International Relations In The 20th Century- Hitler And Germany

Question 1

Explain how the great depression aided in Hitler coming to power

Answer 1

Caused unemployment to rise which the government failed to solve

Question 2

Explain how the formation of the nazis aided in Hitler coming to power

Answer 2

National Socialists German Workers Party formed 1920
Hitler was Der Füher
Won many seats in the 1932 election
Dominated the Reichstag

Question 3

What were Hitler’s policies

Answer 3

Opposed to the treaty- wanted bigger army
Hated communism
Wanted to solve economic problems like unemployment
He wanted to create a Greater Germany of German speakers
He wanted living space in Europe

Question 4

Explain how the propaganda aided in Hitler coming to power

Answer 4

Used clever propaganda to get their message across. Blamed Germany’s problems on Treaty, Jews and communists

Question 5

Explain how the SS and SA aided in Hitler coming to power

Answer 5

Used violence to attack opposition

Question 6

Who were the SA and SS

Answer 6

Sturm Abteilung (SA) - brownshirts Hitlers followers
Schtuzstaffel (SS) - Blackshirts - smaller group of personal bodyguards for Hitler

Question 7

When was Hitler appointed Chancellor?

Answer 7

1933 by President Hindenburg.

Question 8

Explain the Enabling Act

Answer 8

Gave Hitler power to pass laws without getting them approved by the parliament

Question 9

Give four ways Hitler bcame a Dictator

Answer 9

Took over the police force to kill political opponents. Gestapo were the secret police
Passed the Enabling Act 1933
Banned trade unions
When a Dutch communist burnt down the Reichstag building Hitler banned the Communist Party

Question 10

Explain concentration camps

Answer 10

Prisons used for political prisoners and later Jews of Europe

Question 11

What did Hitler do to gain support

Answer 11

Propaganda glorified Hitler
Parades and rallies were held prasing him
He reduced unemployment
Built autobahns or motorways

Question 12

How were the young taught to view Der Füher

Answer 12

Hitler Youth and The league of German Maidens taught young to glorify Hitler and to hate the Jews

Question 13

How were Hitler’s policies put into effect

Answer 13

Began rearmament- ignoring the treaty
Conscription was introduced
Remilitarised the Rhineland- British and French did not object
The Anchluss

Question 14

When did Germany attack Poland

Answer 14

1st September 1939

Question 15

When was War Declared

Answer 15

Britain and France declared war on Germany on the 3rd of September 1939

Question 16

What were the Nuremburg laws?

Answer 16

Deprived Jews of German citizenship, banned them to marry non Jewish, forced all Jews to wear a star of David

Question 17

How was the final solution carried out in Nazi Germany

Answer 17

The SS rounded up Jews into concentration camps and killed them by gassing
First women, children and old men were killed by Zyklon B gas
Able bodied men worked as slaves until they died or were killed
Buried in mass graves or burnt in ovens
About 6 million Jews were killed

Question 18

How did the Allies win the war of the Pacific

Answer 18

Summer 1945 USA invade Japan
Operation Manhattan Scientists developed an atomic bomb
August 1945- bombs dropped in Japan
Forced Japan to surrender
In Hiroshima 90,000 people killed instantly

Question 19

What were the results of WW2

Answer 19

55 million died
Cities, industry and railway destroyed
America and USSR became more powerful and distrusted each other, this led to the Cold war
France and Britain left weak leading to decolonisation
Germany was divided between USSR, Britain, France, USA
Countries of East Europe became communist under USSR