Hitler in to power

Question 1

When did Hitler become Chancellor?

Answer 1

January 1933

Question 2

When did Hitler become Führer?

Answer 2

August 1934

Question 3

When did Hitler convince Hindenburg to call a new Reichstag election ?

Answer 3

March 1933

Question 4

When was the Reichstag fire?

Answer 4

February 1933

Question 5

When was the Enabling Act passed?

Answer 5

March 1933

Question 6

When were political parties banned?

Answer 6

July 1933

Question 7

When was the Night of the Long Knives?

Answer 7

June 1934

Question 8

What happened during the Reichstag fire?

Answer 8

Dutch communist, Marinus van der Lubbe, was arrested and charged with setting the Reichstag building on fire.

Days later in the election 44 per cent of the population voted for the Nazis.

Question 9

What happend as a result of the Reichstag fire?

Answer 9

This enabled Hitler to imprison many communist leaders, which stopped them campaigning during the election.

Hitler had arrested all the communist deputies

Question 10

How was the Enabling Act passed?

Answer 10

Parties were intimidated by the SA, communists were arrested so,

As Hitler had 288 seats this meant he had a large supporting, so the Enabling Act was passed

Question 11

What did the Enabling Act do?

Answer 11

Hitler had the right to make laws without the Reichstag’s approval for four years

Question 12

Why was the Enabling Act deemed important in Hitler’s consolidation of power?

Answer 12

It gave Hitler absolute power to make laws, which enabled him to destroy all opposition to his rule. This removed the Reichstag as a source of opposition.

Question 13

When were trade unions abolished?

Answer 13

May 1933

Question 14

How did the abolition of trade unions help Hitlers consolidation of power?

Answer 14

Abolishing the trade unions allowed Hitler to destroy a group that might have opposed him.

DAF created

He had control over German workers

Question 15

DAF

Answer 15

German Labour Front
- Hitler’s “trade union” which allowed him to have control over all German workers

Question 16

How did the banning of political parties help Hitler’s consolidation of power?

Answer 16

This made Germany a one-party state and destroyed democracy in the country. After this action, Germans could no longer get rid of Hitler in an election.

Question 17

Who was the leader of the SA?

Answer 17

Ernst Röhm

Question 18

What happened on the NOTLK?

Answer 18

Hitler murdered his political opponents.

Ernst Röhm, was demanding that the Nazi party carry out its socialist agenda and that the SA take over the army.

Hitler could not afford to annoy businessmen or the army, so the SS (Hitler’s personal bodyguards) murdered around 400 members of the SA, including Röhm.

Question 19

How did the NOTLK help Hitler consolidate power?

Answer 19

This destroyed all opposition to Hitler within the Nazi Party and gave power to the brutal SS.

This removed any internal Nazi Party opposition to Hitler

Question 20

How did Hitler become Führer?

Answer 20

After Hindenburg died, Hitler declared himself jointly president, chancellor and head of the army. This formally made Hitler the absolute ruler of Germany.

Question 21

After Hitler became Führer, who did the army have to swear a personal allegiance to?

Answer 21

Members of the armed forces had to swear a personal oath of allegiance not to Germany, but to Hitler. This neutralised any sources of opposition to Hitler within the army.

Question 22

What month did Hitler call another General Election for shortly after becoming Chancellor?

Answer 22

March

Question 23

What law did Hitler persuade Hindenburg to pass following the Reichstag fire?

Answer 23

Protection of the People and State

Question 24

When did Germany become a one-party state?

Answer 24

July 1933

Question 25

What happened on 27 February 1933?

Answer 25

Reichstag was set on fire.
Dutch communist, Marinus van der Lubbe was arrested and charged.

Question 26

How many seats in the Reichstag did the Nazi party win at the 1933 March election?

Answer 26

288

Question 27

What was the name of the law passed by the Reichstag in March 1933 that gave Hitler power to make laws alone for four years?

Answer 27

Enabling Act

Question 28

What was the date of the Night of Long Knives, when Hitler eliminated the leadership of the SA?

Answer 28

30 June 1934.

Question 29

Which Nazi official was killed on the Night of Long Knives?

Answer 29

Ernst Röhm

Question 30

What title did Hitler take upon President Hindenburg’s death in August 1934?

Answer 30

Führer