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CCEA GCSE History: Life in Nazi Germany > Hitler Takes Political Control: 1933-34 > Flashcards

Hitler Takes Political Control: 1933-34 Flashcards

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What the Nazi Party initially named?

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The German Worker’s Party

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Nazi Party

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the National Socialist German Worker’s Party

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Why did the Nazi party grow?

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Hitler was popular

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What happened in 1923?

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The Munich Putsch

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the Munich Putsch

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An attempt to seize control of Munich

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Effects of the Munich Putsch

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  • attempt to seize control of Munich failed
  • Hitler was arrested for treason and thrown into prison
  • strengthened Hitler’s position and he altered his political views
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How did the Munich Putsch strengthen Hitler’s position?

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trial gave publicity to Nazi movement

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8
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What did Hitler do while in prison?

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  • wrote a book
  • Mein Kampf
  • developed two important principles
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Mein Kampf

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My struggle

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10
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Two important principles developed in Mein Kampf

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  • the Fuhrer Principle
  • the Reichstag Principle
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The Fuhrer Principle

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Hitler argued to be successful his party needed one all-powerful leader - himself

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Fuhrer

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One all-powerful leader

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The Reichstag Principle

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  • Hitler argued that outright rebellion would never destroy the system
  • instead get elected and destroy the system from within
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Racism

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  • idea of Hitler outlined in Mein Kampf
  • Hitler believed the Aryan race were the master race, all other races were inferior
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Anschluss

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  • idea of Hitler outlined in Mein Kampf
  • Hitler would join Austria and Germany
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16
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Treaty of Versailles

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Hitler would reverse this

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17
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Lebensraum

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  • living space
  • Germany, needed to expand as it’s many people were hemmed in
  • mainly at the expense of Russia and Poland (East)
  • by war if necessary
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Armed force

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Hitler believe that war and struggle were essential part of development of healthy Aryan race if Germany was to be great again

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Communism

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Hitler believed it was evil because it was international

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20
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What happened in 1929?

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  • World slump began
  • this help the Nazis because people were more willing to listen to their extreme ideas
  • Hitler promised employment
21
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What helped Hitler rise to power in Germany?

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  • high unemployment
  • falling wages
  • closing factories + businesses
22
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  1. Unemployment rate
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1,320,000

23
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  1. Unemployment rate
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5,102,000

24
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What helped Hitler gain support?

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Hitler was a superb public speaker

25
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How was Hitler able to fight expensive election campaigns?

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  • Rich men supported Hitler
  • they disliked the treaty of Versailles + war guilt cause
  • gave Hitler money
26
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What helped Hitler rise to power in Germany?

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  • German government was weak
  • President Hindenburg was past his prime – 84 years old
27
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How was the German government weak?

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Having a Civil War, couldn’t agree on anything

28
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Why did Hindenburg give Hitler the job of Chancellor?

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Hindenburg feared the Communists’ growing power

  • He hated them even more than the Nazis
  • Hitler promised to sort them out
29
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Chancellor

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German equivalent of PM

30
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Why could Hitler not make laws?

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  • Germany was a democracy
  • could only make laws Reichstag agreed to them
  • many opposed to ideas
31
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Why did Hitler have to get rid of half the seats in the Reichstag?

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  • more than half the seats in the Reichstag opposed him
  • particularly Communists and Socialists
32
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Why was general von Hindenburg a problem to Hitler’s steps to total power?

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  • Owed his job to Hindenburg
  • could make him resign if he thought he wasn’t governing the country properly
33
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What did Hitler 30th January 1933, which helped him strengthen his position and increase his power?

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Became Chancellor

34
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How did becoming chancellor strengthen Hitler’s position and increase his power?

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  • gave him more power
  • got him closer to end goal – dictator
35
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What did Hitler do 27th February 1933, which strengthened his position and increased his power?

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Reichstag fire

36
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How did the Reichstag fire strengthen Hitler’s position and increase his power?

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  • blamed on communists
  • communist Marianus van der Lubbe found on premises
  • claimed communists couldn’t be trusted to uphold government
37
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What did Hitler do 28th February 1933, which strengthened his position and increased his power?

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Law for protection of people and state

38
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How did the law for protection of people and state, strengthen Hitler’s position and increase his power?

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  • banned Communists and Socialists from taking part in upcoming elections
  • **SA beat up supporters in the streets **
  • emergency powers – anyone suspected of plotting against government, arrested and imprisoned without trial
39
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What did Hitler do 5th March 1933, which strengthened his position and increased his power?

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New elections

40
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How did the new elections strengthen Hitler’s position and increase his power?

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  • hoped new actions would help achieve overall majority in the Reichstag
  • however, did not
41
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What did Hitler do 23rd March 1933, which strengthened his position and increased its power?

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Enabling act

42
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How did the enabling act strengthen Hitler’s position and increase his power?

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  • able to make laws without asking for Reichstags’ consent (four years)
  • absolute power to make laws
  • enabled to destroy all opposition to rule
  • Removed Reichstag source of opposition
43
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what methods did Hitler use to ensure members of Reichstag were not there to vote against enabling act?

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  • SA
  • SS
  • Law for Protection of People and State
44
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What did Hitler 7 April 1933 which strengthened his position and increased his power?

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Nazi officials in charge of local governments ran Germany’s provinces

45
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What was enabling act passed with?

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Passed with help of Catholic Centre party

46
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How did putting Nazi officials in charge of local governments strengthen Hitler’s position and increase his power?

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Nazi officials in charge of local governments ran Germany’s provinces

Power over every area of Germany

47
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How did Gleichschaltung strengthened Hitler’s position and increase his power?

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  • eliminated any remaining opposition to regime
  • ‘bringing alignment’ coordinating all aspects of life to fit Nazi ideals
48
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Gleichschaltung

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49
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Describe an action taken by Hitler to increase his power (3)

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  • as a result of the Reichstag fire Hitler was able to persuade P. Hindenburg, who feared communist revolution to pass law for PoPaS
  • gave advantage in forthcoming elections
  • socialists and communists taken out of elections
  • Nazis used to advantage

CCEA GCSE History: Life in Nazi Germany (9 decks)

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