- When was the
- October 1918
- When and where was the
- Who became President of the
- Freidrich Ebert
- List FIVE differences in the Constitution, 1914 versus 1919.
a. Elected president not hereditary Kaiser
b. Chancellor responsible to the Reichstag, not to the Kaiser
c. Reichstag made laws and controlled the government (not the Kaiser)
d. Proportional representation (before only males over 25 could vote)
e. Bill of Rights
- What was the Reichstag?
- German Parliament
- What did the
- Equality before the law, and political and religious freedom
- Name FIVE problems the
- Ineffective Constitution
- Left-wing rebellions
- Right-wing rebellions
- Invasion and hyperinflation of 1923
- Which article of the Constitution gave emergency powers to the President?
- Article 48
- What is ‘proportional voting’ and how did it damage the
- parties got Reichstag seats, not by winning constituencies, but in proportion to the number of votes they got nation-wide
- Who was leader of the army in the 1920s, and how did he damage the Republic?
- von Seeckt - he was right-wing and did not put down right-wing rebellions
- Who led the Spartacist Revolt in 1919?
- Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Leibknecht
- Where did a Communist ‘People’s Government’ come to power in 1919?
- What Communist group rebelled in the
- Red Army - a paramilitary group
- Who led a Freikorps brigade to rebel against the Versailles Treaty, March 1920?
- Dr Wolfgang Kapp
- Which SPD foreign minister was assassinated in 1922, and why?
- Walter Rathenau - becase he made a treaty with Communist Russia
- Why did many right-wing troublemakers get away with their crimes?
- Because right-wing judges sympathised with their cause
- Where did the French invade in January 1923?
- The
- What was ‘hyperinflation’, and what caused it?
- Runaway rising prices. It was caused by the government printing money to pay striking workers, who had gone on strike to oppose the French invasion
- What did Bruno Buchrucker do?
- led the Black Reichswehr rebellion in
- Who founded the Nazi party?
- Anton Drexler
- Which FOUR groups of people did Hitler blame for
- the Allies who enforced the Versailles Treaty
- The November Criminals who signed it
- The Communists
- the Jews (who he said were behind it all)
- Give SEVEN causes of the
- Communists wanted world revolution/hated the new government
- Right-wing politicians hated the Versailles Treaty and wanted the Kaiser back
- Officials were disloyal and hated the government
- Army led by General von Seeckt was unreliable
- Proportional representation prevented one party getting a majority
- Occupation of the
- Printing money to pay strikers.
- How many of the 25-points of the programme of the Nazi Party can you remember?
- Unity of all German-speaking peoples
- Abolition of the Treaty of
- Conquer land to feed
- Only Germans (not Jews) can be citizens
- Special laws for non-Germans
- Only Germans can vote, be employed or hold public office
- Expel foreigners to give all Germans job and a decent standard of living
- Foreigners who have come to
- All citizens have equal rights and duties
- The first duty of a citizen is to work
- No payments to unemployed people
- War-profiteers give back the money they made
- Nationalisation of industries
- Large companies must share their profits
- Pensions must be improved
- Help for small shops and businesses
- Give small farmers their land
- Punish criminals by death
- Reform of the law to make it more ‘German’
- Improve education so that all Germans can get a job
- Improve people’s health by making it law for people to do sport
- A new People’s Army
- German newspapers free of foreign influence
- Freedom of religion
- Strong central government with unrestricted power
- What were the Four principles of Mein Kampf?
- National socialism & loyalty to
- Racism; all races inferior to Aryans
- Lebensraum; living space in
- Strong government - Obedience to Fuhrer & use of armed force.
- Who were the thugs of the Nazi party who terrorised opponents?
- Sturmabteilung - the Stormtroopers (SA)
- Which FIVE groups supplied most supporters of the Nazis?
