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Question 1

What was the impact of WW1 on Germany?

Answer 1

Economically ruined and politically unstable

Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated; Weimar Republic declared in 1919.

Question 2

What is Article 231 of the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 2

War guilt clause—Germany blamed for WW1

Question 3

What were the reparations imposed on Germany by the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 3

£6.6 billion

Question 4

What military restrictions were placed on Germany by the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 4

100,000 soldiers, no air force, limited navy

Question 5

What percentage of land did Germany lose due to the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 5

13%

Question 6

Who were the Spartacists?

Answer 6

Left-wing communists wanting a revolution like Russia

Question 7

Who led the Spartacist Revolt?

Answer 7

Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht

Question 8

How was the Spartacist Revolt dealt with?

Answer 8

Crushed by Freikorps (ex-soldiers supporting government)

Question 9

What was a major feature of the Weimar Constitution?

Answer 9

Proportional representation leading to unstable coalitions

Question 10

How often was the President elected in the Weimar Republic?

Answer 10

Every 7 years

Question 11

What did Article 48 of the Weimar Constitution allow?

Answer 11

Rule by decree—could be abused

Question 12

What caused hyperinflation in Germany in 1923?

Answer 12

Printing money to pay reparations & Ruhr invasion

Question 13

What was the impact of hyperinflation on German savings?

Answer 13

Money became worthless; savings wiped out

Question 14

Who suffered the most due to hyperinflation?

Answer 14

Middle class

Question 15

What currency did Stresemann introduce to end hyperinflation?

Answer 15

Rentenmark

Question 16

What were the Dawes Plan and Young Plan?

Answer 16

Restructured reparations in 1924 and 1929 respectively

Question 17

What was the period of flourishing culture in Weimar Germany called?

Answer 17

Golden Years (1924–29)

Question 18

What was a key characteristic of Weimar culture?

Answer 18

Progressive and liberal—opposed by conservatives and Nazis

Question 19

What was Hitler’s role in the German Workers’ Party?

Answer 19

Joined and became leader—renamed NSDAP

Question 20

What significant document did Hitler write during his imprisonment?

Answer 20

Mein Kampf

Question 21

What was the outcome of the Munich Putsch in 1923?

Answer 21

Failed attempt to overthrow Weimar government

Question 22

What did Hitler realize after his imprisonment?

Answer 22

He needed to gain power legally

Question 23

What characterized the Lean Years (1924–29) for the Nazis?

Answer 23

Restructured; created SA and SS with little success

Question 24

What triggered the economic crisis in Germany in 1929?

Answer 24

US loans recalled

Question 25

What did extremist parties gain due to the Wall Street Crash?

Answer 25

Support due to mass unemployment and poverty

Question 26

What did the Nazis promise to gain support?

Answer 26

Jobs, strong leadership, end to Treaty

Question 27

Who appointed Hitler as Chancellor in January 1933?

Answer 27

Hindenburg

Question 28

What event occurred in February 1933 that was blamed on communists?

Answer 28

Reichstag Fire

Question 29

What did the Enabling Act allow Hitler to do?

Answer 29

Pass laws without Reichstag—establish dictatorship

Question 30

What was the Night of the Long Knives?

Answer 30

SA leaders killed by SS to remove internal threats

Question 31

Who controlled security in Nazi Germany?

Answer 31

SS (led by Himmler)

Question 32

What was the purpose of the Gestapo?

Answer 32

Spy and arrest opponents

Question 33

What was the Catholic Concordat?

Answer 33

Agreement between Nazis and Catholic Church (later broken)

Question 34

What was the aim of Nazi propaganda?

Answer 34

Promote Nazi ideals—anti-Semitism, Führer worship

Question 35

What was the significance of the Berlin Olympics in 1936?

Answer 35

Showcase for Nazi Germany; temporary suspension of anti-Jewish actions

Question 36

What was the focus of the Hitler Youth?

Answer 36

Indoctrination with Nazi values and military training

Question 37

What was the role of the League of German Girls?

Answer 37

Focused on homemaking

Question 38

What was the Kinder, Küche, Kirche ideology?

Answer 38

Children, Kitchen, Church

Question 39

What did the Nuremberg Laws (1935) do?

Answer 39

Stripped Jews of citizenship and banned relations with Germans

Question 40

What was Kristallnacht?

Answer 40

Nationwide attack on Jewish homes, businesses, synagogues

Question 41

What groups were targeted in the persecution of non-Jewish minorities?

Answer 41

Roma, disabled, homosexuals, and others

Question 42

What were some methods used to persecute non-Jewish minorities?

Answer 42

Sterilisation, imprisonment, euthanasia programmes