Quiz on Unit 8 review (1914-Present)

#1 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

Women joined the military and supported the war effort, this directly led to women gaining the right to vote about 30 years later.

Women's rights during war Tzar Nicholas Great depression causes Spanish popular front

#2 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Appeasement

Mussolini & Hitler's secret police that made dissent a fearful prospect The spanish army opposed the popular front. A general named Francisco Franco led a violent uprising against the popular front. Which led to a civil war. Represented a kind of testing ground for WWII, while Hitler and Mussolini supported Franco, western democracies did little to help the popular front. In Russia, world war I exacerbated long-term problems of political stagnation, social inequality, incomplete industrialization, and food and land distribution, which altogether had the effect of engendering widespread support for revolutionary change. Just give Hitler what he wants and keep the peace.

#3 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Five year plan

Ireland wanted to be independent from britain. Although Britian had passed a home-rule bill, they put it on pause during the war. Ireland thought they were backtracking and so on easter sunday in 1916, Irish rebels began fighting british soldiers, who eventually put the rebellion down. The economic and political turmoil sent spain into a tailspin. Their parliamentary democracy collapsed and the popular front took control. Represented the interests of workers and communists. After Lenin, Joseph Stalin took power. After consolidating party power under himself, he implemented a five year plan with the goal to rapidly industrialize the soviet union. Much like Lenin, Stalin skipped crucial steps, like providing housing. People would rather starve than farm for the government. The U.S enters the war and it's massive industrial capacity and the british invention of tanks tipped the balance of power against germany and the triple alliance.

#4 Which of the following definitions matches the term?

Age of anxiety

A system of government characterized by extreme paternalistic, militaristic nationalism in which the interests of the people are subordinated to the interests of the state and its leader. Was appealing because of all the post-war crisis Machine guns, Chemical weapons, and other brutal new technologies led to trench warfare. 2 world wars, nuclear bombs, and scientific advancements that shattered accepted beliefs made everyone nervous. Just give Hitler what he wants and keep the peace.

#5 Which of the following terms matches the definition?

True

False

Section 1: Multiple Choice questions

Women joined the military and supported the war effort, this directly led to women gaining the right to vote about 30 years later.

Appeasement

Five year plan

Age of anxiety

Germany, Italy, and later Japan formed an alliance and became known as the Axis Powers. Western democracies viewed this as an existential threat

Section 2: True/false questions

Fascism grows in eastern europe

A growing nationalistic fever in which all of the slavic nations felt they ought to be under the one leadership of Russia. Helps explain why Russia got involved when Austria declares war on Serbia

Spanish popular front

A coalition of left-wing parties whose main objective was preventing the rise of communism or fascism in france

Black/Brown shirts

Mussolini & Hitler's secret police that made dissent a fearful prospect

Spanish civil war

French popular front

A coalition of left-wing parties whose main objective was preventing the rise of communism or fascism in france

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