Finals

Question 1

What does Bolshevik mean?

Answer 1

Communists

Question 2

What was the three things Hitler wanted to do to remake Germany with a regained sense of pride?

Answer 2

1. He wanted an end to reparation payments
   2.The desired to nullify the Versailles treaty
   3.He wanted to rid of the democratic Weinmar republic

Question 3

Who did Hitler blame for Germany’s will to fight going down?

Answer 3

The Bolsheviks revolutionaries, the Jewish people and the government

Question 4

Why was the Weimar republic formed?

Answer 4

To please the Big three and the Versailles treaty

Question 5

What party approached Hitler to join them?

Answer 5

National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP)

Question 6

What does Hitler do immediately after he joins the NSDAP?

Answer 6

He modifies the party’s goals to coincide with his views and those of fascism

Question 7

What armed wing party does Hitler create and what is another name for them?

Answer 7

The Sturmabteilung also known as the brownshirts

Question 8

Who led the brownshirts?

Answer 8

Ernst Rohm

Question 9

What was the purpose of the brownshirts?

Answer 9

To intimidate political opponents, the Jews and communists

Question 10

What did Hitler take over this his 3000 troops to scare the government?

Answer 10

A beer hall in Munich

Question 11

Where did Hitler march to after taking over a beer hall?

Answer 11

Bavarian parliament

Question 12

What three things happened after Hitler tried to march to the Bavarian parliament?

Answer 12

1.A police cordon supplemented by soldiers of the German army confronted Hitler and 16 Nazis were killed
2.Hitler was arrested and tried for treason. He convicted and sentenced to a 5 year prison term act at Landsberg Castle
3.Hitler used the trial, which afforded a national stage to further spread his ideas

Question 13

What book did Hitler write in prison?

Answer 13

Mein Kampf

Question 14

What year did Hitler take over the beer hall and get sent to prison?

Answer 14

1923

Question 15

What year did Hitler get released from prison?

Answer 15

1924

Question 16

Why was Hitler released from prison early?

Answer 16

A German economic recovery due to programs such as the Dawes plan

Question 17

What did Hitler do as soon as he got out of prison?

Answer 17

He retook control of the NSDAP and worked to rebuild it into a tightly knit movement with branches throughout the country

Question 18

What was Hitler’s new goal after getting released from prison?

Answer 18

To win power legitimately via democratic means

Question 19

In 1926 what was created and led by Heinrich Himmler?

Answer 19

The blackshirts schutzstaffel

Question 20

What league was made to brainwash kids?

Answer 20

Hitler youth

Question 21

Why did Hitler and the Nazi party struggled to gain popularity in the late 1920’s?

Answer 21

The recovery of the German economy

Question 22

In 1929 what changed the German economic to dislike the Weimar republic?

Answer 22

The great depression

Question 23

What was article 48?

Answer 23

President Hindenburg could rule by decree in times of emergency

Question 24

What was the two problems of article 48?

Answer 24

1.Frequent use of article 48 threaten the survival of the democratic government
2.To oppose it, opened up the fearful prospect of political and economic disorder as well as bloodshed as supporters of the extreme left and extreme right fought in the streets

Question 25

In 1930 how many votes and seats did Hitler and the NSDAP receive?

Answer 25

640,000 votes and 107 seats making them the second largest party in the Reichstag

Question 26

In 1932 how many votes and seats did Hitler and the NSDAP receive?

Answer 26

13769000 votes and 230 seats making them the largest party in the Reichstag

Question 27

Did Hitler make chancellor when he got the largest party in the Reichstag?

Answer 27

No, president Hindenburg refused to grant chancellor to Hitler because he did not trust him

Question 28

What two people did president Hindenburg offer chancellorship?

Answer 28

Franz von Papen which eventually falls and then to Kurt von Sleicher

Question 29

What did Hitler do until Hindenburg offer him chancellorship?

Answer 29

Possessing more seats than any of the parties Hitler would vote down any bill proposed by the chancellor in effort causing the fall of the German government and forcing a new election

Question 30

How many elections were held between 1930 and 1932?

Answer 30

There was 6 elections with four being in 1932

Question 31

What year did Hitler finally get appointed chancellor?

Answer 31

1933

Question 32

Who was appointed vice-chancellor?

Answer 32

Franz von Papen

Question 33

What year did the Reichstag set fire?

Answer 33

1933

Question 34

How did Hitler use the Reichstag fire to his advantage?

