Unit 13 Interwar Period

What effect did the Dust Bowl storms have on the Great Depression?

• Many farmers were forced to leave the Great Plains.
• Unemployment decreased gradually.
• Many homes long the Mississippi River were flooded.
• Hoover was re-elected as president.

Which economic factor contributed most directly to the start of the Great Depression?

• low worker productivity
• high income taxes
• decreasing tariff rates
• buying stocks on margin

Define Hyperinflation

• Money loses value quickly
• Money gains value quickly
• The market becomes flooded with a surplus
• The Stock Market rises quickly in one day

This country had to pay huge war reparations after WWI, causing its economy to collapse

• Germany
• France
• Britain
• US

Define Fascism

• Emphasizes extreme nationalism while denying individual liberties. Usually led by a dictator
• An elected ruler holds all of the power
• There is no government in society, only cooperation
• Emphasizes a certain religion, with religious leaders holding political power

This man becomes leader of the Soviet Union after the Death of Lenin

• Stalin
• Putin
• Nicholas II
• Kruschev

Mussolini created what kind of Government in Italy?

• Fascist
• Communist
• Socialist
• Democratic

What areas saw a rise of Dictator after WWI because of the Depression?

• USSR, Germany and Italy

• Russia, Germany and Japan

• Japan , Germany and Austria

• US, Germany and USSR

How did the Treaty of Versailles lead to the Depression in Germany?

• It imposed an economic embargo on Germany

• It forced Germany to pay $450 billion in reparations

• Just put all the blame of the war on Germany

• It banned any trade from going in to Germany

The major difference between Adolph Hitler and Josef Stalin was –

• Hitler and Stalin were totalitarian; however, Stalin was democratically elected
• Hitler’s brand of totalitarianism was based on race while Stalin’s was based on devotion to communism
• Stalin hated Jewish people and made that a central part of his plan
• Hitler ruled without the support of the people while Stalin was very popular