Name _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Date _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ CI
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The West Between the Wars, 1919-1939
DDRECTIONS: Match each term with its definition by writing the correct letter on the blank.
A.
B.
coalition
G.
collective
bargaining
C.
collectivization
D.
concentra tion
camp
E.
deficit spending
F.
depression
dicta torship
N.
purge
H. documentary
O.
reparations
I.
fascism
P.
surrealism
J.
general strike
Q.
totalitarian state
K.
Kl"isialll1ncili
R.
l.
kulak
uncertainty
principle
M. photomontage
1. form of government in which the political authority exercises absolute and
centralized control over all aspects of life
2. attack on Jewish businesses, homes, and synagogues
3. protest in which all or almost all of a na tion's workers wali( off their jobs
4. compensation required from a defeated nation as indemnity for damage during
a war
5. political philosophy that advocates an aggressive fonn of nationalism, singleparty system with a strong ruler, glorification of the state
6. to remove
7. wealthy Russian peasant
B. alliance of several different political factions
9. film presenting facts without inserting fictional matter
_ _ 10. theory based on the unpredictability of physical laws
_ _ 11. government where one person or group has absolute power
___ 12. spending of public funds obtained by borrowing rather than by taxation
_ _ 13. system in which the government owns the land and uses the peasants to farm it
_ _ 14. technique of making a picture by assembling pieces of photographs
_ _ 15. negotiation between unions and employers to determine wages and working
conditions
_ _ 16. long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices
_ _ 17. dreamlike images and unnatural combinations of objects
_ _ 18. where Adolf Hitler and the Nazi government sent Jews, political opponents, and
other groups they found to be threatening
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Name _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Date __________ Class _ _ _ _ _ _ __
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The West Between the Wars
DIRECTIONS: Many changes took place in Europe and the United States in the years after
World War 1. Some of these events are listed on the time line below- Read the time line, then
answer the questions that follow.
in the
States win the
right to vote.
first talking film
form
of Soviet Sodal~t
Republics; fascists march
on Rome; Mussolini named
prime minister.
first FIVe-Year Plan
bands reath height of
popularity in United Stales; Nuremburg
'UIII,"," of their citizenship_
D. Roosevelt introduces the
NelA' Dei": Hitler named chancellor of
Germany; Hitler outlaws pOlitical parties.
1.
After which year could American women participate in choosing the President?
2. How long did the Weimar Republic last? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
3. Jewish people had no rights in Germany after which year? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
4.
a. In which western European country did a totalitarian leader first take control?
b. Who was the leader? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
5.
a. What economic disaster happened in the 1920s? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
b. In which year did this happen? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
6. In whidl year did the Communists finally assume total control in Russia?
7.
When did the first Five-Year Plan end in the Soviet Union?
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Name ____________ O.te _________ Cla55 _ _ _ _ _ _ __
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Whether you are reading today's newspaper or researching history, political cartoons can help you understand the
arguments surrounding an issue_
Cartoonists illustrate their point of view
through satirical drawings rather than
lengthy editorials_ Sometimes their cartoons
depict actual people involved in an issue;
other times the characters symbolize ideas,
groups, or nations_
DIRIECTIONS: Look at the poli tical cartoon
and answer the questions in the space
provided_
1. What type of ceremony is being
depicted by the cartoon?
2. Who is the bearded man, and what does
he represent? ___________
3. What does the woman represent? _ __
4. What does the ceremony symbolize?_
"Interrupting the Ceremony" copyrighted © Chicago Tribune
Company_ All rights reserved. Used with pennission.
5. What is interrupting the ceremony?________________________
6. Why is the ceremony being interrupted? ____________________
7.
ArOlmd what year might this cartoon have appeared?
8. Where do you think the cartoonist stands on this issue? Why do you think so? _____
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Name _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Date _ _ _ _ _ _ __
Cl~s
____________
(,
The Futile Search for Stability
DHRlECTIONS: Answer the following questions as you read Section 1.
