This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 12 > Art Humanities > History > Class 12 History Chapter 7 The Interwar Years – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 History Chapter 7 The Interwar Years Quiz 18 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. On October 29, 1929 share prices on the New York Stock Exchange completely collapsed. This day is known as ..... A) Doomed Sunday. B) Black Tuesday. C) Wall Street Panic. D) Daylight Savings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Black Tuesday. 2. Dictator of Italy prior to WWII A) Joseph Stalin. B) Adolf Hitler. C) Benito Mussolini. D) Hideki Tojo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Benito Mussolini. 3. What new democratic government was established in Germany following World War I? A) Third Reich. B) Weimar Republic. C) Amritsar. D) Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Weimar Republic. 4. Change in the constitution which gave women the right to vote. A) 1st Amed. B) 21st Amend. C) 19th Amend. D) 18th Amed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 19th Amend. 5. Which U.S. President made the decision to use atomic weapons during World War 2?S/N #4 A) Harry Truman. B) Franklin D. Roosevelt. C) Dwight Eisenhower. D) John F. Kennedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Harry Truman. 6. What did FDR state about the "arsenal of democracy?" A) The U.S. would not have to fight in war. B) The U.S. would play too much of a role in the war. C) The allies would support the U.S. in war. D) The allies would not be necessary in war. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The U.S. would not have to fight in war. 7. Mussolini seized complete power in Italy in the year ..... A) 1931. B) 1914. C) 1918. D) 1922. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1922. 8. Americans were outraged when Germany sunk the British ship called the ..... because it was carrying over 100 U.S. civilians. A) Transylvania. B) Carpathia. C) Titanic. D) Lusitania. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lusitania. 9. The Great Depression was caused primarily by A) An economic downturn and the U.S. stock market crash. B) The failure of nations to reduce their military forces. C) A new interest in Marxist theory. D) The strengthening of European banks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An economic downturn and the U.S. stock market crash. 10. What character flaw did Stalin possess that led to the Great Purges? A) Paranoid. B) Murderer. C) Angry. D) Happy-Go-Lucky. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paranoid. 11. What is fascism? A) A militant, extreme, and ultranationalist political movement that emphasized loyalty to the state and obedience to its leaders. B) A ruler with total power over the country. C) A government with complete control of its people. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A militant, extreme, and ultranationalist political movement that emphasized loyalty to the state and obedience to its leaders. 12. The Great Depression affected ..... A) The World. B) Nations that did not practice protectionism. C) Only the US. D) Only industrialized nations. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The World. 13. Which German political party sought to overturn the Treaty of Versailles and combat communism? A) Socialists. B) Republican. C) Fascist. D) Nazi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nazi. 14. Which event marked the end of World War II in Europe? A) V-E Day. B) Pearl Harbor. C) D-Day. D) Enabling Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) V-E Day. 15. Japan signed a pact with which nation to oppose the spread of Communism? A) Italy. B) Germany. C) United States. D) Soviet Union. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Germany. 16. What are reparations? A) Payments made by the losing side in a war to repay the cost of the war. B) Reduction of soldiers, weapons and machines of warfare (such as tanks, ships, & planes). C) Political and economic idea based on collective public ownership and sharing of the means of production. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Payments made by the losing side in a war to repay the cost of the war. 17. How was the Ukraine affected by Stalin's collectivization of agriculture? A) It was the only Soviet Socialist Republic to not take part in collectivization. B) Its population faced massive starvation which resulted in millions of deaths. C) It was the largest producer of all grain products collected by the U.S.S.R. D) Its peasant population was forced to relocate to the uninhabitable areas of Siberia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Its population faced massive starvation which resulted in millions of deaths. 18. Term meaning persecution of and hostility towards Jews A) Anti-Semitic. B) Racist. C) Sexist. D) Semitic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anti-Semitic. 19. Attorney General Palmer asserted, 60, 000 Communists at large-enough to bring republic down." A) The alliance system. B) The return of the Ku Klux Klan. C) Nativism. D) The Red Scare. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Red Scare. 20. Channels or systems of communication, such as newspapers and radio, that reach millions of people A) Comintern. B) Mass Media. C) Propaganda. D) Collectivization. E) Command Economy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mass Media. 