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- 1. Multiple Choice
When did the Depression hit France?
1930
1931
1932
It didn't
- 2. Multiple Choice
Who was the French president in 1919?
Clemenceau
Foch
Poincare
Petain
- 3. Multiple Choice
Why did France want large reparations from Germany after the First World War?
The world fund they sought was refused.
They wanted Germany to break up into states.
The US demanded their loans back
Britain wanted their loans back
- 4. Multiple Choice
When did France begin to build the Maginot Line?
1925
1929
1935
1938
- 5. Multiple Choice
Why was the Ruhr invasion a failure for France?
It led to the Dawes Plan which helped the German economy
France was criticised by the US and Britain
It was against the philosophy of the League of Nations
All
- 6. Multiple Choice
Why was Leon Blum's election success in 1936 divisive for France?
He was Jewish and this angered nationalists
He was a Communist and this angered conservatives
Comintern was influencing him
All
- 7. Multiple Choice
The only leverage France had after the First World War was...
they did not experience the Spanish Flu
they had paid off all their loans straight away.
that the US and Britain were close partners.
the Treaty of Versailles
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which of these was one of the three main French policies after the First World War?
Protectionism
Restart the war to take German territory.
Build global markets
Acquire more colonies in Africa
- 9. Multiple Choice
Why did France not take over the coal mines of the Saar? This went against the League of Nations decision to hold a plebiscite in 1935.
Germany was prepared to fight for them
Britain and the US did not support France in this
Belgium was concerned about the security of its own borders
The Saar had run out of coal
- 10. Multiple Choice
A French success of the 1920s was that ... soldiers occupied the Rhineland.
American
Russian
Italian
British
- 11. Multiple Choice
The French government spent much more than it received in revenue until
1924
1926
1928
1930
- 12. Multiple Choice
France was friendly towards Rumania because...
it could be a buffer against Bolshevism
there were a large number of French expatriates in Rumania
Rumania had helped them in the First World War
Britain was an ally of both
- 13. Multiple Choice
Why was the declining birth rate a problem for France?
All
Germany's was higher so it was a security concern
It needed workers after the destruction of the First World War
Immigration was causing social and political problems
- 14. Multiple Choice
French women were able to vote in national elections in
1919
1925
1933
1944
- 15. Multiple Choice
What was a common problem for France throughout the 1920s and 1930s?
Capital flight
War reparations
Inflation
High unemployment
- 16. Multiple Choice
Why did the reacquisition of Alsace-Lorraine cause problems for France?
It added to the high unemployment figures
The Treaty of Versailles stated that there should be a plebiscite
Nationalist movements in the regions wanted their independence
Hitler threatened to take them back
- 17. Multiple Choice
During the 1920s, France extended its empire in...
Iran and Yemen
Syria and Lebanon
Kuwait and Iraq
Turkey and Egypt
- 18. Multiple Choice
Between 1919 and 1940, France had ... different governments and ... prime ministers!
10 and 30
40 and 20
50 30
30 and 20
- 19. Multiple Choice
Action Francaise and Croix de Feu were
The French equivalent to the freikorps
Socialists
Communist parties
Fascist parties
- 20. Multiple Choice
According to John Merriman, the Popular Front's policies failed because ...
The Conservatives were not consulted and so did not cooperate
The Communists would not cooperate or allow a member into Leon Blum's cabinet
He lost support from the Left as he did not support the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War
All
- 21. Multiple Choice
Robert paxton argues the Popular Front failed because ...
Blum was trying to appease both the right and left
Conservatives refused to work with the socialists
There was a wall of money
All
- 22. Multiple Choice
What were the 1936 Matignon Agreements?
Respect borders with Germany
Social and economic agreements made to end the general strike
The carving up of Abyssinia so stop the war
A pact with Comintern to help the left gain support
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