Interwar Years Quiz

The period between WWI and WWII was known as the [blank_start]Interwar Years[blank_end] (Two words)

Large personal debt due to loans, Economic Nationalism (protectionism) and Market Speculation were all the factors that brought about ____________

The act of investors borrowing money to buy stocks using only the value of the stock or its expected profit as security (10 % down) was known as buying stocks [blank_start]on margin[blank_end] (two words).

[blank_start]Weimar Republic[blank_end] (two words/Proper Nouns) was the German government that was organized at the end of WWI.

German politicians who negotiated and signed the armistice which ended World War I, bankers/big business owners and Jews were known as "[blank_start]November Criminals[blank_end]"(Two words/Proper nouns) because the signed Armistice signed November 11, 1918.

Identify what all of the following have in common 1. German mark (money) was worthless 2. Prices rose at an average rate of 322% per month 3. People’s savings were completely wiped out 4. High unemployment and widespread poverty 5. Economic problems would lead to the rise to extreme political parties (Communist & Nazi Parties)

[blank_start]Black Tuesday[blank_end] was the name of the event depicted in the picture of the newspaper