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Quiz about Political Leaders of the 1930s
Quiz about Political Leaders of the 1930s

Political Leaders of the 1930s Quiz


The following quiz focuses mostly on major political leaders of western nations during the 1930's - when the political landscape of Europe began to undergo a series of dramatic changes.

A multiple-choice quiz by HTG. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
HTG
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
132,507
Updated
Jul 23 22
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
2282
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Question 1 of 10
1. Who was the British Prime Minister who negotiated away the Sudetenland?

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Question 2 of 10
2. Who was Prime Minister of France when Germany opened the western front campaign on 10 May 1940?

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Question 3 of 10
3. Who was the German foreign minister during World War II? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Who was US Secretary of War during the Second World War?

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Question 5 of 10
5. Who were Frank B. Kellogg and Aristide Briand? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Who was the leader of Nationalist (Fascist) Spain during the Spanish Civil War?
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Question 7 of 10
7. Who was president of Czechoslovakia during the Munich crisis?

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Question 8 of 10
8. Jozef Beck was Polish foreign minister from November 1932 until he fled to Romania during the German invasion of Poland in September 1939. Courted by both Germany and the Soviet Union to form alliances, Beck refused to align his country with either power. Which other country did Beck refuse to include in any political alliance with Poland?
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Question 9 of 10
9. As Soviet Commissar for Foreign Affairs. this Russian diplomat startled the western world when he signed the Nazi-Soviet Pact of 23 August 1939. Who was he?
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Question 10 of 10
10. Joseph P. Kennedy, father of President John F. Kennedy, used his great fortune to gain favor with the Roosevelt administration. To reward his faithful democrat financier FDR appointed Kennedy to which important state department post?
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Who was the British Prime Minister who negotiated away the Sudetenland?

Answer: Neville Chamberlain

The appeasement policy of British Prime Minister (1937-40) Chamberlain towards Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany, I believe, encouraged Hitler to take what was left of Czechoslovakia and later launch WWII by attacking Poland.
2. Who was Prime Minister of France when Germany opened the western front campaign on 10 May 1940?

Answer: Paul Reynaud.

A true patriot who had opposed appeasement and favored rearmament, Reynaud became French PM on 20 March 1940. After a visit to London he signed an agreement with Britain that neither nation would negotiate a separate peace with Hitler. Reynaud held to this commitment throughout the dark days of France's debacle, but was forced to resign by the capitulation clique that rallied to Marshall Petain.
3. Who was the German foreign minister during World War II?

Answer: Joachim von Ribbentrop.

Regarded by many as arrogant and empty headed, Ribbentrop actually had considerable diplomatic successes before Hitler's assumption of all foreign policy power relegated his position as FM to irrelevancy. Before becoming German ambassador to Britain Ribbentrop had considerable success at the London Naval Conference of 1935.

As German ambassador to the Court of Saint James Ribbentrop negotiated with Italy for the creation of the Anti-Commintern Pact. As German FM Ribbentrop had his most successful diplomatic triumph as the architect of the Nazi-Soviet pact of 23 August 1939.
4. Who was US Secretary of War during the Second World War?

Answer: Henry L. Stimson.

The senior diplomat in the Roosevelt Cabinet, Stimson was just short of his 73rd birthday when FDR asked him to become Secretary of War. A life long Republican, Stimson had previously been appointed to several posts under Presidents Teddy Roosevelt, Taft, Coolidge, and Hoover.
5. Who were Frank B. Kellogg and Aristide Briand?

Answer: Authors of an international agreement that called for the renunciation of aggressive war.

Kellogg (U. S. diplomat) and Briand (French diplomat) authored the toothless Kellogg-Briand Pact, which called for the renunciation of aggressive war as a means of settling disputes between nations. Directed mainly against the signers of the Locarno Pact, the agreement lacked provisions for sanctions.
6. Who was the leader of Nationalist (Fascist) Spain during the Spanish Civil War?

Answer: Francisco Franco.

After the revolt of the army chiefs in Spanish Morocco, Francisco Franco became one of three military leaders of the insurrection. Soon thereafter Franco was appointed by the Insurgents as Chief of the Spanish State. Assuming dictatorial powers Franco held the top position in the Spanish government until his death in 1975.
7. Who was president of Czechoslovakia during the Munich crisis?

Answer: Eduard Benes.

A cofounder of Czechoslovakia along with Masaryk, the diminutive Benes succeeded Masaryk as president on 18 December 1935. During the Munich crisis this Czech statesman was not even allowed to sit in the negotiations for the Sudetenland.
8. Jozef Beck was Polish foreign minister from November 1932 until he fled to Romania during the German invasion of Poland in September 1939. Courted by both Germany and the Soviet Union to form alliances, Beck refused to align his country with either power. Which other country did Beck refuse to include in any political alliance with Poland?

Answer: France.

Soon after Memel was incorporated into the German Reich Beck accepted an alliance with Britain on the condition that France and the Soviet Union be excluded from the treaty. Beck had a long-standing hatred for the French stemming from the time he was expelled from France for selling documents about the French military to Czechoslovakia. This happened while Beck was military attaché in Paris in 1922-23.
9. As Soviet Commissar for Foreign Affairs. this Russian diplomat startled the western world when he signed the Nazi-Soviet Pact of 23 August 1939. Who was he?

Answer: V. M. Molotov.

Molotov was also premier of the USSR until Stalin made himself premier after the German invasion. Molotov was appointed as vice premier and still kept his position as Commissar for Foreign Affairs, then as Soviet Foreign Minister, until he fell out of favor with Stalin in 1949.
10. Joseph P. Kennedy, father of President John F. Kennedy, used his great fortune to gain favor with the Roosevelt administration. To reward his faithful democrat financier FDR appointed Kennedy to which important state department post?

Answer: Ambassador to the Court of St. James (Britain).

The controversial Kennedy became the first Irish-American-Catholic ambassador to the Court of St. James on December 1937. Initially, Joe Kennedy was considered pro-British but he was solidly behind his country's policy of isolation. His lack of ambassadorial temperament and his firm conviction belief that Britain could not defeat Nazi Germany caused embarrassment between the Roosevelt administration and the Churchill premiership.
Source: Author HTG

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