Question 1

Who was Stalin referring to when he called for a "liquidation of the kulaks"?

Accepted Answer

A)   Prosperous peasants and anyone who opposed his plans to end independent farming
B)   Coal miners from Siberia who went on strike just before the harsh winter of 1929
C)   Russian bankers who resisted his plans to nationalize their holdings
D)   Criminals who were making a profit by buying and selling black-market goodsE) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 2

Hitler used which of the following events as an excuse to suspend civil liberties and launch a brutal crackdown on his political opponents?

Accepted Answer

A)   The burning of the Reichstag
B)   A strike by mine workers that paralyzed coal production in the Ruhr basin
C)   The assassination of the German president
D)   Clashes between Nazi storm troopers and the German Communist Party in BerlinE) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 3

What name was given to the 1935 legislation that deprived German Jews of citizenship, defined Jewishness according to ancestry rather than religious belief, and prohibited marriages between Jews and other Germans?

Accepted Answer

A)   The Aryan Protection Act
B)   The Munich Decrees
C)   The Nuremberg Laws
D)   The Anti-Semitic Defense LawsE) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 4

Describe the steps Hitler took in the 1930s that violated the Treaty of Versailles that had ended World War I. How were these a part of his larger plans for Germany? Explain the steps France and Britain took in response to these actions. Why did they decide not to enforce the treaty provisions?

Accepted Answer

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Question 5

Which of the following resulted from Stalin's use of terror tactics to assure fulfillment of production quotas in the 1930s?

Accepted Answer

A)   Stalin received mass support, as his tactics were the same as those used by Lenin to inspire compliance with his New Economic Policy in the 1920s.
B)   Uprisings among factory workers increased, and so many workers were imprisoned that the rate of production dropped some 20 percent by 1938.
C)   Up to half a million skilled and semiskilled workers emigrated before Stalin effectively sealed the Russian borders in 1938.
D)   Economic failure as workers were all too inexperienced with industry to meet quotas, as well as the murder of farmers, caused the grain harvest to drop dramatically.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Exam 26: The Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945

What name was given to the 1935 legislation that deprived German Jews of citizenship, defined Jewishness according to ancestry rather than religious belief, and prohibited marriages between Jews and other Germans?

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Which of the following resulted from Stalin's use of terror tactics to assure fulfillment of production quotas in the 1930s?

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Who was Stalin referring to when he called for a "liquidation of the kulaks"?

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Hitler used which of the following events as an excuse to suspend civil liberties and launch a brutal crackdown on his political opponents?

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Describe the steps Hitler took in the 1930s that violated the Treaty of Versailles that had ended World War I. How were these a part of his larger plans for Germany? Explain the steps France and Britain took in response to these actions. Why did they decide not to enforce the treaty provisions?

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Exam 26: The Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945

What name was given to the 1935 legislation that deprived German Jews of citizenship, defined Jewishness according to ancestry rather than religious belief, and prohibited marriages between Jews and other Germans?

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Which of the following resulted from Stalin's use of terror tactics to assure fulfillment of production quotas in the 1930s?

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Who was Stalin referring to when he called for a "liquidation of the kulaks"?

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Hitler used which of the following events as an excuse to suspend civil liberties and launch a brutal crackdown on his political opponents?

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Describe the steps Hitler took in the 1930s that violated the Treaty of Versailles that had ended World War I. How were these a part of his larger plans for Germany? Explain the steps France and Britain took in response to these actions. Why did they decide not to enforce the treaty provisions?

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