Multiple choice questions. Choose the best answer.
- The Treaty of Sevres (1920)
a) granted Italy limited land concessions in Austria and the Mediterranean.
b) divided up the Ottoman Empire including parts of Turkey.
c) dissolved the Hapsburg Empire and established the border of Austria.
d) established peace between Bulgaria and the Allies.
- Italian land claims had been the subject of the
a) Treaty of Versailles (1919).
b) Treaty of St. Germain (1919).
c) Treaty of Neuilly (1919).
d) Treaty of Sevres (1920).
- The Italian general strike of 1922 was described as the "Socialist Caporetto" because
a) it was successful.
b) it was uneventful.
c) it marked the destruction of the Italian left.
d) it marked the destruction of the Italian right.
- In Italy in 1924, Giacomo Matteotti, the socialist leader
a) fled to Russia and was imprisoned by Stalin.
b) denounced Mussolini and was murdered by the Fascists.
c) praised Mussolini and supported Italian irredentism.
d) joined Mussolini and Pope Gregory in opposing Victor Emmanuel.
- The cornerstones of Italian fascism were
a) autarky, militarism, extreme nationalism and imperialism.
b) autarky, collectivism, extreme nationalism and imperialism.
c) autarky, militarism, extreme nationalism and egalitarianism.
d) collectivism, liberalism, internationalism and egalitarianism.
- In Italy, the Acerbo Laws of 1923 proclaimed that in a national elections
a) a coalition government of socialists and moderates could rule the country.
b) the party receiving the most votes would receive most of the seats in parliament.
c) the King would decide the next Prime Minister.
d) Roman Catholic priests would not be allowed to vote.
- The Lateran Treaty of 1929
a) guaranteed the sovereignty of Fiume.
b) guaranteed the sovereignty of Corfu.
c) allowed for the Italian occupation of Trieste.
d) settled territorial disputes between Italy and the Papacy.
- The Laterean Accords (1929) established
a) Mussolini as Prime Minister of Italy.
b) Victor Emmanuel as King of Sicily.
c) Matteotti as leader of the opposition in Italy.
d) Roman Catholicism as the official religion in Italy.
- In 1929, Mussolini supported the Laterean Accords because
a) it appeared that the church was supporting Mussolini's government.
b) Mussolini liked Victor Emmanuel.
c) Mussolini was a strong supporter of the Roman Catholic church.
d) Mussolini believed in free elections in Italy.
- The first president of the Weimar Republic was
a) Paul von Hindenburg.
b) Friedrich Ebert.
c) Adolph Hitler.
d) Gustav Stresseman.
- Which countries signed the Treaty of Rapallo in 1922?
a) USSR and Germany
b) USSR, France and Italy
c) France and Great Britain
d) Italy and Germany
- The Treaty of Rapallo of 1922
a) guaranteed European boundaries and arbitration of disputes.
b) joined Sicily with the rest of Italy.
c) repudiated the war debt between Germany and Russia.
d) established the Rome-Berlin Axis.
- In Germany, the attempted National Socialist coup of 1923 was known as
a) Kristallnacht.
b) Anschluss.
c) the Beer Hall Putsch.
d) the Night of the Long Knives.
- Along with Hitler, which one of the following lead the Munich Putsch in 1923?
a) Hindenburg
b) Hess
c) Himmler
d) Ludendorff
- One result of France's invasion of the German Ruhr in 1923 was that
a) Ludendorf lost power.
b) Germany left the League of Nations.
c) the Nazis took control of the Reichstag.
d) German inflation increased dramatically.
- From 1923 to 1924 in Germany, the major economic crisis entailed
a) deflation.
b) hyper inflation.
c) mass unemployment.
d) recession.
- In Germany from 1923 to 1929, Gustav Stresseman was
a) German Chancellor and Foreign Minister.
b) leader of the Nazis Party.
c) a general in the SA and killed during the "Night of the Long Knives".
d) a spy for Russia and executed in 1933.
- In 1924, US economic aid to Germany was known as the
a) Dawes Paln.
b) Young Plan.
c) Marchall Plan.
d) Reparation Cycle.
- The treaties at Locarno in 1925 recognized
a) the new boundary between Greece and Turkey.
b) Germany's boundaries and Germany's entry into the League of Nations.
c) the need for a European monetary system and loans to Germany.
d) voting rights for women and ethnic minorities living in northern Italy.
- The Treaty of Locarno differed from the Treaty of Versailles in that
a) France received a buffer zone.
b) Poland accepted its western boundary.
c) the USA guaranteed French security.
d) Germany voluntarily signed the Treaty of Locarno.
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