History: Quiz; Thirty Years In The Twentieth Century

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Which Allied leader is described below? His peace plan for World War I was called the Fourteen Points. He believed Germany had to be punished for its role in World War I, but in a way that would lead to European reconciliation as opposed to revenge. He proposed the formation of a League of Nations.
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Woodrow Wilson
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Which Allied leader is described below? His actions at the peace conference reflected the desire of the English people to punish Germany for the destruction and suffering of World War I. He believed Germany had to be punished for World War I, but not to the extent that Germany was left powerless and destitute. He wanted Germany to serve as a barrier to resist the spread of Communism.
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Wrong: Woodrow Wilson
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Which of the following were terms of the Treaty of Versailles?
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Militarism, Imperialism, and an assassination
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The Austro-Hungarian, Russian, German, and ______ empires came to an end as a result of World War I.
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Ottomans
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Which of the following describes conditions in Germany following World War I?
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Germany experienced an economic depression. Adolf Hitler and the Nazis rose to power. Germans were dissatisfied with the terms of the Treaty of Versailles.
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The Treaty of Versailles was ignored by Hitler as he ______.
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Wrong: advanced in political power in Germany
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World War II began with the German invasion of ________
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Poland
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Dachau and Auschwitz were ______.
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concentration camps
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What happened during Kristallnacht?
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The Nazis arrested Jewish men and destroyed Jewish buildings.
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The Nazi Propaganda Ministry ______.
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Was headed by Dr. Joseph Goebbels Spread pro Nazi policies and ideas
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1. A person that takes part in armed strife 2. To cooperate, usually willingly, with an enemy nation 3. The practice of ending the life of an individual suffering from an incurable condition 4. Compensation demanded by the victor from its vanquished foe.
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1. Combatant 2. Collaborator 3. Euthanasia 4. Reparation
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The EEC (European Economic Community) permitted what after World War II?
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allowed people to travel freely within member nations
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What were a few of the underlying reasons that World War I began?
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Reduced in size, paid reparations, and sole responsibility for WW1
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_________ Germany became a satellite of the Soviet Union following World War II.
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East
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A person belonging to the left-wing majority group of the Russian Social Democratic Worker's Party was called a _____.
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Wrong: Menshevik
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The "Emancipation Manifesto" signed by Czar Alexander II _____.
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Gaves serfs land
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The last czar of Russia was _____.
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Nicholas II
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The leader of the Bolsheviks was _____.
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Lenin