21. In an act of fascist aggression leading up to World War II, Benito Mussolini conquered the country of ..... in October of 1935. A) Ethiopia. B) Poland. C) Czechoslovakia. D) Liberia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethiopia. 22. The quotation below best describes what form of government? "In this form of government, a one-party dictatorship attempts to regulate every aspect of the lives of its citizens." A) Socialist. B) Totalitarian. C) Theocratic. D) Imperialistic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Totalitarian. 23. The Nationalists and the Communists fought together against what nation during World War II? A) Japan. B) Thailand. C) Australia. D) Mongolia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Japan. 24. How did world governments react to the Great Depression? A) Colonies started producing fewer cash crops which impacted economies in Europe. B) Some world governments started an economic war with the USA. C) They tried to make their economies more intertwined. D) Many reacted by closing their economies to the world. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Many reacted by closing their economies to the world. 25. True or False? Hitler's father was a loving man that genuinely cared for and protected his family. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 26. What aspect did Stalin's Collectivization/ Five Year Plan consist? A) Geography. B) Manufacturing. C) Agriculture. D) Aviation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Agriculture. 27. Believe in strong state direction in political and economic policy, and redistribution of resources to address inequalities inherent in a free-market economy A) Socialism. B) Communism. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Socialism. 28. The Fascist Leader of Spain from 1939 to 1975 A) Fidel Castro. B) Francisco Franco. C) Jose Altuve. D) Benito Mussolini. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Francisco Franco. 29. After taking over the Rhineland, Austria, and the Sudetenland, Hitler met with leaders from the Allied Powers and promised to stop. This agreement was known as the ..... A) Munich Pact. B) Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. C) Treaty of Versailles. D) Berlin Conference. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Munich Pact. 30. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, A) Brought the United States into the war. B) Ended U.S. interference in Asia and the Pacific. C) Brought the war to an end. D) Tested the destructive power of its bombers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brought the United States into the war. 31. What was the main purpose of the Treaty of Versailles? A) To win WWI. B) To make Germany take responsibility for WWI. C) To make an alliance with Germany. D) To give the world leaders a chance to discuss the war. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To make Germany take responsibility for WWI. 32. What is the period 1924-29 known as? A) The Great Age. B) The Golden Age. C) The Stable Age. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Golden Age. 33. The German strategy to win the war by focusing on defeating the French was called ..... A) Anschluss. B) The Third Reich. C) The Schlieffen Plan. D) The Zimmerman Plan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Schlieffen Plan. 34. Which situation is an example of totalitarianism in Germany in the 1930s? A) Strict government control of the press. B) Frequent meetings of the German Reichstag. C) Decline of the German economy. D) Negotiation of a nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Strict government control of the press. 35. Not liking Jewish people because of their religion is called A) Fascism. B) Appeasement. C) Anti-Semitism. D) Civil disobedience. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anti-Semitism. 36. In what way was Japan different from its allies Germany and Italy? A) It established a successful democracy. B) It was ruled by a hereditary aristocracy. C) It was ruled by militarists who kept the emperor in power. D) It kept its economy prosperous throughout the Depression. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It was ruled by militarists who kept the emperor in power. 37. Stalin's "Five Year Plan" was intended to do what? A) Modernize and industrialize the Soviet Union. B) Restore farming after years of famine. C) End religious disputes in the Soviet Union. D) Expand education to rural areas of Russia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Modernize and industrialize the Soviet Union. 38. In 1921, Vladimir Lenin saved Russia from economic collapse by pulling away from War Communism in favor of a system of modified capitalism. This new program was called what? A) Soviet-style Capitalism. B) Democratic Socialism. C) The New Economic Policy. D) The Five Year Plan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The New Economic Policy. 39. A campaign of terror directed at anyone who threatened Stalin's power A) Red Terror. B) Holodomor. C) Gulag. D) Great Purge. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Great Purge. 40. Which leader utilized secret police to intimidate & control their people? A) Hitler. B) Stalin. C) Both. