1._____________ was a period of economic hardship, high unemployment rate, and poverty in the United States during the 1930s.
Great Depression 2. At the height of the Great Depression, which President was not very helpful in restoring wealth & labor to the United States? Herbert Hoover 3. Who was the President that helped the United States recover from Great Depression with his New Deal Plan? Franklin D. Roosevelt 4. What were a few programs from the New Deal plan? Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Civilian Conservation Corps 5. Which American public program provided the retired, disabled, and the widowed with economic security? Social Security 6. Who was the leader of the Nazi Party in Germany? Adolf Hitler 7. What ideas did the Nazis promote? Hatred against Jews and Communists. 8. What is Anti-Semitism? Ideas of Hatred against Jewish people 9. The _____________were ex-soldiers who used violence to silence those who disagreed with Mussolini. Black Shirts 10. Who was the Dictator of Fascist Italy? Benito Mussolini 11. _____________were Hitler's private military squads who used violence to silence those who disagreed with the Nazi Party. Brown Shirts 12. What is the Reichstag? German Parliament 13. ______________ is a form of Dictatorship in which the government comes first before its people and it has only one political party that controls all politics, economics, & social aspects within its borders. Fascism 14. What was the Weimar Republic? Democratic German Government after WWI 15. What does “Fuhrer” mean? Absolute Leader of Germany 16. Who was the Dictator of the Soviet Union (Communist Russia)? Joseph Stalin 17. How many people did Joseph Stalin have killed in the Soviet Union? 20 Million people 18. What is a gulag? A cold Siberian work camp. 19. How were the Orthodox Churches treated in the Soviet Union under Stalin’s rule? They were burned to the ground. 20. How were the Great Purges used by Stalin? exterminations of various groups of people 21.) Why did several European nations become totalitarian dictatorships before World War II? They believed that strong leaders would pull them out of the Great Depression. 22.) Why did many European workers lose their jobs after World War I? Many European workers depended on jobs producing war materials. 23.) Which historical event helped inspire the formation of fascist and communist governments in Europe during the 1930s? Economic depression 24.) ______________ was a classless society, led by a single party dictatorship, unified all workers, and the state was supreme. Communism 25.) Which European nation maintained a fascist government during World War II? Italy
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