History Test

• What two countries were in better economic shape after the war?

  USA and Japan
• Coalition Government - A temporary alliance of several parties
• Weimar Republic - Democratic German Party
• Weimar Republic weaknesses - Germany lack of strong democratic tradition , Numerous political parties , Blamed by Germans for the treaty of Versillas
• Dawes Plan - Provided a 2.5 million loan from USA to stabilize Germany Economy
• 2 Flaws of the US booming economy - Uneven distribution , Overproduction
• Black Tuesday Date - Tuesday October 29, 1929
• By 1933 how many Americans were unemployed?

  25%
• How much did the world trade drop?

  65%
• Britain’s 3 solutions to the economic problems - Practice tariffs , High taxes , interest rates , Regulated currency
• Roosevelt New Deal Plan - Large Work Project , New Government Agencies , Relif Programs , Reform the stock market
• Ways the automobile benefited from the wartime - Prices dropped , The Middle class could afford to buy cars
• First Woman to fly across the Atlantic?

  Amelia Earhart
• First commercial radio station - KDKA
• Who controlled the radio station in Europe - The Government
• A sign that Americans viewed as growing economic prosperity - Booming Stock Market
• Why US and Japan were in better financial shape after the war - Neither has been a wartime battlefield & Both countries had expanded their trade
• German Government that signed the Treaty of Versailles - Weimar Republic
• How was Germany paying for the war during the war?

  Printed more money
• How much money did Dawes Plan loan Germany?

  $200 million
• By 1929 what effect did the loans have on Germany Factories - German Factories were producing as much as they had before the war
• What did the Kellogg-Briand peace pact pledge?

  To renounce war as an instrument of national party
• The League of Nations could not enforce the provisions of the peace fact for what 2 reasons?

  No armed forces & U.S refused to join
• After black Tuesday companies were what their former value was?

  10%
• The e comic shutdown lasted for how many years?

  Over 10 years
• During the decade of the 30’s how many banks failed?

  9,000
• During the 30’s how many people lost their individual savings?

  9 million
• How many businesses went bankrupt?

  85,000
• 1932 how many people were out of work in Germany?

  5.5 million people
• The effect Germany unemployment have on their government?

  The democracy broke down and Adolph Hitler gained dictatorial power
• What did the Harley’s Smoot Tarrif Act reduce?

  Foreign Bought Products
• Which Japan group suffered greatly when the economy slumped?

  Farmers
• what did Britain do to encourage industrial growth?

  Lowered Interest Rates
• Why was France not hit so hard by the depression?

  They didn’t rely as much on foreign trade as other countries
• 1933 President Roosevelt introduced what program?

  The New Deal
• In Japan what or who they they symbol of state called?

  Hirohito
• What Japan extreme wanted to do - They planned a pacific empire that included a conquered China
• Did the League of Nations approve Japan attacking Manchuria?

  No
• What country did Mussolini attack?

  Ethopia
• 3 countries were known as the axis powers?

  Germany, Italy, Japan