Question 1

What objectives did the United States, France, and the United Kingdom have for the Treaty of Versailles? To what extent were these goals met? What result did this have on Germany?

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Question 2

How were the Bolsheviks able to win power during the Russian Revolutions?

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Question 3

What political, economic, and social measures were taken to rebuild the world after World War II?

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Question 4

To what extent was the Spanish Civil War a proxy war for various European states? What was the result of the Spanish Civil War?

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Question 5

How did the fighting in western Europe compare to the fighting in eastern Europe? What were the results of each?

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Question 6

What was the ultimate goal of the League of Nations and how was it supposed to achieve this goal? Why did the United States not join the League of Nations?

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Question 7

Why is 1942 regarded as a turning point in World War I?

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Question 8

Which nation switched sides in 1915?

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Italy switched sides from the Triple Alliance (with Germany and Austria-Hungary) to the Allied Powers in 1915.

Question 9

Along with the U.S. intervention, what other event significantly altered the course of the war in 1917?

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The Russian revolutions significantly altered the course of the war in 1917 by causing Russia to withdraw from the conflict, allowing Germany to focus on the Western Front and increasing the chances of a German victory. This also contributed to the eventual collapse of the Russian Empire and the rise of the Soviet Union.

Question 10

What were the economic, political, and social consequences of World War I across the globe?

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Question 11

How did Nazi Germany perpetrate programs of mass killing? How did their methods and targets change, why did they choose them, and what was the result?

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Question 12

What were the most important causes of the 1929 financial crisis and the Great Depression?

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Question 13

Discuss the relative importance of the Great Depression, military defeat, anti-foreign sentiment, and diplomatic betrayal in the rise of far right-wing movements in Germany, Italy, and Japan.

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Question 14

How did World War I and Paris change different states' perceptions of their role in the world? Discuss at least two states.

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Question 15

What similarities existed between Lenin's policies and Stalin's policies? How did they differ?

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Question 16

How were the effects of the Great Depression felt similarly and differently in Germany and the United States? What explains these similarities and differences?

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Question 17

Although not part of the original alliance system, the United States entered the war when who began to attack U.S. shipping?

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Germany began to attack U.S. shipping with their unrestricted submarine warfare policy, which ultimately led to U.S. entry into World War I.

Question 18

The Western Front was characterized by what type of warfare?

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The Western Front was characterized by a stalemate where neither side could gain any significant ground, and the objective was to wear down the enemy through attrition. This was achieved through trench warfare, machine guns, artillery, and other defensive tactics. The lack of movement and constant fighting made the Western Front a brutal and deadly place. Guerilla fighting was not commonly practiced on the Western Front. Speed and movement were more characteristic of the Eastern Front during World War I.

Quiz 24: World Wars, European Revolutions, and Global Depression, 1914-1945