Answer 34

he claimed that the fire was the first step in the communist revolution

Question 35

What did Hitler persuade Hindenburg to sign?

Answer 35

The Reichstag fire Decree

Question 36

What did the Reichstag fire decree do?

Answer 36

Gave authority to curtail constitution rights including habeas corpus free expression of opinion freedom of the press rights of assembly and the privacy of postal telegraphic and telephonic communications.

Question 37

What was police power used for?

Answer 37

It was used to intimidate and arrest their opposition in particular the communists

Question 38

What year was the enabling act passed?

Answer 38

1933

Question 39

What was the enabling act do?

Answer 39

The powers granted to the Reichstag in the Reichstag fire decree were now passed to the cabinet and in effort the chancellor

Question 40

Why were trade unions destroyed and replaced by the German labour?

Answer 40

Hitler did not want divided loyalties and unions were "socialist organisations"

Question 41

What year did Hitler create a law where the NSDAP is now the only legitimate political party in Germany?

Answer 41

1933

Question 42

What is the night of the long knifes?

Answer 42

A Nazi purge party where several members of the Nazi party hierarchy were executed

Question 43

What year did Hindenburg die?

Answer 43

1934

Question 44

What did Hitler do after Hindenburg die?

Answer 44

He combines the offices of president and chancellor?

Question 45

What was the army forced to do after Hitler became president?

Answer 45

Instead of swearing allegiance to the state or constitution they swore to Hitler himself

Question 46

What happened to Hitler youth after Hitler's presidency?

Answer 46

It was expanded to take over or brainwash the minds of kids and was now mandatory

Question 47

What are the two forms of nationalism?

Answer 47

Great power nationalism and subject people's nationalism (submerged nationalism)

Question 48

What country was Germany trying to get that worried Britain?

Answer 48

Morocco

Question 49

Why was Britain worried about Germany getting Morocco?

Answer 49

If Germany controlled Morocco they would also control the Strait of Gibraltar which is Britain's main shipping route

Question 50

What provinces did Germany get from the Franco-Prussian war?

Answer 50

Alsace and Lorraine

Question 51

How much money did Germany get from the Franco-Prussian war?

Answer 51

5 billion franks

Question 52

Why was Britain scared about Germany building up its navy?

Answer 52

Britain is a island country and any superior sea power could threaten Britain's existence and shipping routes

Question 53

What is the Strait of Gibraltar?

Answer 53

Britain's main shipping route

Question 54

What is the Dardanelles Strait?

Answer 54

a railroad that is the main route by which the Russian fleet has access to the Mediterranean sea

Question 55

Why is Austria particular threatened by the growth of the Slav nationalism?

Answer 55

Austria doesn't want a nationality to successfully challenge its authority and if one country break away the country will not be continuous which would lead to the disintegration of the Austrian empire

Question 56

What was the Triple Entente?

Answer 56

Britain, France, and Russia

Question 57

What was the Triple Alliance?

Answer 57

Germany, Austria, Italy (later replaced by Türkiye)

Question 58

What were main causes of World War one?

Answer 58

Nationalism, imperialism, arms war, security, alliance system, economic system

Question 59

How did the alliance system dray Europe into war?

Answer 59

Schlieffen plan, assassination at Sarajevo, "blank cheque"

Question 60

Why did Germany declare war on Russia if it didn't want to fight a two front war?

Answer 60

Alfred von Schlieffen thought that his plan of one big army would march through Belgium while a small army dealt with the French in the south. After it was through Belgium, it would roll over preoccupied French forces from behind

Question 61

Why did Moltke the new commander change the Schlieffen plan?

Answer 61

He believed that the Russian forces are going to roll over Austrians

Question 62

Why did transferring troops from the northern battalion to the south not work?

Answer 62

It enabled French to drive back the new depleted German forced in the north

Question 63

Who was the new archduke of Austria killed by?

Answer 63

A member of the black hand- Gavrilo Princip

Question 64

Why did Austria think that the war on Serbia was justified?

Answer 64

Because since a person from their country killed the new archduke they gave them a list of things they had to do but they didn't follow all the things on the lists

Question 65

Why did Austria declare war on Serbia if they knew that Russia would side with Serbia?

Answer 65

Because Germany had promised to stand by Austria in a time of need and it could be used at anytime

Question 66

Why did Germany launch a pre-emptive attack on France?

Answer 66

They knew they would join at sometime

Question 67

What day did Britain declare war on Germany?

Answer 67

August 4, 1914