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9th grade · Social Studies · Unit 7 of 13

Between the Wars

Depression and dictators

What your child practices

Communism, fascism and social democracy after World War I, the end of the Ottoman Empire and the mandates, the global Great Depression, and the rise of Stalin, Mussolini, Hitler and Japanese militarism.

Alabama Course of Study content standard: 9.8; 9.9 · the world after World War I, the Great Depression and the rise of totalitarian states

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. After World War I the Ottoman lands were divided; the Sykes-Picot Agreement split them between Britain and France.
  2. The Great Depression began with the 1929 crash and spread worldwide.
  3. Dictators rose: Stalin forced collectivization; fascism glorified nation, leader and military (Mussolini invaded Ethiopia in 1935); Hitler took power in 1933.

Example: In what year did Adolf Hitler become chancellor of Germany? It was during the Great Depression. The year was 1933. Answer: 1933

Between the Wars in Alabama

In the Alabama Course of Study, this is unit 7 of 13 in 9th grade Social Studies, after World War I and before World War II.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    After the Ottoman Empire broke apart, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk founded the Republic of…

    • Iraq
    • Iran
    • Egypt
    • Türkiye (Turkey)

  2. Question 2

    In 1935, Fascist Italy invaded…

    • France
    • Spain
    • Egypt
    • Ethiopia

  3. Question 3

    Hard times in the Depression helped dictators gain support by…

    • ending their armies
    • promising jobs, order and national pride
    • promising less power for themselves
    • holding fair elections

  4. Question 4

    The Great Depression began with the US stock market crash of…

    • 1919
    • 1929
    • 1945
    • 1939

  5. Question 5

    The Balfour Declaration (1917) supported…

    • Russian control of Palestine
    • German colonies
    • an Arab empire
    • a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine

  6. Question 6

    Why did the League of Nations fail to stop aggression in the 1930s?

    • It never existed
    • Every nation obeyed it
    • It had the strongest army
    • It had no army and major powers ignored it

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