hitler's rise to power 1923-34

Question 1

what did the Nazi party stand for in the 1920’s

Answer 1

1. rearmament
2. lebensraum
3. remove jews
4. destroy communism
5. destroy ToV and weimar

Question 2

why didn’t the nazis have success before the 1930’s

Answer 2

1. weimar was doing well
2. hitler banned from speaking
3. failure of the Munich putsch

Question 3

why was Hitler able to become chancellor

Answer 3

1. nazis changed their policies to become more electable
2. depression radicalised people
3. nazis win 230 seats in july 1932
4. von papen persuades hindenbruge tha they could tame Hitler in january 1933

Question 4

how did Hitler consolidate his power 1933-4?

Answer 4

1. reichstag fire
2. enabling act
3. banning parties and trade unions
4. night of the long knives
5. army oath/hindenburg death

Question 5

what was the significance of the Reichstag fire?

Answer 5

1. hitler blamed it on communists
2. hindenburg gave Hitler emergency powers
3. allowed him to arrest anyone without proof

Question 6

what was the enabling act?

Answer 6

it allowed hitler to ban trade unions and other parties. he could execute opposition and fix ballots

Question 7

why did Hitler kill his friends in june 1934?

Answer 7

1. Rohm wanted to replace the army with the SA
2. rohm was gay
3. the army was more symbolic than the SA

Question 8

What changes did hitler make to the nazis in 1920?

Answer 8

1. Changed the name
2. 25 points
3. Swastika

Question 9

When was the SA set up?

Answer 9

1921

Question 10

How was unemployment linked to nazi success?

Answer 10

The higher the unemployment, the more nazis were elected

July 1932 6.1m unemployed-230 nazis elected

Question 11

Hat were the nazi methods to win support?

Answer 11

1. Discipline
2. Propaganda
3. Support from industrialists
4. Use of technology
5. Hitler
6. Absence of opposition

Question 12

Who was leader of the nsdaf before Hitler?

Answer 12

Anton drexler