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. Leni Riefenstahl’s famous Nazi propaganda film, documenting the party’s annual gathering, was called

The Blue Light correct incorrect

Olympia correct incorrect

The Holy Mountain correct incorrect

Triumph of the Will correct incorrect

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. Mussolini’s supporters formed small bands of paramilitary fighters known as squadristi, or squads, and were known for their

red shirts correct incorrect

white shirts correct incorrect

black shirts correct incorrect

green shirts correct incorrect

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. In the period between the world wars, roughly ______ of all able-bodied adult women worked outside the home.

ten percent correct incorrect

one quarter correct incorrect

half correct incorrect

two-thirds correct incorrect

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. By 1939, the only democratic government in Central and Eastern Europe was in

Czechoslovakia correct incorrect

Greece correct incorrect

Hungary correct incorrect

Serbia correct incorrect

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. Fascist propaganda at the time denounced parliamentary government for

pursuing policies that would benefit only the elite members of society correct incorrect

dividing people into mutually hostile groups and creating a chaos of competing interests correct incorrect

attempting to prevent the coming socialist revolution correct incorrect

colluding with the Bolsheviks correct incorrect

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. Historians typically consider the collapse of the U.S. stock market in October 1929 as the beginning of the Great Depression, but its roots can be traced to

the national debt incurred in World War I correct incorrect

the German economic crisis of 1923 correct incorrect

the decision to use the gold standard after World War I correct incorrect

the decision to tie the German mark to the US dollar correct incorrect

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. Fascist regimes came to power in Italy and Germany

through military coups correct incorrect

after being elected by the people correct incorrect

by seizing bureaucratic power correct incorrect

in civil wars correct incorrect

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. In 1913, Adolf Hitler left Vienna for Germany because

he felt the Hapsburg Empire favored inferior Slavs over superior Germans correct incorrect

he wanted to join the German army correct incorrect

he felt Vienna was too friendly to Jews correct incorrect

he hoped to attend art school in Munich correct incorrect

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. As Germany spiraled into the Great Depression, the Weimar government continued to worry about

maintaining the gold standard correct incorrect

artificial wage controls correct incorrect

preventing deflation correct incorrect

preventing inflation correct incorrect

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. The Italian group known as Nationalists felt the best way to accomplish their goal to “engender faith” in Italy as a “great nation” was to

promote an aesthetic, stage-managed form of politics correct incorrect

give all men the right to vote correct incorrect

use parish priests to galvanize the peasants correct incorrect

go to war correct incorrect

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. After World War I, what set Hitler apart from others espousing similar racist and nationalist ideas was

his fervor and unwillingness to compromise correct incorrect

his military service correct incorrect

his focus on the Jews as a source of German woes correct incorrect

his oratorical skill correct incorrect

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. In 1933, an arsonist burned down the Reichstag, an act that Hitler blamed on

the Communists correct incorrect

the Jews correct incorrect

the Social Democrats correct incorrect

the Center Party correct incorrect

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. Mussolini came to power in Italy when the king, following constitutional procedures, appointed him

prime minister correct incorrect

president correct incorrect

chancellor correct incorrect

“Il Duce” correct incorrect

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. In the face of the huge reparations payments imposed on them by the Treaty of Versailles, Germany’s Weimar government

attempted to invade resource-rich Poland correct incorrect

was forced to print money correct incorrect

pushed to void the treaty altogether correct incorrect

submitted to occupation by the Allied powers correct incorrect

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. The Nazis’ first use of poison gas to kill people systematically was against

German Jews correct incorrect

mentally and physically disabled Germans correct incorrect

Communists correct incorrect

political opponents from across society correct incorrect