Germany

Question 1

when was the treaty of versailles signed

Answer 1

1919

Question 2

Reasons why German workers were unhappy

Answer 2

they worked in poor conditions for long hours to get bad pay
food was getting more expensive every day, but their wages stayed the same

Question 3

impacts of ww1 on German society

Answer 3

unemployment
economic problems

Question 4

what did Germans call the people who signed the treaty of versailles

Answer 4

November criminals

Question 5

military restrictions of the T of V

Answer 5

army restricted to 100,000 men
conscription was banned
no submarines/ aeroplanes
only 6 battleships

Question 6

what was the key cause of the German depression and when did it happen

Answer 6

wall street crash - 1929

Question 7

who was joseph goebbels

Answer 7

chief of propaganda

Question 8

when did president Hindenburg reluctantly make Hitler chancellor

Answer 8

Jan 1933

Question 9

when did Hitler pass the enabling law + how did he do it

Answer 9

Hitler intimated the Reichstag into letting him be able to pass laws without consulting them
march 1933

Question 10

what was the Reichstag fire and how did it deal with communists

Answer 10

The Reichstag was burned down, Hitler told the country that the fire was communists. he said he would destroy communists which gave people hope

Question 11

what was the biggest impact that the depression had on Germany

Answer 11

unemployment - it reached 6 million in 1932

Question 12

who were the main groups affected by new Nazi rules

Answer 12

women
young people
Jews
churches and religions
non Jewish persecuted groups

Question 13

what groups did young people create

Answer 13

the swing youth
the edelweiss pirates

Question 14

how did unemployment affect Germans from the depression

Answer 14

Germans still had reparations to pay

Unemployment had risen to nearly 6 million people by 1932

When the wall street crash happened, Americans wanted money back but they couldn’t pay
Germans weren’t selling to USA anymore - their biggest seller

Question 15

why did Germans lose faith in the Weimar gov

Answer 15

Germans had to make sacrifices

Germans dislike Weimar democracy

Gov cut spending + welfare benefits

The Weimar gov didn’t know how to handle the depression - Germans blamed the gov for the depression

Question 16

why did Germans turn to extremist parties

Answer 16

Nazis promised to return Germany to a strong rule + get back Germanys reputation

Some turned to communists - they promised a workers revolution

They were convinced that the Weimar gov was what put them in such a bad situation

Question 17

which people benefitted from hyperinflation

Answer 17

people in debt who borrowed money could easily pay it off

Question 18

negative effects of hyperinflation

Answer 18

money lost value
huge misery
people were anxious/stressed
lost faith in gov

Question 19

why did hyperinflation make people anxious/stressed

Answer 19

people had to rush to shops as prices could increase even during the day

Question 20

what happened to those on fixed incomes/pensions in hyperinflation

Answer 20

were affected badly - wages went up but their incomes didnt

Question 21

what were Hitlers aims in the Munich putsch

Answer 21

wants to take Munich
recruit new people in berlin
wants to overthrow Weimar gov

Question 22

what were the negative impacts of the Munich putsch

Answer 22

Hitler went to jail
violent methods put people off of the Nazis
reveals lack of Nazi support

Question 23

why didn’t people oppose Hitler

Answer 23

people were scared - Nazis used concentration camps + were scared of the gestapo

was difficult to show your dislike - you weren’t able to vote for other parties or speak out against Hitler or you would get arrested

Question 24

who were the gestapo

Answer 24

undercover police - if they caught anyone doing anything to oppose Hitler they could arrest them

people couldn’t tell who were the gestapo

Question 25

who were the SS

Answer 25

Hitlers security who wore black uniforms and could arrest anyone

Question 26

methods of Nazi propaganda to promote their message and win people over

Answer 26

mass rallies Hitlers big speeches Nazi messages on radio, newspapers and cinema

Question 27

what was the police state

Answer 27

people were tempted to tell on their loved ones

Question 28

what is censorship

Answer 28

controlling what people read/ see - they would remove other messages

Question 29

things that Nazis censored

Answer 29

film books art music

Question 30

ways Hitler reduced unemployment in Germany

Answer 30

public work schemes made people go into the army - people also had to build weapons (more jobs) excluding women and Jews from figures

Question 31

ways that lives of German workers were affected by Nazi economic policies

Answer 31

unemployed now had public work schemes women were advised not to work - which made birth rates increase

Question 32

ways Hitler removed opposition in the period 1933-4

Answer 32

Night of the long knives Reichstag fire enabling law ban of other political parties

Question 33

who was stresemann

Answer 33

was briefly chancellor before Hitler

Question 34

what did Stresemann do for Germany in 1924-9

Answer 34

stopped hyperinflation Germany became more politically stable - Weimar gov was doing well

Question 35

how were Germans affected by hyperinflation

Answer 35

starving population politically unstable

Question 36

why did the T of V upset the Germans

Answer 36

embarrassed Germany reparations

Question 37

ways Germans were affected by WW1

Answer 37

politically unstable in debt

Question 38

what did the night of the long knives cause

Answer 38

no one wanted to oppose Hitler - they were too scared removal of opposition - such as Ernst Rohm and the SA

Question 38

what did the night of the long knives cause

Answer 38

no one wanted to oppose Hitler - they were too scared removal of opposition - such as Ernst Rohm and the SA

Question 39

what did Ernst Rohm plan to do which Hitler saw as a threat?

Answer 39

merge the SA and the 100,00 men army

Question 40

who was in charge of propaganda and censorship

Answer 40

Joseph Goebbels

Question 41

what were public work schemes

Answer 41

building motorways, schools hospitals - helped unemployment as they gave work to nearly 100,000 people

Question 42

how did rearmament and conscription help with unemployment

Answer 42

Hitler wanted a great military so he ordered many new tanks, battleships, guns etc which created thousands of jobs for them to be made - also helped factory owners and large buisnesses

Question 43

what was the national labour service

Answer 43

men aged 18-25 had to spend 6 months in the RAD planted forests, mended hedges etc - gave people jobs

Question 44

what losses and gains did farmers receive from Nazi policies

Answer 44

losses: farmers weren't allowed to give some of their land to their children - so some children left their families for the city gains: guaranteed they couldn't be thrown of their land if they were in debt