Causes of Hitler's Rise to Power

Question 1

What did disarmenment - article 198 - of mean for Germany?

Answer 1

No significant German army, and no naval forces & air forces

Question 2

What article of the Treaty of Versailles required for the demilitarisation of the Rhineland?

Answer 2

42

Question 3

How much were the original war reparations?

Answer 3

￡6.6 billion - Article 232

Question 4

When was the reparations lowered to ￡2.2 billion?

Answer 4

1984

Question 5

What was forbidden between Germany and Austria

Answer 5

Anschluss

Question 6

What was article 231 of the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 6

War guilt - blame for the damage, loss and expenses caused by WWI

Question 7

Tiger Clemenceau was the Prime Minister of what country?

Answer 7

France

Question 8

Who was Prime Minister of Great Britain at the time the treaty was signed?

Answer 8

David Lloyd George

Question 9

Who was President of the United States of America at the time the treaty was signed?

Answer 9

Woodrow Wilson

Question 10

Emanuele Orlando was the Prime Minister of what country?

Answer 10

Italy

Question 11

What was the nickname for the leaders of the Allied Powers

Answer 11

The Big Four

Question 12

What was a major consequence of the Treaty of Versailles that influenced the cause of WWII?

Answer 12

Hyperinflation in Germany in the 1920’s due to increased tax to pay reparations

Question 13

When was the Paris Peace Conference held (the conference where the Treaty of Versailles was drawn up and signed)?

Answer 13

18 January 1919 – 21 January 1920

Question 14

How did Hitler gain political popularity?

Answer 14

By sharing his feelings towards the unfairness of the Treaty of Versailles with others, who many of agreed. Much of his political ideology can be seen in his book Mein Kampf

Question 15

Great Britain & the Commonwealth, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Canada, Japan and the United States where was power in WWI?

Answer 15

Allied Powers

Question 16

What countries were part of the Central Powers?

Answer 16

Germany, Austria-Hungary and Turkey

Question 17

What is the formal name of the Nazi Party?

Answer 17

Nationalist Socialist German Worker’s Party

Question 18

When did the March on Rome happen?

Answer 18

October 1922

Question 19

The Beer Hall Putsch was inspired by what successful coup?

Answer 19

March on Rome

Question 20

How long was Hitler in prison for?

Answer 20

8 months

Question 21

Who were the Black Shirts?

Answer 21

Benito Mussolini’s personal army

Question 22

When did the Mukden Incident happen?

Answer 22

September 18, 1931

Question 23

The Mukden incident was a staged attack by the Japanese Imperial Army. What did they attack?

Answer 23

The South Manchuria Railway. They used dynamite to explode part of the track to blame the Chinese.

Question 24

What does Hitler’s book, Mein Kampf, outline?

Answer 24

His political ideology and future plans for Germany

Question 25

When was Hitler sworn Chancellor of Germany?

Answer 25

January 30, 1933

Question 26

What was the arson attack performed by the Nazis four weeks after Hitler’s appointment to Chancellor?

Answer 26

The Reichstag Fire, the attack on the Reichstag Building, the German parliament. Hitler was able to use this attack as an excuse to declare a national state of emergency, where laws could be enforced without government approval.

Question 27

What was the consequence of the Mukden Incident?

Answer 27

The Japanese invasion of Manchuria, China, and their setting up of the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo.

Question 28

What was the Rome Berlin Axis?

Answer 28

An alliance between Germany and Italy - the informal joining of the two fascist European countries on October 25, 1936. Later to be formalised by the Pact of Steel in 1939. The term Axis Powers would include Japan too.

Question 29

What was the Abyssinian Crisis?

Answer 29

The Italian invasion of present day Ethiopia in 1935. Used to drive attention away from the Great Depression and economic distress that would almost inevitably be victorious.

Question 30

What part of Germany did hyperinflation occurr?

Answer 30

The Weimar Republic, between 1921 and 1923.

Question 31

When did the Great Depression occurr?

Answer 31

1929-1939, following the US stock-market crash

Question 32

What happened on October 24, 1929?

Answer 32

The collapse of the US stock market

Question 33

Who was Rudolf Havenstein?

Answer 33

The man who was behind the idea of mass printing money to pay the reparations.

Question 34

What was the Dawes Plan?

Answer 34

Germany’s annual reparation payments would be reduced, increasing over time as its economy improved.

Question 35

What was the Treaty of Locarno?

Answer 35

The Rhineland Pact between Germany, France, Belgium, the UK and Italy. Germany formally recognised its Western boarders as part of the agreements of the Treaty of Versailles.

Question 36

What was the Kellogg-Briand Pact?

Answer 36

65 countries renouncing war following WWI.

Question 37

What year was the Dawes Plan enforced?

Answer 37

1924

Question 38

What plan reduced Germany’s reparations by 90%

Answer 38

The Young Plan of 1929

Question 39

What year was Mussolini’s March on Rome?

Answer 39

1921

Question 40

What was the Beer Hall Putsch of 1923 inspired by?

Answer 40

March on Rome

Question 41

What was Article 160?

Answer 41

Demilitarisation. Army not over 100,000 (including officers and enlisted personel), no military conscription and no tanks, single seated planes or chemical warefare equipment.

Question 42

The prohibition of Anschluss was what article?

Answer 42

Article 80

Question 43

What was Article 231?

Answer 43

War guilt - Germany was to take full responsibility for causing WWI and the loss and damage that occurred because of it.

Question 44

When did the Abyssinian Crisis occur?