This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 12 > Art Humanities > History > Class 12 History Chapter 7 The Interwar Years – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 History Chapter 7 The Interwar Years Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The world economy began to slow during the A) Early 1920's. B) Late 1930's. C) Late 1920's. D) Early 1930's. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Late 1920's. 2. During World War II, the Allied invasion of France on D-Day (June 6, 1944) was significant because it A) Demonstrated the power of the atomic bomb. B) Resulted in a successful German revolt against Hitler and the Nazi Party. C) Led to the immediate surrender of German and Italian forces. D) Forced Germans to fight a two-front war. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Forced Germans to fight a two-front war. 3. How did Hitler come to power? A) Legally elected and voted into office. B) Revolution. C) Assassinating President Hindenburg. D) He got lucky. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Legally elected and voted into office. 4. Laws passed in 1935, 1936 and 1937 to keep the United States from getting pulled into another European conflict like WWI. A) The Nuremburg Laws. B) The Neutrality Acts. C) The Isolationism Acts. D) The 18th Amendment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Neutrality Acts. 5. The term appeasement is best defined as A) An attempt to avoid conflict by meeting the demands of an aggressor. B) A period of peace and prosperity, resulting in cultural achievement. C) A declaration of war between two or more nations. D) An agreement removing economic barriers between nations. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An attempt to avoid conflict by meeting the demands of an aggressor. 6. Who were the Bolsheviks? A) Soldiers in the White Army. B) Followers of Rasputin. C) Radical Russian Marxist revolutionaries. D) Members of the Duma, Russia's parliament. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Radical Russian Marxist revolutionaries. 7. What was the objective of Stalin's Five Year Plans? A) To pay off WWI debts. B) To eliminate Communism. C) To increase output of steel, coal, oil, and electricity. D) To spread pro-government propaganda. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To increase output of steel, coal, oil, and electricity. 8. What was the main religious affiliation in the Irish Free State after the partition? A) Protestant. B) Jewish. C) Catholic. D) Muslim. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Catholic. 9. Which amendment achieved this objective?Abraham Lincoln said: "No man is good enough to govern another man without his consent." Now I say unto you; "No man is good enough to govern any woman without her consent." -Susan B. Anthony A) 19th Amendment. B) 14th Amendment. C) 15th Amendment. D) 26th Amendment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 19th Amendment. 10. Germans would sink any ship without warning in waters around Britain. This type of warfare was called? A) Unrestricted Submarine Warfare. B) Trench Warfare. C) Thermonuclear Warfare. D) Guerilla Warfare. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unrestricted Submarine Warfare. 11. What was Mussolini's Main Goal? A) Bring bak the Glory of Rome. B) Spread communism worldwide. C) Imperialize SOuth America. D) Defeat Hitler. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bring bak the Glory of Rome. 12. True or False? Joseph Stalin promoted faith in the Russian Orthodox Church. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 13. What caused the Dust Bowl? A) Drought, overproduction, and poor farming techniques. B) Swarms of insects destroying crops. C) Too much oil drilling in West Texas. D) Farmers abandoning their farms and moving to cities for jobs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drought, overproduction, and poor farming techniques. 14. What is the term for the policy of giving in to an aggressor's demands to maintain peace? A) Appeasement. B) Annexation. C) Fascism. D) Nazism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appeasement. 15. What was going on in Germany in the 1930's that allowed the people to turn to a person like Hitler to lead them? A) Civil War. B) A period of great economic growth. C) The Great Depression. D) Massive attacks from outside nations. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Great Depression. 16. The Quota System was established to: A) Increase immigration from Mexico. B) Set limits on immigration. C) Help foreigners assimilate more easily. D) Stop anyone from leaving the United States. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Set limits on immigration. 17. What does the term 'Lebensraum' literally mean? A) Living space. B) Leaving space. C) Littoral space. D) Lively space. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Living space. 18. Before running for president in 1932, Franklin D. Roosevelt A) Had been governor of the state of new york. B) Had been vice president under Herbert hoover. C) Had helped Hoover balance the federal budget. D) Had no previous experience in government . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had been governor of the state of new york. 19. In which country did Fascism NOT rise during the 1930s? A) Soviet Union. B) United States. C) Germany. D) Italy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) United States. 