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From the 20th Century

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From the 20th Century game quiz
"This quiz is based in the Modern World History that I've studied at school which focused on four topics - 'Rise and Fall of The Communist State'(1924-1991),'A Divided Nation' (U.S Politics post-war),'Vietnam' and 'Nazi Germany'."

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1. In what year did the Reichstag pass the Enabling Act, effectively making Hitler dictator of Germany?
    1934
    1945
    1933
    1936


2. What was the name of Stalin's agricultural policy to amalgamate farms and pay workers with grain from the farm to increase grain production?
    Virgin Lands Scheme
    The Grey Blur
    New Economic Policy
    Collectivisation


3. What event made Rosa Parks a Civil Rights icon and led to the emergence of Martin Luther King?
    Montgomery Bus Boycott
    Little Rock
    Brown vs Topeka
    The Rosenberg executions


4. What was the primary aim of Nixon's policy of 'Vietnamization'?
    To conquer Vietnam and make it a territory of the US
    To bomb Cambodia into submission using Agent Orange
    To remove US troops from Vietnam let the ARVN to fight alone
    To win over the Vietnamese people


5. What was the name of the female equivalent of the Hitler Youth?
    League of German Girls
    Society for the Protection of German Women
    League of National Socialist Girls
    League of Cigarettes, Make-up and Glamour


6. What were the name of the two main policies Mikhail Gorbachev came to power with in 1985?
    Glasnost and Perestroika
    Glasnost and the the New Economic Policy (NEP)
    Glasnost and Democratisation
    Glasnost and withdrawal of troops from Cuba


7. What was the nickname given to the night of October 20th 1973, when Richard Nixon fired Archibald Cox, Attorney General Richardson and Deputy Attorney General Ruckelhaus?
    3,2,1 - fire!
    The Saturday Night Massacre
    The Night of the Long Knives
    The night of the Broken Glass


8. What was the nickname given to the night of November 9 1938, when the Sturm-Abteilung (SA) led a mass attack against Jewish shopowners and inidividual Jews, resulting in up to 200 Jews dead?
    Schlagt die schmutzigen Juden tot!
    Die Juden Toeten!
    Kristallnacht
    Eins, zwei, drei


9. What was the name of the leader of South Vietnam, who was assassinated after increasing oppression of the overwhelmingly Buddhist population?
    Ngo Dinh Diem
    Diem Bien Phu
    Ho Chi Minh
    Che Guevara


10. What was the name of the University where four US students were shot dead by US National Guard after protesting against the US invasion of Cambodia?
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Cambridge University
    Harvard University
    Kent State University


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