Hitler CK

Question 1

What global event beginning in 1929 weakened the Weimar Republic?

Answer 1

The Great Depression.

Question 2

How did the Great Depression help the Nazis?

Answer 2

It created mass unemployment and dissatisfaction with Weimar, boosting Nazi support.

Question 3

What was the Nazi vote share in July 1932?

Answer 3

37.4% – the largest party in the Reichstag.

Question 4

Why was Hitler appealing to many Germans?

Answer 4

He promised to restore national pride, create jobs, and overturn the Treaty of Versailles.

Question 5

Who appointed Hitler as Chancellor and when?

Answer 5

President Hindenburg on 30 January 1933.

Question 6

Why did conservative elites support Hitler?

Answer 6

They believed they could control him to restore authoritarian rule.

Question 7

What was the Reichstag Fire and when did it occur?

Answer 7

A fire in the Reichstag on 27 Feb 1933, blamed on a communist.

Question 8

What emergency law followed the Reichstag Fire?

Answer 8

The Decree for the Protection of People and State – suspended civil liberties. - also known as the Reichstag Fire Decree

Question 9

What law allowed Hitler to rule by decree?

Answer 9

The Enabling Act (March 1933).

Question 10

What was the Night of the Long Knives?

Answer 10

A purge of the SA and political opponents in June–July 1934.

Question 11

What was Gleichschaltung?

Answer 11

The process of Nazifying German society and institutions.

Question 12

What was the Gestapo?

Answer 12

Secret police that rooted out opposition.

Question 13

What were concentration camps initially used for?

Answer 13

Detaining political prisoners and opponents.

Question 14

Who controlled propaganda?

Answer 14

Joseph Goebbels, Minister of Propaganda.

Question 15

What was the Hitler Myth?

Answer 15

A propaganda image of Hitler as a heroic, infallible leader.

Question 16

What were the Nuremberg Laws (1935)?

Answer 16

Laws that stripped Jews of citizenship and banned intermarriage.

Question 17

What was Kristallnacht?

Answer 17

A violent pogrom against Jews on 9–10 November 1938.

Question 18

What was the SS?

Answer 18

Hitler’s elite paramilitary force; controlled camps and security.

Question 19

What happened to political parties under the Nazis?

Answer 19

All were banned except the Nazi Party.

Question 20

What was the role of censorship in Nazi Germany?

Answer 20

To eliminate criticism and control information.

Question 21

Who was Hitler’s first economics minister?

Answer 21

Hjalmar Schacht.

New Plan, Mefo Bills, Job Creation

Question 22

What was the New Plan (1934)?

Answer 22

It aimed to reduce imports and unemployment.

Question 23

What replaced the New Plan in 1936?

Answer 23

The Four-Year Plan under Göring.

Question 24

What was the purpose of the Four-Year Plan?

Answer 24

To prepare Germany for war and achieve autarky.

Question 25

How did Hitler reduce unemployment?

Answer 25

Through public works, conscription, and removing Jews and women from jobs.

Question 26

What was the RAD?

Answer 26

Reich Labour Service – provided compulsory jobs for young men.

Question 27

What infrastructure project symbolised Nazi economic recovery?

Answer 27

The Autobahn (motorways).

Question 28

How did rearmament affect the economy?

Answer 28

Stimulated industrial growth and reduced unemployment.

Question 29

What was 'guns or butter'?

Answer 29

The tension between consumer goods and military spending.

Question 30

How did foreign policy affect the economy?

Answer 30

Aggressive expansion strained resources but boosted production.

Question 31

What role were women encouraged to adopt?

Answer 31

Mothers and homemakers – the 3 Ks: Kinder, Küche, Kirche.

Question 32

What was the Mother's Cross?

Answer 32

A medal awarded to women with large families.

Question 33

What was the Hitler Youth?

Answer 33

A Nazi youth group for boys, promoting military discipline and loyalty.

Question 34

What was the League of German Girls?

Answer 34

A Nazi youth organisation for girls to prepare them for motherhood.

Question 35

How were schools Nazified?

Answer 35

Curriculum focused on race, nationalism, and obedience.

Question 36

What was the role of teachers under Hitler?

Answer 36

They had to join the Nazi Teachers’ League and promote ideology.

Question 37

What was Strength Through Joy (KdF)?

Answer 37

A state-run leisure program for workers.

Question 38

What was Beauty of Labour?

Answer 38

An initiative to improve workplace conditions.

Question 39

How did the Nazis control religion?

Answer 39

Through the Reich Church and repression of dissent.

Question 40

What was the Concordat of 1933?

Answer 40

An agreement between Hitler and the Pope to leave the Catholic Church alone (later broken).

Question 41

Who were the Edelweiss Pirates?

Answer 41

Youth groups who resisted Nazi culture and authority.

Question 42

What was the White Rose movement?

Answer 42

A student-led resistance group distributing anti-Nazi leaflets.

Question 43

What was the July Plot (1944)?

Answer 43

A failed attempt by army officers to assassinate Hitler.

Question 44

How did most Germans view Hitler in the 1930s?

Answer 44

Many admired him for restoring order and improving the economy.

Question 45

What was the role of fear in maintaining Nazi control?

Answer 45

Widespread surveillance and punishment discouraged dissent.

Question 46

What was the role of informers?

Answer 46

Ordinary citizens reported on each other to the Gestapo.

Question 47

How were Jews portrayed in Nazi propaganda?

Answer 47

As enemies of the state, responsible for Germany’s problems.

Question 48

What was Aryanisation?

Answer 48

The transfer of Jewish businesses and property to non-Jews.

Question 49

What was Lebensraum?

Answer 49

Hitler’s goal of expanding eastward for German settlement.

Question 50

What was the ultimate goal of Nazi racial policy?

Answer 50

A racially pure Volksgemeinschaft (people’s community).