Hitler's rise to power 1919 - 1933

Question 1

How many members of the Nazi party were there by 1923?

Answer 1

55,000

Question 2

What symbol did Hitler give the Nazi party?

Answer 2

swastika

Question 3

What was the Nazi’s political manifesto called?

Answer 3

25 Point Programme

Question 4

What was the Nazi party originally called?

Answer 4

German Worker’s Party

Question 5

When did Hitler create the SA? Who did he assign to lead it?

Answer 5

1921- Rohm

Question 6

Who were the SA made up of?

Answer 6

friekorps

Question 7

What sort of speeches would Hitler make?

Answer 7

powerful & charismatic

Question 8

What treaty did Hilter want to get rid of?

Answer 8

Treaty of Versailles

Question 9

Who did Hitler only want to be granted citzenship of the state in Germany? Why?

Answer 9

people of German blood - wanted a ‘pure’ Germany

Question 10

According to the 25 Point Programme, who did Hitler think should have the right to vote?

Answer 10

only German citizens

Question 11

According to the 25 Point Progamme, what did all newspaper editors/contributors have to be?

Answer 11

german

Question 12

How could non - German newspapers appear?

Answer 12

with permission of gov.

Question 13

According to the 25 Point Programme, was religious freedom for all allowed? Under what conditions?

Answer 13

yes - views expressed didn’t thrtn or offnd Germans

Question 14

When did the Munich Putsch take place?

Answer 14

8th Nov. 1923

Question 15

Where did the Munich Putsch take place?

Answer 15

Munich

Question 16

Who was involved in the Munich Putsch?

Answer 16

Hitler, 600 Nazis & some of Bavaria’s leading pltcns (ie. Kahr, Seisser & Lossow)

Question 17

What happened during the Munich Putsch?

Answer 17

• Hitler & Nazi Party invdd beer hall
• held Kahr, Seisser & Lossow @ gunpoint
  -> win support
• next day, all 3 changed minds & organised police/army to resist putsch

Question 18

What happened as a result of the Munich Putsch?

Answer 18

16 Nazis killed
Hitler arrested for treason & Nazi party banned

Question 19

Why was the Year of Crisis a cause of the Munich Putsch?

Answer 19

Hitler trying to gain the suport of pple when Weimar gov was @ weakest bc of hyperinflation

Question 20

Why was the SA a cause of the Munich Putsch?

Answer 20

Hitler = felt he’d lose control if didn’t give SA something to do

Question 21

Why was Stresemann’s government a cause of the Munich Putsch?

Answer 21

Hilter = worried Stresemann may tackle Germany’s economic probs, so acted before unrest died down

Question 22

Why was the crackdown on extremist groups a cause of the Munich Putsch?

Answer 22

Hitler = worried that army would crackdown on right wing groups ie. Nazi party

Question 23

How did Hitler’s trial allow the Munich Putsch to become a success?

Answer 23

his trial was a propaganda triumph - Hitler bcme well know

Question 24

What three reasons meant that the Munich Putsch was not a success?

Answer 24

• 16 Nazis killed
• Nazi party banned
• putsch failed to take power

Question 25

What 2 reasons meant that Hitler's time in prison allowed the Munich Putsch to become a success?

Answer 25

- Hitler understood he needed to now take a more legal route to power - wrote Mein Kampf detailing his ideologies

Question 26

What was the purpose of the Bamberg Conference 1926?

Answer 26

reunite Nazi party with common goals using 25PP

Question 27

What were the Lean Years? What time period?

Answer 27

1924 - 1928: reunite & organise Nazi Party -> gain more power by taking legalised route

Question 28

How did Hitler strengthen his position as party leader?

Answer 28

1926 - appointed possible rivals as imptnt offcls eg. Goebbels = Gauleiter of Berlin

Question 29

What was Hitler's bodyguard service called?

Answer 29

SS

Question 30

Why did Hitler creater Hitler Youth?

Answer 30

display his pwer & influence over adults & young people

Question 31

Why did Hitler remove Rohm as leader of SA?

Answer 31

Hitler = concerned Rohm would make SA violent & not listen to his orders

Question 32

When did the Wall Street Crash take place?

Answer 32

Oct 1929

Question 33

What caused the Wall Street Crash?

Answer 33

share prices fell in value, so people tried to sell them but this ↓ prices even more

Question 34

How did the Wall Street Crash affect Germany?

Answer 34

USA had to ask for rprtn loans back = more economic problems in germany

Question 35

How did the Wall Street Crash help Hitler in elections?

Answer 35

German ppl lost faith in Weimar Republic & wanted something different to democracy

Question 36

How many people were unemployed in Germany, by 1932?

Answer 36

6 million

Question 37

Who was president at the time of WSC?

Answer 37

Hindenburg

Question 38

What happens in March 1930 that allows Hitler's rise to chancellor?

Answer 38

Bruning fails to solve econmic issues

Question 39

What happens in May 1932, that allows Hitler's rise to chancellor?

Answer 39

Bruning resigns, von Papen = new chancellor

Question 40

What happens in July 1932, that allows Hitler's rise to chancellor?

Answer 40

elections - Hitler successful

Question 41

What happens in November 1932, that allows Hitler's rise to chancellor?

Answer 41

von Papen fails to get majority

Question 42

What happens in December 1932, that allows Hitler's rise to chancellor?

Answer 42

von Papen forced to resign & von Schleicher appointed

Question 43

What happens in January 1933, that allows Hitler's rise to chancellor?

Answer 43

von Papen forms coalition with Hitler, as Nazis = majority

Question 44

When is Hitler made chancellor? Who is made vice chancellor?

Answer 44

30th January 1933 & vice chncllr = von Papen

Question 45

Why was von Papen made vice chancellor?

Answer 45

Hindenburg needed someone to keep Hitler in check