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Key Historical Events and Figures of the 1930s

This quiz assesses knowledge of key historical events and figures during the 1930s, covering topics from politics to cultural movements.

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1 Also in Latin America Symbolism and ________ were important movements.

2 The ________ is invaded by the Kingdom of Italy during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War from 1935 to 1936.

3 Prime Minister Richard Bedford Bennett, 1st Viscount Bennett (________)

4 Roosevelt initiates a widespread social welfare strategy called the "New Deal" to combat the economic and social devastation of the ________.

5 President ________ (Irish Free State)

6 Emir Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (________)

7 ________ leader Mao Zedong forms the small enclave state called the Chinese Soviet Republic in 1931.

8 ________ outbreaks on September 1, 1939.

9 Neville Chamberlain, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1937–1940), attempts the appeasement of Hitler in hope of avoiding war by allowing the dictator to annex the Sudetenland (the western regions of ________).

10 Prime Minister Sir Earle Page (________)

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Kremlin stars, crowning five towers of the Moscow Kremlin since the 1930s, are made of ruby glass.
  • the original site of the Heide Museum of Modern Art was an "idyllic refuge of inspiration" for many Australian artists during the 1930s through 1950s.
  • until the 1930s, methanol was the most widely used antifreeze.
  • the Korpela movement was a short-lived cult during the 1930s in Northern Sweden and Finland whose controversial sexual rituals eventually led to the arrest of 60 followers.
  • the actress Viviane Romance rejected the offer of a Hollywood contract in the 1930s preferring to work in French cinema.
  • Luigi Fagioli had one of auto racing's most famous rivalries with Louis Chiron in the 1930s.
  • in the 1930s, Australia was home to a paramilitary Fascist organization called the New Guard.
  • the 1930s Hollywood set designer and art director Laurence Irving was the grandson of the Victorian era actor Sir Henry Irving.
  • Russian actor Yevgeny Samoylov (pictured), known for his work with Vsevolod Meyerhold and Alexander Dovzhenko in the 1930s, celebrated his 90th birthday in 2002 acting on the stage of the Maly Theatre.
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