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Sec. 6


Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

 

 1. 
In 1922 Mussolini was able to take control of the Italian government because the:
A.
Fascists won the election.
B.
communist government resigned.
C.
Nazis gave Mussolini military aid.
D.
King refused to declare a state of
emergency.
 

 2. 
Nazi cultural policies promoted all of the following except
A.
health and fitness.
B.
National Socialism’s continuity with German culture.
C.
modern architecture.
D.
a respect for German folk traditions.
 

 3. 
Nazi anti-semitism was a factor in all of the following except the
A.
Kristallnacht.
B.
Final Solution.
C.
Nuremberg Laws.
D.
Night of the Long Knives.
 

 4. 
The country that was not ruled by a fascist dictatorship in the 1930s was
A.
Italy.
B.
Spain.
C.
France.
D.
Germany.
 

 5. 
An idea important to nazism but not to fascism is
A.
anti-communism.
B.
extreme nationalism.
C.
the glorification of war.
D.
the concept of an Aryan master race.
 

 6. 
The event Hitler used as the reason for demanding full emergency powers was
A.
Kristallnacht.
B.
the death of Hindenburg.
C.
the burning of the Reichstag.
D.
the Night of the Long Knives.
 

 7. 
Immediately after gaining power, Hitler increased his popularity by
A.
reducing the size of the German military.
B.
denouncing war as a foreign-policy objective.
C.
introducing policies to reduce unemployment.
D.
demanding that Germany be admitted to the League of Nations.
 

 8. 
Between 1930 and 1933, an important reason for the rise of Nazism in Germany was the
A.
increase in unemployment.
B.
death of President Hindenburg.
C.
French occupation of the Ruhr.
D.
collapse of the German currency.
 

 9. 
During the interwar period, communism and fascism were similar in that both
A.
were totalitarian in practice.
B.
encouraged racial intolerance.
C.
promoted the principle of internationalism.
D.
supported the establishment of a classless society.
 

 10. 
In 1933, Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany because:
A.
Hindenberg had died.
B.
he had promised to unite Germany with Austria.
C.
the Nazis had an absolute majority of seats in the Reichstag.
D.
it was believed he could prevent Germany from becoming communist.
 

 11. 
The Nazis came to power in large part because
A.
the Weimar government couldn’t control inflation.
B.
Hitler promised an economic and political rebirth for Germany.
C.
they opposed the militarization of Germany.
D.
Hitler made strategic concessions to the Catholic Church.
 

 12. 
One reason for Mussolini’s rise to power was that, after the First World War, Italy
A.
opposed the War Guilt Clause.
B.
received less territory than expected.
C.
was not invited to the Paris Peace Conference.
D.
resented the Anschluss clause in the Treaty of Versailles.
 

 13. 
Fascism in Italy achieved greater acceptance from the Italian public in 1929 as a result of the
A.
Acerbo Law.
B.
Lateran Pacts.
C.
Rome-Berlin Axis.
D.
Kellogg-Briand Pact.
 

 14. 
In which country in the 1930s was all economic activity divided into 22 “Corporations”?
A.
Britain.
B.
The U.S.A.
C.
Fascist Italy.
D.
Nazi Germany.
 

 15. 
The aim of the Nuremberg Laws of 1935 was to:
A.
give Hitler dictatorial powers.
B.
give Hitler control of the army.
C.
deprive Jews of the rights of German citizenship.
D.
exclude communists and socialists from the Reichstag.
 

 16. 
A common enemy for both Italian and German fascists was the:
A.
military.
B.
capitalists.
C.
communists.
D.
Roman Catholics.
 

 17. 
Hitler's motive for the "Night of the Long Knives" was to:
A.
destroy the Reichstag.
B.
crush Jewish businesses.
C.
cooperate with the Communist party.
D.
gain the support of the German army.
 

 18. 
The Nazi Party in Germany believed that women should be
A.
denied political rights.
B.
given full economic equality.
C.
equal to men in the government and the party.
D.
encouraged to be mothers, wives and homemakers.
 

 19. 
The legislation which ended democratic practice in the Weimar Republic was the:
A.
Acerbo Law.
B.
Enabling Act.
C.
Nuremberg Laws.
D.
Anti-Comintern Pact.
 

 20. 
The S.S. and the Gestapo were led by
A.
Rhöm.
B.
Goering.
C.
Himmler.
D.
Goebbels.
 

 21. 
Which of the following did not contribute to the failure of the Weimar Republic?
A.
increasing unemployment
B.
the ongoing French occupation of the Ruhr
C.
a lack of democratic traditions in Germany
D.
the growing power of extremist political parties.
 

 22. 
In the early 1920s, both Italy and Germany
A.
had authoritarian dictatorships.
B.
had lost their overseas empires.
C.
fell behind on reparations payments.
D.
resented the outcome of the Paris Peace Conference.
 

 23. 
What is the most likely message implied by the following 1934 German stamp set?

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A.
Germany is a rural, agricultural country.
B.
All groups and occupations are united under one nation.
C.
Trade workers and farmers are less important than white collar workers.
D.
Women and men are equal.
 



 
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