HIS AT-5 OVER THE EDGE

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Multiple Response
Identify one or more choices that best complete the statement or answer the question.

Who hosted the 1936 Summer Olympics?

a.	Israel	c.	Germany
b.	England	d.	Nuremberg

What did Hitler use the 1936 Olympics for?

a.	to prove that African Americans were inferior	c.	to show that Jews were not good athelets
b.	to promote the Nazi party	d.	to condem the Treaty of Versailles

How did Owens' victory shatter the Nazi propaganda about Aryan supremacy?

a.	proved that Jews could beat Germans in the 100 meter race	c.	proved that Aryan’s could beat African Americans in the 100 meter race
b.	proved that the Germans could be beaten by non-Aryans	d.	proved that Nazi’s could not run

Which statements are true (pick 3)

a.	FDR was a master of the media	d.	the Fireside Chat was a radio technique of FDR
b.	FDR used television to communicate with the American people	e.	FDR was unable to use the media to it’s full advantage because of his handicap
c.	the Fireside Chat was a radio technique of Adolf Hitler	f.	both Hitler and FDR used the media to achieve political goals

For which two great issues did FDR use the media to do battle (pick 2)

What was the impact of radio on American history and American culture in the twentieth century? (pick 3)

a.	caused the American people to be in favor to segregation and discrimination of African Americans	d.	helped FDR to ease the fears of the American people and possibly prevent a revolution
b.	helped to tie the United States into one nation with a single purpose	e.	brought the war and other events into the homes of everyday Americans
c.	helped to widen the gap between rich and poor in America	f.	brought the events of World War I into the homes of Americans

What was the name of the movie that turned Hitler into a god for the German people?

a.	Triumph of the Will	c.	Gone with the Wind
b.	Mein Kampf	d.	The Wealth of a Nation

Which media did Hitler use for propaganda? (pick 3)

In the late 1930s, the Nazi Party in Germany burned books. Why did they do this?

a.	To promote books written by Germans	c.	To help the sales of Mein Kampf
b.	To promote freedom of the press	d.	To remove Jewish influence from German culture

10.

Black people were to the Jim Crow laws as the Jews were to

a.	the Nazi party	c.	integration
b.	the Nuremberg Laws	d.	Germany

11.

World War II was not the first time anti-Semitism reared its ugly head in Europe

true

false

12.

Who was the British Prime Minister who appeased Hitler over Czechoslovakia. He waved a treaty and said, “this means peace in our time.”

a.	Sir Jesse Owen	c.	Neville Chamberlain
b.	Rudolf Hess	d.	Winston Churchill

13.

What did they call the event where the Nazi’s broke Jewish shop windows, burned synagogues
and persecuted the Jews.

a.	night of the great purge	c.	Kristallnacht
b.	Mein Kampf	d.	Deutschland Ubber Alas

14.

What was the St Louis?

a.	a ship carrying Jews who wanted to emigrate to the United States	c.	a ship carrying war materials to England
b.	a ship carrying Jews who wanted to emigrate to England	d.	a ship carrying Jews who wanted to emigrate to Germany

15.

Which European countries did Hitler over-run in the 1930’s and 1940’s? (pick 6)

Matching

a.	Articulate	g.	Lectern
b.	Beleaguered	h.	Magnetic
c.	Blitzkrieg	i.	Sinister
d.	Citizenry	j.	Stronghold
e.	Ideology	k.	Subversive
f.	Insulate	l.	isolationism

16.

Hitler often stood silently behind the _____ before speaking

17.

The German _____ over-ran France in six weeks

18.

England was a _____ and the only country in Europe that Hitler could not over-run

19.

The radio enabled FDR to _____ his message to the American people

20.

Americans thought that the Atlantic ocean would _____ them from the war in Europe

21.

The _____ people of London held out during the German air raids

22.

The attitude of most Americans toward the war in Europe was _____

23.

Most of the _____ of Germany supported Hitler

24.

The Nazi’s had a _____ plan to remove all of the Jews from Germany

25.

Hitler accused the Jews of _____ activity in Germany during World War I

26.

Aryan superiority was the _____ of the Nazi’s

27.

Both Hitler and FDR had _____ personalities