- Skilled workers
- Businessmen
- Lower employees (eg shop assistants)
- Unskilled workers
- Farmers
- Give FIVE causes of the Munich Putsch
- Weakness of
- Nazi Party growing - to 55,000 (including SA/ Ludendorff)
- Stresemann called off resistance to the French invasion
- Mussolini's example
- The planned Bavarian rebellion was called off
- Which right-wing group rebelled in
- Black Reichswehr
- What three Bavarian leaders did Hitler try to get to join the Munich Putsch?
- Kahr, Lossow, Seisser
- List FOUR results of the Munich Putsch
- Nazis defeated - Hitler arrested, imprisoned and forbidden to speak
- Hitler used his trial as a propaganda exercise
- Mein Kampf published
- Hitler began to try to get power by being elected
- Suggest FOUR reasons the
- Freikorps put down Communist rebellions of 1919-20
- Army put down Communist revolts of 1923
- Left-wing strikers defeated the Kapp Putsch in 1920
- Stresemann brought stable, prosperous government
- List SIX things Stresemann achieved
- Dawes Plan 1924
- Controlled inflation
- Got the French to leave the
- Economic growth
- Reforms made life better for ordinary people
- For what were the following famous: Gropius, Marlene Dietrich, Otto Dix and Erich Maria Remarque?
- Gropius - architect (founder of the Bauhaus school of art & architecture)
- Marlene Dietrich - singer/ filmstar
- Otto Dix - painted horrific pictures of trenches
- Erich Maria Remarque - wrote All Quiet on the Western Front
- What modern film was set in 1930
- Cabaret
- Explain FIVE ways Hitler reorganised the Nazi Party, 1924–1928.
- Set a fanatical personal bodyguard, the SS
- Took over other right-wing parties
- Set up Hitler Youth
- Josef Goebbels developed propaganda
- Gained the support of wealthy businessmen
- How did Hitler appeal to German businessmen?
- They saw him as a safeguard against Communism
- Name FOUR German firms or individuals who financed Hitler.
- Fritz von Thyssen (steel)
- Alfred Krupp (steel)
- IG Faben (chemicals)
- Opel
- Name TWO non-German firms or individuals who financed Hitler.
- Henry Ford (Ford cars)
- Irenee du Pont (General Motors)
- Who drew the Nazi posters?
- Hans Schweitzer - 'Mjolnir'
40. What were the NINE reasons Hitler came to power in 1933
a. Long-term bitterness about Versailles
b. Ineffective Constitution of Weimar Republic
c. Money from rich businessmen
d. Propaganda machine
e. Programme which offered something to everyone
f. Attacks on opponents by SA
g. Personal qualities - especially speaking ability
h. Economic Depression
i. Recruited by Hindenburg
41. How many unemployed were there in Germany
a. 2 million in 1928; 6 million in 1932
42. How many seats did the Nazi party have in the Reichstag in 1928 and in 1933?
a. 12 in 1928; 288 in 1933
43. Suggest FOUR personal qualities which helped Hitler come to power.
a. Brilliant speaker
b. Powerful eyes
c. Good organiser
d. Driven determination
44. What caused the economic depression in 1929?
a. Wall Street Crash caused American banks to call in loans
45. Who was Chancellor in 1932?
a. von Papen
46. Who was President in 1932?
a. Hindenburg
47. What date did Hitler become Chancellor?
48. List the EIGHT steps by which Hitler turned his position as Chancellor into that of Fuhrer?
a. Reichstag Fire - 27 Feb 1933
b. General Election - 5 March 1933
c. Enabling Act - 23 March 1933
d. Gestapo - 26 April 1933
e. Trade Unions banned - 2 May 1933
f. Opposition banned - 14 July 1933
g. Night of the Long Knives - 30 June 1934
h. Fuhrer - 19 August 1934
49. List SEVEN ways the Nazis kept control of the German people?
a. One-Party State
b. Terror
c. Propaganda
d. Youth
e. Workforce
f. Religion
g. Racism
50. List SIX German social groups affected by the Nazi regime.
- Nazi Party members
- Ordinary people
- Women
- Youth
- Opponents
- 'Untermensch'
No comments:
Post a Comment