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 41. Young, trendy women of the 1920s were called ..... A) Flappers. B) Grannies. C) Fly Girls. D) Boppers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flappers. 42. What does the term "Holocaust" refer to? A) The Russian Revolution. B) The mass murder of Jews and others by the Nazis. C) The bombing of Hiroshima. D) The signing of the Treaty of Versailles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The mass murder of Jews and others by the Nazis. 43. Who transformed the workers party into the National Socialists German Workers Party (NAZI)? A) Joseph Stalin. B) Winston Churchill. C) Adolf Hitler. D) Benito Mussolini. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adolf Hitler. 44. In 1928, Stalin began the first of his many efforts to industrialize and modernize the Soviet Union. These efforts were called what? A) Annual revisions. B) Yearly purges. C) Five year plans. D) Three year plans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Five year plans. 45. Pacifying another country through negotiations to avoid war (or, in real terms, letting other countries get away with shady activities to avoid war) is the policy of ..... A) Appeasement. B) Annexation. C) Apathy. D) Aggression. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appeasement. 46. Which group led the Spartacist uprising? A) National Socialist German Workers' Party. B) German Communist Party (KPD). C) Freikorps. D) Social Democrats. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) German Communist Party (KPD). 47. What was a factor in leading many Germans to accept Hitler and the Nazi Party? A) Anger over Treaty of Versailles. B) Inflation. C) Great Depression. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 48. What are the 3 R's of the New Deal? A) Relief, Rebuild, and Reform. B) Recover, Rebuild, and Reform. C) Relief, Recovery, and Reform. D) Recover, Revive, and Reform. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Relief, Recovery, and Reform. 49. How did fascists take advantage of the Great Depression? A) They used the Great Depression to help the working classes gain more power. B) They used the Great Depression to build stronger and wider international relationships. C) They used the Great Depression to strengthen their militaries. D) They used the Great Depression to turn people against their enemies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They used the Great Depression to turn people against their enemies. 50. What economic idea did the Bolsheviks believe in? A) Communism. B) Free market. C) Capitalism. D) Mixed Economy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Communism. 51. What was Hitler's foreign policy aim/objective? A) Abolish the Treaty of Versailles. B) Contain the spread of communism in Europe. C) Unite all German-speaking people under one Reich. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 52. Describe the main goal of appeasement before World War II. A) To encourage war. B) To avoid conflict by conceding to demands. C) To expand territory. D) To form military alliances. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To avoid conflict by conceding to demands. 53. Which of the following was NOT used by the dictators to maintain their power? A) Indoctrination. B) Violence. C) Free press. D) Propaganda. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Free press. 54. Japan began an aggressive policy of imperialism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries because Japan A) Sought Western technology. B) Hoped to spread Shinto. C) Wanted revenge for the Opium Wars. D) Needed raw materials for its factories. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Needed raw materials for its factories. 55. What government did Russia turn to during this? A) Communism. B) Theocracy. C) Democracy. D) Monarchy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Communism. 56. Which statement best describes the beliefs of those who were against Prohibition in the early 1900s A) Hey were hopeful that Prohibition would harm businesses. B) Hey thought Prohibition would take away people's rights. C) They thought Prohibition was evil and immoral. D) They were afraid that Prohibition would harm society. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hey thought Prohibition would take away people's rights. 57. Where did Italy invade? A) Rhineland. B) Ethiopia. C) Manchuria. D) Italy was not apart of any invasions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethiopia. 58. While many of Hitler's programs were designed to spot free thinkers, the programs also appeared to A) Initially help the German people restore their nationalistic pride. B) Improve the lives of German Jews. C) To other European nations. D) Increase German international trading powers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Initially help the German people restore their nationalistic pride. 59. Glorifying power and keeping an army prepared for war A) Patriotism. B) Nationalism. C) Militarism. D) . imperialism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Militarism. 60. What was a new product? A) Fridge. B) Automobile. C) Washing Machine. D) All of the Above. 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