20. On what date was the Treaty of Versailles signed? A) June 18, 1917. B) June 28, 1919. C) June 28, 1920. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) June 28, 1919. 21. How did the Great Purge demonstrate Stalin's totalitarian rule in Russia? A) It made Russian Orthodox Christian the dominant religion of the country. B) It eliminated the democratic government that existed in Russia. C) It eliminated political and social opponents of Stalin's rule. D) It provided economic assistance for the development of factories. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It eliminated political and social opponents of Stalin's rule. 22. The Democratic government of Germany after WWI and through the Interwar Years A) Weimar Republic. B) Communist. C) The USSR. D) Third Reich. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weimar Republic. 23. The form of fascism that was in power in the 1930s and 1940s in Germany was called ..... A) Nihilism. B) Socialism. C) Communism. D) Nazism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nazism. 24. What was the name of Stalin's prisons? A) Gulags. B) NEP. C) Collectivization. D) Gotenbag. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gulags. 25. Which of these best describes the political situation in China between World War I and World War II? A) A democracy that had undergone reforms of its government. B) A theocracy based on Confucian and Buddhist principles. C) A fascist regime centered on and led by the Chinese emperor. D) A conflict between nationalist (Kuomintang) and communist movements. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A conflict between nationalist (Kuomintang) and communist movements. 26. When did Carmelita Torres protest the public delousing and kerosene baths, known as the Bath Riots? A) 1919. B) 1917. C) 1918. D) 1920. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1917. 27. Which area of Germany was remilitarised in 1936? A) Saar. B) Rhineland. C) Bavaria. D) Sudetenland. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhineland. 28. Who was the Fuhrer? A) Stalin. B) Roosevelt. C) Mussolini. D) Hitler. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hitler. 29. Only one political party is allowed to exist and it has complete power A) The Nazis. B) Propaganda. C) Censorship. D) One party rule. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) One party rule. 30. True or FalseCan we say that Franklin Rosevelt reduced unemployment by reducing the work shift and paying a minimu wage A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 31. Britain's response to the invasion of Ethiopia A) Allowed Italy to send supplies and troops through Suez Canal. B) Sent military forces to help protect Ethiopia. C) Encouraged the invasion. D) Expelled Italy from the United Nations. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allowed Italy to send supplies and troops through Suez Canal. 32. Why did the Weimar Republic in Germany begin to fail? A) The German population rebelled against the dictatorship. B) The poor economic conditions amplified by the Great Depression. C) The Weimar Republic was unanimously voted out of office. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The poor economic conditions amplified by the Great Depression. 33. How were Fascist Italy, Nazi Germany and Communist Russia similar? A) All means of production were owned by the government. B) They used secret police forces and supporters to terrorize those that threaten their leader's positions. C) All encouraged the exercise of individual freedom of expression in the arts. D) All emphasized production of consumer goods rather than weapons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They used secret police forces and supporters to terrorize those that threaten their leader's positions. 34. What was the British policy of trying to avoid a war called? A) Peace. B) Appeasement. C) Negotiation. D) Apartment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appeasement. 35. What was the result of Saar Plebiscite? A) Saar region will be annexed by France. B) Saar region will be returned to Germany. C) Saar region will be a new state. D) Saar region will be annexed by Russia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Saar region will be returned to Germany. 36. Many Germans viewed the Weimar Republic as a weak government because its leaders A) Supported the Nazi Party. B) Signed the Treaty of Versailles. C) Came to power in a violent coup. D) Drew Germany into WWI. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Signed the Treaty of Versailles. 37. International Organization created to keep peace after WWI by the Treaty of Versailles. A) North Atlantic Treaty Organization. B) League of Nations. C) Warsaw Pact. D) United Nations. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) League of Nations. 38. Where was the treaty of Versailles signed? A) France. B) Great Britain. C) Japan. D) Italy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) France. 39. World War I started when which archduke of Austria-Hungary was assassinated? A) Franz Ferdinand. B) Gavrilo Princip. C) John F. Kennedy. D) Kaiser Wilhelm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Franz Ferdinand. 