1. What did the settlement at the end of World War I try to accomplish?
2. What wishes of Woodrow Wilson did the U.s. Senate refuse to fulfill?
3. How did France intend to collect unpaid war reparations from Germany?
4. Name two things the Dawes plan accomplished.
5. What did the League of Nations Covenant suggest that nations do with their military?
6. List two factors that played a major role in the start of the Great Depression.
7. How bad was the Great Depression in Great Britain in 1932?
8. List three problems faced by the Weimar Republic.
9. What was the old theory of how economic depressions should be solved?
10. How did Franklin Roosevelt propose to reform capitalism in order to save it?
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Name _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Oa(e _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Oa5s _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
Guided
Ac1civi'tv 11-2
The Rise of Dictatoll'ial Regimes
DIRlECTIONS: Fill in the blanks below as you read Section 2.
By 1939, only France and Great Britain remained (1) ________
Other states fell to (2)
(3)
forms of government. A
state is a government that aims to control the political, eco-
nomic, social, intellectual, and cultural lives of its citizens. Totalitarian states wanted
to (4)
(5)
the hearts and the minds of their subjects. The
will of the masses was organized and determined by the
leader.
(6) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ glorifies the state above the individual by emphasizing
the need for a strong central government led by a dictator (7) _ _ _ _ _ _ __
=
established the first European Fascist movement in Italy The rrrlddle-class fear of
(8)
, communism, and (9)
made the
Fascists increasingly attractive to m~y people. Mussolini created a
(10)
police force, the OVRA, to watch citizens'
(11) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ activities and enforce government policies.
In 1922, Lenin and the (12)
formally created a new state
called the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. At Lenin's death, Leon Trotsky wanted
to launch Russia on a path of rapid (13)
and to spread commu-
nism abroad. Another group wanted to focus on building a
(14)
(15)
state in Russia. Party General Secretary,
,gained complete control of the Communist Party.
A number of governments in the Western world were not totalitarian but were
(16)
_Led by General (11) __ ,
, Spanish mili-
tary forces revolted against the democratic government in 1936.
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Name ____________ Da(e _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ CIas5 _ _ _ _ __
Hitler i1Ind Nazi Germanv
DIRECTIONS: Fill in the blanks below as you read Section 3.
I. Adolf Hitler developed his basic ideas while in _________
A. At the core of Hitler's ideas was _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , especially
B. By 1921, Hitler took control of a right-wing _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ party, the Nazis.
C. While in jail in 1923 he wrote Mein Knmpf, or _ _ _ _ _ __
II. By 1932, the Nazis had become the largest party in the German _ _ _ _ _ __
A. Hitler's appeals to national _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ struck an emotional chord in his
listeners_
B. The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ elites of Germany began to look to Hitler for leadership.
C. With the
, Hitler became a dictator appointed by Parliament.
III. Hitler's goal was to develop an
racial state that would dominate
the world.
i
A. Nazis thought the Germans would create an empire like ancient _ _ _ _ _ _ __
1. The Nazi state used
and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to coerce
opponents_
2. A massive _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ program solved Germany's unemployment
problem
B. _ _ _ _ __
and ________ were brought under the control the
Nazi regime.
C. Women played an important role as the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of Aryan children_
IV. Once in power, the Nazis translated anti-Semitic
into anti-Semitic
A. New ________ laws were enacted in September 1935_
1. The
__ laws excluded Jews from German citizenship.
2. Jews were required to wear yellow _ _ _ _ _ _ __
B. On November 9, 1938, the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ occurred, a destmctive rampage
against the Jews.
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Name _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Date _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Class _________
GUidedi5~5
Cultural and Intellectual Trends
DIRECTIONS: Fill in the blanks below as you read Section 4.
1. A series of inventions in the late nineteenth century led the way for a revolution in
________ communications, especially
________ radio waves.
discovery of
2. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ facilities were built in the United States, Europe, and Japan during
1921 and 1922.
3. The Italian film ________ and the American film _ _ _ _ _ __
made it apparent that cinema was an important new form of mass entertainment.
4. Hitler said, "Without motor-cars, sound films, and wireless, [there would be] no Victory
of
"
5. By 1920, the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ day had become the norm for many office and
factory workers in northern and western Europe.
6. The
were artists who were obsessed with the idea that life bas no
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(
purpose.
1I
sought a reality beyond the material world.
7.
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8. The new German art developed by the Nazis, was actually derived from nineteentb-
=
century ________ art, and emphasized realistic scenes of everyday life.
9. _________ was a technique used by writers to report the innermost thoughts
of each character.
10. Ernest Rutherford, one of the physicists who showed that the atom could be split, called
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the 1920s the
11. Newtonian physics were challenged wben German physicist Werner Heisenberg
explained an observation he called the
principle.
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