Hitlers rise to power

Question 1

What year did Hitler join the Germans workers’ party

Answer 1

1919

Question 2

When was the Spartacist uprising

Answer 2

1919

Question 3

When did Hitler become leader of the Germans workers’ party

Answer 3

1920

Question 4

What did Hitler do after becoming leader

Answer 4

changed the name to Germans worker party

Question 5

In what year was the Kapp Putsch

Answer 5

1920

Question 6

What year was the SA founded

Answer 6

1921 it was setup to intimidate opposition parties

Question 7

what happened in 1923

Answer 7

Hitler tried to seize power in the Munich or beer hall putsch

Question 8

What did Hitler do while in Prison

Answer 8

He wrote Mein Kampf to put across his views.
He also decided that the Nazis were going to try and gain power legally.
They thought Reichstag elections and gained 32 seats

Question 9

What year did Hitler go to prison

Answer 9

1924

Question 10

what key events happened in 1923

Answer 10

January: occupation of the Ruhr
The great inflation
August: Stresemann becomes chancellor `

Question 11

What year was the Dawes plan announced

Answer 11

1924

Question 12

When was Hindenburg elected president

Answer 12

1925

Question 13

What year did the great depression happen

Answer 13

1929

Question 14

how many seats did the Nazis get in the 1930 elections

Answer 14

107

Question 15

what happened in 1932

Answer 15

Nazis became the largest party in the Reichstag with 230 however they didn’t get a majority

Question 16

What year did Hitler become chancellor

Answer 16

1933

Question 17

List 3 policies of the Nazi party

Answer 17

Increase old-age pension
Remove Jews from all positions of leadership
Destroy the Weimar Republic

Question 18

What was the SA

Answer 18

Nazi party was run along military lines
1921 SA formed which was Hitler’s private army.
Main job was to protect Nazi speakers from left wing
However the SA often started the violence by breaking up meetings of the social democratic party.

Question 19

Who were Hitlers 5 Henchmen

Answer 19

Josef Goebbels 
Hermann goering 
Rudolf Hess 
Heinrich Himmler
Ernst Rohm

Question 20

who was Josef Goebbels

Answer 20

Couldn’t fight in the war as had crippled feet

originally not a supporter of Hitler however changed his mind and appointed editor of the Nazi newspaper

Question 21

Who Was Herman Goering

Answer 21

Joined the Nazi Party and placed in charge of the SA

Question 22

Who was Rudolf Hess

Answer 22

In early days was Hitlers private secretary and was later responsible for matters of the party’s administration

Question 23

Who was Heinrich Himmler

Answer 23

As a youth was frail and timid and was later appointed regional party chief

Question 24

Who was Ernst Rohm

Answer 24

Set up and ran the SA for Hitler in 1921
Had helped crush spartacist uprising
Founding member of the Germans workers party

Question 25

What did Hitler say when describing the collapse of the putsch

Answer 25

1. cooperation with general Ludendorff would have been absolutely impossible 2. The sudden takeover of power in the whole of Germany would have led to the greatest of difficulties in 1923 3. The events of 9 November, with their blood sacrifice have proven the most effective propaganda

Question 26

What did Hitler learn from the failures of the Munich Putsch

Answer 26

That the only way the Nazis were going to get power was by legal means.

Question 27

how did Hitler reorganize the Nazi party in 1924

Answer 27

Hitler wanted to make it more successful in election and he began this at the partys re-launch on 27th February 1925

Question 28

what class did the Nazis focus on winning votes from

Answer 28

the working class. They discovered that anti jewish message had the biggest appeal.

Question 29

What change did the Nazis make in the 1928

Answer 29

realised they were getting no where with working class so decided to focus on middle class

Question 30

What did the Nazis do instead of television

Answer 30

They had evening classes for their members to train them in public speaking classes

Question 31

How was the Weimar government weakened by the great depression

Answer 31

1. They feared another great inflation, so instead they raised taxes decreased wages and cut unemployment benefit. This made them very unpopularly 2. social democrats withdraw from the coalition allowing the president to use article 48 allowing president emergency power. The 84 year old was considered to be controlled by business and army leaders

Question 32

how many seats did the Nazis have between july 1932 to 1933

Answer 32

July 1932 they had 230 November 1932, 196 1933 ,288

Question 33

What happened as a result of the July 1932 elections

Answer 33

Nazis became the largest party in the Reichstag by far however Hitler wasn't appointed Chancellor and Von Papen was. He had no support in the Reichstag, and when he tried to form a collation Nazis didn't want to so another election was called

Question 34

What happened after the November 1932 elections

Answer 34

Nazis lost 34 seats and they were running out of money

Question 35

what events happened in the power struggle between Von papen and Von Schleicher

Answer 35

in December 1932 Schleicher is reluctantly appointed chancellor Von Papen uses this as a chance to do some back room negotiating with Hitler. Hitler will be chancellor and Von Papen in the cabinet 22 January Papen asks Hindenburg to make Hitler chancellor Von papen convinces Hindenburg that he can control Nazis 30 January 1933 Hitler is Apointed chancellor

Question 36

What happened as a result of the Reichstag fire

Answer 36

Hitler encouraged Hindenburg to pass article 48 removing free speech, bought back death penalty and people could be arrested without trial.

Question 37

Why was the enabling act so important

Answer 37

1) Trade unions band 2) Opposition politcians band 3) Enemies of the Nazis especially comunists could be executed 4) The SA could search and ransack the homes of opponents 5) opponents driven into exile 6) Nazis intimidated voters by watching over them as they crossed their ballot papers

Question 38

when was Hitler become President

Answer 38

Hindenburg died on the 2nd of August 1934 and Hitler was later that day appointed chancellor

Question 39

why was the night of the long knives so important

Answer 39

Hitler had personally ordered the death of some of his closest advisers as he feared they may have been planning a uprising. it should that hitler had no mercy and rulled with an iron fist