40. Germany lost access to which natural resource due to the Versailles Treaty? A) Coal. B) Iron. C) Water. D) Oil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coal. 41. What was Stalin's view of this policy? A) Britain and France were his enemies. B) Britain and France could be trusted. C) Britain and France wanted to ally with Germany. D) Britain and France had plans to betray Hitler. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Britain and France were his enemies. 42. Two push factors that caused African Americans to leave the South in the early 1900s were A) Segregation and low wages. B) Integration and Jim Crow laws. C) Job opportunities and music. D) The Harlem Renaissance and literature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Segregation and low wages. 43. Who promised to restore Germany to its former power? A) Adolf Hitler. B) Benito Mussolini. C) Napoleon Bonaparte. D) Joseph Stalin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adolf Hitler. 44. Great Depression started in what year? A) 1929. B) 1910. C) 1941. D) 1953. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1929. 45. Which of the following was NOT something Franklin D. Roosevelt did to bring the U.S. out of the Great Depression? A) Increased military spending. B) Lowered Mortgage Rates. C) Established the "Social Security" program to provide benefits (money) for the elderly, disabled, and unemployed. D) Created jobs for the purpose of building roads, schools, and national parks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increased military spending. 46. Immediately after WWI, European nations were ..... A) Struggling to rebuild their economy and countries. B) Becoming more powerful than ever. C) Preparing for a second world war. D) Refusing to accept American Loans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Struggling to rebuild their economy and countries. 47. Who did Hitler and the Nazis hate the most? A) Canadians. B) Jews. C) Native Americans. D) Black people. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jews. 48. Who was President of the US when the stock market crashed and Depression began? A) Franklin D. Roosevelt. B) William McKinley. C) Theodore Roosevelt. D) Herbert Hoover. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Herbert Hoover. 49. Name two of the new weapons introduced during WWI A) The shotgun and the cannon. B) M16 and missiles. C) Tank and machine gun. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tank and machine gun. 50. Roosevelt helped explain and gain support for his new policies by the use of: A) Fireside Chats. B) Campaigning. C) Bank Holidays. D) Court packing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fireside Chats. 51. This man was President of the United States during the Great Depression and most of World War 2. A) Harry Truman. B) Woodrow Wilson. C) Theodore Roosevelt. D) Franklin D. Roosevelt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Franklin D. Roosevelt. 52. The United States officially enters World War because of which event below?S/N #2 A) Germany bombs Japan. B) The Soviet Union invades New York. C) The Americans invade Nazi controlled France. D) Japanese attack Pearl Harbor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Japanese attack Pearl Harbor. 53. How did World War I influence the Russian Revolution? A) It strengthened the Russian economy. B) It led to a decrease in nationalistic sentiments. C) It caused severe military and civilian hardships. D) It promoted political stability within Russia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It caused severe military and civilian hardships. 54. Which country was blamed for the assassination? A) Prussia. B) Serbia. C) Austria. D) Russia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Serbia. 55. When was the Great Depression? A) 1939-1945. B) 1919-1929. C) 1930-1939. D) 1914-1918. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1930-1939. 56. Used as an excuse for Japanese seizure of Manchuria A) "Manchurian Incident". B) Fascism. C) Central powers. D) Holocaust. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Manchurian Incident". 57. Which of the Big Three was leader of Britain? A) Georges Clemenceau. B) David Lloyd George. C) Woodrow Wilson. D) Vittorio Orlando. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) David Lloyd George. 58. "Mussolini Attacks Ethiopia" (1935) "Germany Takes the Rhineland Back" (1936) "Germany and Russia Divide Poland" (1939)These headlines might be used to illustrate the weakness of the A) League of Nations. B) Warsaw Pact. C) United Nations. D) Congress of Vienna. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) League of Nations. 59. What is the political system in which the government has total control over the lives of individual citizens and all power is concentrated into a single leader or party? It can be a far right-wing or far left-wing movement. A) Absolute monarchy. B) Tyrannical Robocracy. C) Post-communist kleptocracy. D) Totalitarianism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Totalitarianism. 60. Which of the following occurred after the Bolshevik Revolution? A) Factory control returned to the factory owners. B) Farmland was given to the government. C) Russia provided troops to help the Americans in World War I. D) A totalitarian state was established. 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