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| This organization developed systems of political control for the former colonies and territories of Germany and the Ottoman Empire. What was the organization? What were these government systems called? | The League of Nations developed the mandate system, which at least on paper promised to help colonial peoples become, in the future, independent. |
| These two plans, separated by a few years, reduced German reparations to more realistic levels and restored the value of German currency. | The Dawes Plan (1924) and the Young Plan (1929) |
| This was the new state, created in the wake of World War I, which incorporated different "nations" in the Balkan region. | Yugoslavia |
| Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, and Romania formed this alliance in 1922-1921, which was a collective security agreement intended to protect them from Germany and Russia. | the Little Entente |
| This treaty, referred to as a cynical critic as "an international kiss", formerly rejected international violence, but lacked any mechanism for enforcement. | the Kellogg-Briand Pact signed in 1928 by 60 states |
| This military leader assumed power in this economically beleaguered state, sandwiched and expanded between two great powers. Hint: its parliament was called the Sejm. | Jozef Pilsudski took power in Poland via a coup. |
| In 1924, the election of this Prime Minister in Britain represented the growing political strength of workers. Who was the Prime Minister, and which party did he represent? | Ramsay MacDonald was elected the first Labour Party prime minister in 1924. |
| In 1919, Republican leaders of this neighbor of England declared independence and created a separate Parliament, and the British government responded by sending in the Black and Tans, which essentially waged guerrilla warfare, taking hostages, and blowing up buildings. | Ireland |
| The invention of this form of wireless technology would become popular in the 1920s, become an affordable consumer item, and would help politicians to reach the masses whereever they might be. What was the invention and who was the inventor? | Marconi, an Italian inventor, gave us the radio. |
| This artistic movement, emerging in the wake of World War I, produced works marked by nonsense and shrieking expressions of alienation. | the Dada movement |
| In 1922, this man, who had built a personal army of veterans and the unemployed to overturn parliamentary government, marched on Rome and forced the King to make him prime minister. Name this new prime minister, name the party that backed him, and try to name the King who appointed him his new powerful position. | Benito Mussolini; the Black Shirts--a fascist party; King Victor Emmanuel III |
| In 1929, this agreement between the Italian government and the Catholic Church made the Vatican an independent state under papal sovereignty. In return the church ended its criticism of fascist government. | the Lateran Agreement |
| During his brief stint in jail for the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch, this leader of a disaffected group of veterans and bitter nationalists wrote a book in which he expressed his anti-Semitism and his political psychology for manipulating the masses. Name the leader, name the book, and name the party of this leader's followers. | Adolf Hitler; Mein Kampf; the National Socialist Workers' Party (Nazi is an abbreviation for national) |
| In 1919 this democratic form of government was established in Germany, and would govern with mixed results, and ultimately be dismantled by the Nazis. | the Weimar Republic |
| One of the most capable leaders in Europe during the Age of Anxiety, this Chancellor of Germany, who represented a coalition of moderates, restructured reparations payments, helped Germany to become admitted to the League of Nations, and would be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1926. | Gustav Stresemann, who unfortunately died in 1929. |
| After he assumed power this leader of this state pushed forward a program for huge increases in the output of coal, iron ore, steel, and industrial goods over successive five-year periods. Name the leader, his state, and the general name of this policy program. | Joseph Stalin of the USSR implemented "5 Year Plans" starting in 1929 |
| Stalin demanded to "liquidate" this social group in large part because they opposed his plans to end independent farming. These people were either wiped out, or moved to collective farms. What was this social group called? | the kulaks |
| Stolen instituted these widespread arrests, staged courtroom dramas, and executions to rid society of enemies of the state. What's the right term for these acts of repression, and what's the right term for the staged courtroom shows based on trumped up charges and fabricated evidence? | Stolen carried out purges, which touched many segments of society, and in a series of "show trials", accused Bolshevik leaders were forced to confess in court, and they would be executed or exiled as a result. |
| In 1928, 1930, and 1932, the Nazi Party made significant gains in this part of the German government. | the Reichstag, its legislature |
| In March 1933, intimidated Reichstag delegates let pass this law, which suspended the German constitution for four years and allowed Nazi laws to take effect without parliamentary approval. | the Enabling Act |
| This European country, which used pump priming programs, developed a coherent program for solving economic and population problems in the Great Depression years without the racism and coercion of Nazism. | Sweden |
| In both France and Spain in the 1930s, liberals, socialists, and Communists established anti-fascist coalitions known by this term: | the Popular Front |
| This was the socialist leader and premier in France for a short time in the 1930s – – he instituted social welfare programs and guaranteed better work conditions for the working classes. | Leon Blum |
| This silent film actor starred in two films, Modern Times and The Great Dictator,two modern commentaries on life in the 20th century. | Charlie Chaplin |
| Stalin's new system of prison camps provided forced labor to accelerate the Soviet Union's industrial and economic development. What was it called? | the Gulag, an acronym for the government department that ran the prison camps |
