmler
He was in charge of propaganda
Joseph Goebbels
He was the last president of the Weimer Republic
Paul Hindenburg
What did stab in the back mean for the Nazis
The Jews secretly orchestrated the defeat of Germany in WWI
