Germany 1919-1991

Question 1

How popular were the Nazis in the 1920s?

Answer 1

Not very they only had 2% of the vote

Question 2

Who were the SS

Answer 2

Hitlers bodyguards

Question 3

Who were the SA

Answer 3

Loyal Nazis

Question 4

What was the impact of The Wall Street Crash on Germany? Why?

Answer 4

Germany was taking loans from America and then they asked for it back

Question 5

Who did Hitler blame the Reichstag Fire on?

Answer 5

Communists

Question 6

What did the Decree for the Protection of people and state allow Hitler to do?

Answer 6

Banned Civil liberties
Suppressed all of the other parties

Question 7

What was the Enabling Act?

Answer 7

This gave Hitler emergency powers

Question 8

How did Hitler get the Enabling Act passed?

Answer 8

He convinced Hindenburg that the Communists were starting an uprising

Question 9

What did Hitler use the Enabling Act for? (what was introduced/ banned?)

Answer 9

He banned communists
Creation of other political parties

Question 10

What happened on the Night of the Long Knives?

Answer 10

SS killed 400+ SA leaders

Question 11

What happened after Hindenburg’s death?

Answer 11

Hitler made himself President and merged Chancellor and President

Question 12

What was the Police State?

Answer 12

A country that controls every aspect of peoples lives

Question 13

Who were the Gestapo?

Answer 13

Secret police that knew everything

Question 14

What was a concentration camp?

Answer 14

Places of pointless manual labour

Question 15

How did Hitler change the legal system in Germany?

Answer 15

Fate was decided before you got there. All legal workers were Nazis and biased

Question 16

How did the Nazis change the police in Germany?

Answer 16

All had to be Nazi.

Question 17

What is gleichschaltung?

Answer 17

Co-ordination

Question 18

What does Fuhrer mean?

Answer 18

All Power Leader

Question 19

After The Wall Street Crash, what did the German government do that upset both left and right wing?

Answer 19

Proportional Voting
1923 Crisis

Question 20

What is a dictatorship?

Answer 20

One person rules over a country

Question 21

How important was the Reichstag fire?

Answer 21

Decree of people and state
Banning communists
Banning civil liberties

Question 22

How important was The Enabling Act?

Answer 22

It gave Hitler/Nazi emergency powers

Question 23

How important was the Night of the Long Knives

Answer 23

Consolidated Hitlers power

Question 24

How important was the Death of Hindenburg?

Answer 24

It gave Hitler full power

Question 25

How important was the creation of the Police State?

Answer 25

The Nazi's fully controlled every German

Question 26

Major events of 1919

Answer 26

The Treaty of Versailles Weimar republic is created The Spartacists Revolution

Question 27

Major events of 1920 - 1923

Answer 27

Kapp Putsch France invades the Ruhr Munich Putsch The German Banks start printing more money (Hyperinflation)

Question 28

Major events of 1924 - 1929

Answer 28

Gustav Stresemann becomes in charge of the Germany Banks Rentenmark is introduced Dawes plan was introduced Germany signs the Locarno Treaty The Young plan was written Wall Street Crash.

Question 29

Major events of 1929 - 1933

Answer 29

Germany has to repay the US’s loans Weimar is dissolved

Question 30

How were 1919 – 1923 are the years of crisis for Germany?

Answer 30

Weimar is created. Treaty of Versailles is signed. Hyperinflation gets out of hand. 3 attempts of overthrowing the government. France invades the Ruhr.

Question 31

How were 1923 – 1928 the German golden years?

Answer 31

Gustav Stresemann is put in charge of Germany’s economy. The Rentenmark is introduced. Germany becomes a more friendly and economically stable country. Germany joins the league of nations.

Question 32

How were 1929 – 1933 Germany’s economic depression years

Answer 32

Wall street crash happens. The USA asks Germany for their loans back causing German economy to collapse. Unemployment gets to 6 million people. Weimar is dissolved after the Nazi’s take power.

Question 33

What happened in Germany after World War 1

Answer 33

1919 – The Treaty of Versailles is signed; Guilt Clause 231, No Air Force, 100.000 volunteers, 6 Battleships, No submarines, Anschluss. 1919 – Weimar republic is created. This had the potential to be the best democracy of the 20th century. 1919 – The Spartacists Revolution. Communists try to take over the government and fail. 1920 – Kapp Putsch. A right-winged party attempted to overtake the government and again failed. 1922/23 – France invades the Ruhr because Germany couldn’t pay their reparations. 1923 – Munich Putsch. Hitler and the Nazi Party tries to take control of Munich. They failed.

Question 34

What happened after Gustav Strassman was put in charge of the German Economy

Answer 34

1923 – The German Banks start printing more money causing Hyperinflation. By November £1 was worth 220 billion marks. 1924-28 – Gustav Stresemann becomes in charge of the Germany Banks 1924 – Rentenmark is introduced reducing inflation back to normal levels. 1924 – Dawes plan was introduced meaning Germany would get loans off of the US boosting the economy over pre-1914 levels. 1925-26 – Germany signs the Locarno Treaty giving Germany the chance to join the league of nations and it makes Germany a more peaceful country. 1929 – The Young plan was written up and reduced their reparations to £2 billion.

Question 35

What happened to Germany after the Wall Street Crash

Answer 35

1929 – Wall Street Crash. 1929-33 – Germany has to repay the US’s loans meaning that Germany’s economy crashes again. Unemployment is at 6 million. 1933 – Weimar is dissolved as the Nazi’s become the largest party in the Reichstag. 1919 – 1923 are the years of crisis; Weimar is created. Treaty of Versailles is signed. Hyperinflation gets out of hand. 3 attempts of overthrowing the government. France invades the Ruhr.