Early development of the Nazi party 1920-22 and The Munich Outsch and the lean years 1923-29 and The Growth in Support for The Nazis 1929-32

Question 1

What was DAP short for

Answer 1

German Workers Party

Question 2

When did Hitler join the German Workers Party

Answer 2

1919

Question 3

When did Hitler become the DAP’s leading public speaker and head of propaganda

Answer 3

1920

Question 4

When did the DAP change its name to the National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP) – or Nazis for short.

Answer 4

1920

Question 5

When was Hitler elected leader and party chairman of the NSDAP

Answer 5

1921

Question 6

What was the twenty five point program

Answer 6

a list of the policies the Nazis would introduce if they came to power.

Question 7

How did the Nazi party appeal to many different people

Answer 7

It appealed to:
Racists- abolish Jews etc
Fascists- control media
Farmers-land be returned to them
Nationalist-The treaty of Versailles should be abolished
The wealthy- fearful that communists were going to take their money

Question 8

What were the SA

Answer 8

In 1921 Hitler assembled a large group of unemployed young men and former soldiers, known as the Storm Troopers (Sturmabteilung) or SA, as the Nazi Party’s private army

Question 9

What was the role of the SA

Answer 9

Their role was to protect party meetings, march in Nazi rallies and intimidate political opponents by breaking up their meetings

Question 10

What was the Munich Putsch

Answer 10

The Nazi party attempted to overflow the constitution however it failed.

Question 11

When was the Munich Putsch

Answer 11

Nov 1923

Question 12

Why did the Munich Putsch fail

Answer 12

Poor planning and misjudgment

Question 13

What was the consequences of the Munich Putsch

Answer 13

Hitler went to jail and was banned from speaking until 1927

Question 14

What did Hitler do whilst in prison

Answer 14

Write Mein Kampf

Question 15

Between 1924- 29 what happened to the Nazi party

Answer 15

it was growing in size – its membership increased from 27,000 in 1925 to 130,000 in 1929 but it struggled to win seats in the Reichstag

Question 16

What was the Bamberg Conference of 1926

Answer 16

Hitler called a special Nazi Party conference on 14 February 1926 at Bamberg in southern Germany in response to tension between the northern and southern sections of the party.

Question 17

How severe was the growth of unemployment between 1929-30

Answer 17

Over the winter of 1929-30 the number of unemployed rose from 1.4 million to over 2 million

Question 18

Why did the constitution struggle with dealing with the rise in unemployment

Answer 18

In March 1930 the German Chancellor, Hermann Müller, resigned when his government could not agree on how to tackle the rise in government spending caused by the rise in unemployment. He was replaced by Heinrich Brüning. His policies were ineffective in dealing with the unemployment crisis.

Question 19

What did Brüning do to add to the spiral of unemployment and economic decline.

Answer 19

In July 1930 Chancellor Brüning cut government expenditure, wages and unemployment pay.

Question 20

Why did more people support extremist parties between 1929-32

Answer 20

They became more popular as a result of the unhappiness around the Weimar constitution

Question 21

Why did communism become more popular as the Nazi party became popular

Answer 21

The workers turned to communism

Question 22

How did the SA help Hitler rise to power

Answer 22

They scared those who opposed him.

They protected Hitler

They provided opertunities for young unemployment men