This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 12 > Class 12 History Chapter 7 The Interwar Years – Quiz 48 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 History Chapter 7 The Interwar Years Quiz 48 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This was a major innovation found in most homes by the end of the 20s. A) Radio. B) Television. C) Telephone. D) Microwave. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Radio. 2. What did the Kellogg-Briand Pact attempt to do? A) Wage war and destroy homes. B) To trigger and Alliance system in case of war. C) To make war illegal. D) To divide territories after WWI. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To make war illegal. 3. Benito Mussolini's fascist ideas would be best defined as A) "the people can overthrow the government if it is ineffective". B) "The State is more important that the individuals". C) "The state is only strong with the power of the individuals". D) "An empire will lead to social class division and complete chaos". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "The State is more important that the individuals". 4. How did the U.S. government respond to the global depression in the 1930s? A) Congress acted to reduce government regulations of financial institutions. B) President Roosevelt implemented a massive government spending program. C) The U.S. Armed Forces expanded rapidly to provide jobs to the unemployed. D) The U.S. Treasury Department required all currency to be backed by equal amounts of silver in American banks. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) President Roosevelt implemented a massive government spending program. 5. During the paranoia period of the Red Scare, which right did the American government violate? A) Right to Bear Arms. B) Freedom of Speech. C) Due Process. D) Freedom of Religion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Due Process. 6. Which of these dictators was NOT a Fascist? A) Stalin. B) Hitler. C) Mussolini. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stalin. 7. What was the purpose of the Matignon Agreements? A) To start a revolution. B) To improve life for ordinary people and prevent revolution. C) To increase taxes. D) To expand the military. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To improve life for ordinary people and prevent revolution. 8. What is collectivization? A) A policy of forced consolidation of individual peasant households into collective farms called "kulaks" as carried out by the Soviet government in the late 1920's-early 1930's. B) Collecting all the taxes to pay for the government. C) A policy of allowing only the rich wealthy landowners vote. D) When Stalin collected 20 million people and sent them to labor camps, where nearly half of them died. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A policy of forced consolidation of individual peasant households into collective farms called "kulaks" as carried out by the Soviet government in the late 1920's-early 1930's. 9. Where did British troops open fire on a crowd causing many Indians to decide they could no longer live with British rule? A) New Delhi. B) Amritsar. C) Mumbai. D) Punjab. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amritsar. 10. Which reason best explains why King George V did not save his cousin, Tsar Nicholas II? A) He was bound by the constitution and jealous of his cousin's autocratic powers. B) He disliked his cousin and his Slavic heritage. C) He did not want to appear pro-authoritarianism post WWI. D) He was closer with Kaiser Wilhem II. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He did not want to appear pro-authoritarianism post WWI. 11. How did the government respond to the First Red Scare? A) Implemented policies to promote socialism. B) Enacted the Espionage Act of 1917 and the Sedition Act of 1918. C) Offered amnesty to all suspected communists. D) Ignored the threat and took no action. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Enacted the Espionage Act of 1917 and the Sedition Act of 1918. 12. What was the role of indoctrination in a totalitarian government? A) To promote free speech. B) To encourage independent thought. C) To control and manipulate public opinion. D) To support democratic principles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To control and manipulate public opinion. 13. Who was the leader of the Indian Nationalist Movement A) Dwayne "The Rock '' Johnson. B) Mahatma Gandhi. C) General Nehru. D) Lord Wiillingdon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mahatma Gandhi. 14. What was the name of the new German government after WWI? A) Weimar Republic. B) Third Reich. C) German Federation. D) Schnitzle Republic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weimar Republic. 15. This person emerged as the leader of the communist party in China after the Long March A) Deng Xiaoping. B) Shi Huangdi. C) Chiang Kai Shek. D) Mao Zedong. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mao Zedong. 16. The practice of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries, or of acquiring and holding colonies or dependencies (protectorates and spheres of influence) A) Imperialism. B) Mercantilism. C) Fascism. D) Communism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imperialism. 17. Regulations that prevented Jewish people from being citizens of the Reich and from being in relationships with pure blood Germany. A) Jim Crow Laws. B) Nazi Party Rules. C) Nuremberg Laws. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nuremberg Laws. 18. A 'flapper' was A) Women in the 20's who did a dance called the flappy flapper. B) Men in the 20's who wore short skirts, danced, smoked and drank in public. C) Men in the 20's who did a dance called the flappy flapper. D) Women in the 20's who wore short skirts, danced, smoked and drank in public. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Women in the 20's who wore short skirts, danced, smoked and drank in public. 19. What was the outcome of the Russian Revolution? A) Establishment of a communist government. B) Restoration of the monarchy. C) Expansion of the Russian Empire. D) Creation of a democratic republic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Establishment of a communist government. 20. What were two basic causes of the Dust Bowl during the early 1930s? A) Strip mining and toxic waste dumping. B) Over farming and severe drought. C) Clear-cutting of forests and construction of railroads. D) Overpopulation and urban sprawl. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Over farming and severe drought. 21. Which of the following describes a major social effect of the Industrial Revolution in Europe? A) The growth of the middle class. B) An increase in nomadic herding. C) A decline in urban population. D) A decrease in international trade. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The growth of the middle class. 22. Why was the German invasion of the Soviet Union a military disaster? A) The Soviet Union had prepared a swift counter-attack. B) German planes could not fight the technically superior Soviet aircraft. C) The harsh winter halted the invasion and devastated German forces. D) Soviet tanks could cross the vast distance faster and better than German tanks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The harsh winter halted the invasion and devastated German forces. 23. Which was NOT a crisis Russia faced between 1904 and 1917? A) Bloody Sunday. B) Russo-Japanese War. C) Great Terror. D) World War I. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Great Terror. 24. Who seized power in 1922 after marching on the capital city with his supporters? A) Stalin. B) Mussolini. C) Tojo. D) Hitler. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mussolini. 25. "I pledge myself to a new deal for the American people" was a famous quote of: A) Roosevelt. B) Harding. C) Hoover. D) Wilson. 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