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Hitler's rise to power

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GCSE HISTORY (Germany) Quiz on Hitler's rise to power, created by Chloe.Sharland on 09/04/2014.
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Question 1

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In 1929 an economic depression was caused by what?
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  • Unemployment was high
  • The American stock exchange collapsed
  • The German stock exchanged collapsed

Question 2

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Due to the economic depression what happened?
Answer
  • Hitler became chancellor
  • The Weimar government reduces unemployment
  • Unemployment rose to 6 million

Question 3

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In July 1930, Chancellor Bruning did 3 of the worst things to do in a depression, what were they?
Answer
  • Cut government expenditure, wages and unemployment pay.
  • Increased unemployment pay, and wages, cut government expeniture
  • Reduced wages and kept government expenditure and unempolyment pay the same

Question 4

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Chancellor Bruning could not get the Reichstag to agree his actions so what did he do?
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  • He stepped down as Chancellor, giving power to Hindenburg
  • President Hindenburg used article 48 to pass the measure by decree
  • President Hindenburg agreed and used his power to persuade everyone

Question 5

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Anger and bitterness at the governments actions meant what?
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  • People lost faith in politics and took little interest in the action
  • The Nazis lost support because members wanted to help the government
  • The Nazis gained more support because people were fed up with the government

Question 6

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Many workers turned to communisms but this actually helped Hitler, why?
Answer
  • Wealthy businessmen were frightened by this so financed Hitler's campaigns
  • Hitler didn't mind as long as they were against the governent
  • Hitler found it easy to persuade communists to join his party

Question 7

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Middle class people turned against democracy, they along with Nationalists and Racists blamed what main 2 things for Germany's crisis?
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  • Article 48 and the Treaty of Versailles
  • The treaty of Versailles and Reparations
  • Reparations and the American stock exchange crisis

Question 8

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In 1928, the Nazis only had 12 seats in the Reichstag, but by July 1932 what had happened?
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  • The Nazis had the same amount of followers as those in power
  • The Nazis had lost half of their seats to the communist party
  • They had 230 seats and were the largest party

Question 9

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The government was in chaos, President Hindenburg did what with the Chancellor?
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  • Dismissed Bruning, but then Papen his replacement only lasted 6 months and the next 2 months
  • Dismissed Bruning, and his replacement Papen helped to get Germany back on track
  • Kept Bruning but got Papen to have equal power so they worked together

Question 10

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In January 1933, Hindenburg and Papen came up with a plan to get the Nazis on their side by offering to make Hitler vice chancellor. Hitler did what?
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  • Hitler accepted, giving him a chance to build his way up into power, which worked.
  • He refused and demanded to be made chancellor. They agreed, thinking they could control him.
  • Hitler refused and demanded to be made chancellor, but they only allowed him to become vice chancellor

Question 11

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In January 1933, Hitler became chancellor, and immediately set about doing what?
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  • Fixing the governments many problems
  • Increasing his popularity through being a chancellor
  • making himself absolute ruler of Germany

Question 12

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If the moderate parties had worked together
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  • They would have had more support than the Nazis
  • They would have gained more support from the public
  • They would have been able to fix their problems quickly

Question 13

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Unknown to the average supported the Nazis reduced opposition by doing what?
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  • Persuading them to join the Nazis instead
  • Getting the Nazi storm troopers to attack Hitler's opponents
  • Forcing opponents to support the Nazis through force

Question 14

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Goebbels' propaganda campaign did what?
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  • Meant that support for the Nazis decreased because it was prejudice about groups of society
  • Was effective at maintaining support for the Nazis because of the posters and radio adverts.
  • Was very effective, it won support for the Nazis by targeting specific groups of society

Question 15

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German people were still angry about the Treaty of Versailles, this meant what?
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  • They supported Hitler because he promised to overturn it
  • They wanted the government to go to war with Europe
  • They supported Hitler because he would make it fairer
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