History Take Home Test
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HIS 150 Name_______________________________________________
Second Exam Section________________
Spring 2020
Instructions: In this word document type in your name and section number above, underline or in some way note your multiple choice answer. If you can’t save the exam then just type 1-25 on a new word document and put the answer beside the number. As for the essay question, type the answer below the question or below your multiple choice answers. Due via email at 11:59pm March 30.
I. Multiple Choice: clearly circle the correct answer (each is worth 2 points).
1. The German mark became largely worthless as the result of
a. the British invasion of Prussia.
b. hyper- inflation in 1922-1923.
c. the assassination of William II.
d. the successful communist revolution in Germany.
e. Adolph Hitler's seizure of power in Bavaria in 1923.
2. John Maynard Keynes
a. advocated a laissez-faire economic policy.
b. desired socialism rather than capitalism.
c. claimed that the government which governed least, governed best.
d. favored tariffs and balanced budgets.
e. argued that governments should resort to deficit spending in times of depression.
3. Full employment returned to the United States as the result of
a. Roosevelt's New Deal.
b. the Second New Deal.
c. the Munich Agreement.
d. World War II.
e. the Cold War.
4. All of the following programs were part of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal except
a. the Civilian Conservation Corps.
b. the Peace Corps.
c. Social Security.
d. the Works Progress Administration.
e. the Agricultural Adjustment Act.
5. Mohandas Gandhi
a. was educated as a lawyer in New Delhi.
b. represented Indian migrants in Dublin and Edinburgh.
c. a member of the New Party.
d. was a Muslim.
e. believed in satyagraha.
6. The major issue that divided Indian nationalists was which of the following:
a. the desire for immediate independence
b. The issue of participation in World War II
c. The desire of the Muslim League for a partition of British India
d. use of violence to drive Britain from India
e. the leadership of Gandhi
7. The father of modern Turkey was
a. T. E. Lawrence.
b. Mustapha Kemal (Ataturk).
c. Selim II.
d. Ibd Saud.
e. Abdul Hamid.
8. Ataturk attempted to
a. reconquer Mecca and Medina.
b. drive the Turks out of Asia Minor.
c. establish socialism in Turkey.
d. transform Turkey into a modern secular republic.
e. replace the Ottoman legal system with the Shari'ya (Islamic law).
9. The leading nationalist group in South Africa was which of the following?
a. South African Liberation Front
b. African National Congress
c. African Unity Organization
d. Afrikaner Party
e. Apartheid
10. In the Balfour Declaration the British promised
a. The creation of an Arab State
b. To establish a Jewish State in Palestine
c. Give independence to Egypt
d. To support the independence of Turkey
e. To divide the middle east with the French
11. According to the 1917 Mexican constitution, subsoil rights belong to
a. Foreign nationals.
b. The Mexican nation.
c. The Mexican peasantry.
d. U.S. oil companies.
e. The landowners.
12. Benito Mussolini came to power in 1922 after threatening to march on
a. the Vatican.
b. Florence.
c. Bologna.
d. Rome.
e. Berlin.
13. After the failed Beer Hall Putsch, Adolph Hitler decided to
a. overthrow the Weimar government by force, using his SA
b. return to Austria
c. use the SS to infiltrate the German army, and have the army depose the
Weimar government.
d. drop out of public sight and wait for something to happen.
e. attempt to come to power through constitutional means.
14. The Nazi party
a. had little success in becoming a mass political movement in the 1920s.
b. had some success in the 1920s, but grew significantly as the result of the
Great Depression.
c. was entirely a product of the economic crisis resulting in the Great
Depression
d. was unaffected by the Great Depression, as it had come to power before
it began.
e. allied itself with German communists in taking power in 1933.
15. The event that started World War II in Europe was
a. the German take-over of the Rhineland
b. the German take-over of Czechoslovakia
c. the German invasion of Poland
d. the German invasion of Italy
e. the German invasion of France
16. In September 1935, the new racial laws announced at Nuremberg to settle the "Jewish Question"
a. paved the way for Nazi mass demonstrations in the city of Nuremberg.
b. enabled Hitler to assume dictatorial power.
c. rearmed Germany in violation of the Versailles Treaty.
d. excluded Jews from German citizenship and forbade marriage between
Jews and non-Jews.
e. sent leaders of the German communist party to concentration camps.
17. In Mein Kampf, Hitler declared that future German expansion must be to the
a. east, against Russia.
b. southeast, against Turkey.
c. west, against France and the Low Countries.
d. south, into Africa.
e. northwest, against Britain.
18. The 1936-1939 civil war that ended democracy in that country occurred in
a. France.
b. Austria.
c. Germany.
d. Italy.
e. Spain.
19. In the Asia the Japanese attacked what country in 1937 effectively beginning World War II in Asia?
a. French Indochina
b. Korea
c. China
d. Burma
e. Thailand
20. By the late 1930s, Nazi Germany's chief fascist ally in Europe was
a. France
b. Spain.
c. Austria
d. Poland.
e. Italy
21. Which of the following countries became involved in the Spanish Civil War?
a. The United States and the Soviet Union
b. The Soviet Union, Germany, and Italy
c. The France, Britain, and Italy
d. The United States and Britain
e. Germany and Italy
22. The word which best describes the British and French response to Hitler's demands at Munich is
a. containment.
b. passive resistance.
c. nonaggression.
d. appeasement.
e. armed resistance.
23. The United States entered World War II after which of the following events?
a. The German invasion of the Soviet Union
b. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
c. The German attacks on U.S. shipping in the Atlantic
d. The Japanese attack on the Philippines
e. The Japanese attack on China
24. The United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of
a. Hiroshima and Tokyo.
b. Osaka and Edo.
c. Nagoya and Nagasaki.
d. Tokyo and Osaka.
e. Nagasaki and Hiroshima.
25. The Holocaust did all of the following except
a. exterminate 90 percent of the Jewish population of Poland.
b. killed 2 out of every 3 European Jews.
c. built extermination camps to speed up the Final Solution.
d. persecuted only the Jews and left other groups alone.
e. formed special mobile military groups called Einsatzgruppen to kill Jews.
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II. Essay: Answer the following question as completely as possible. Make sure you use specific examples to back up any generalizations you may make. Worth 50 points.