The Rise of the Nazis

Question 1

What was Hitler’s involvement in WW1?

Answer 1

A soldier in the trenches

Question 2

What was the name of the party that Hitler was asked to spy on?

Answer 2

The German Workers’ Party

Question 3

What name did Hitler change this to when he took over the party in 1920?

Answer 3

National Socialist German Workers’ Party (Nazis)

Question 4

How many points did the programme of this new party have?

Answer 4

Twenty-Five

Question 5

Name 2 points (things the party wanted) in the party programme.

Answer 5

1. Unite all German-speaking people

2. Abolish the Treaty of Versailles and end reparations

Question 6

Hitler’s party grew from 55 members in 1918 to 55,000 in 1923; true or false?

Answer 6

True

Question 7

Why was the SA set up?

Answer 7

To disrupt and intimidate opponents of the Nazis

Question 8

Which group of people was the SA primarily made up of?

Answer 8

Ex-soldiers and members of the Friekorps

Question 9

When did the Munich Putsch take place?

Answer 9

1923

Question 10

What was the aim of the Munich Putsch?

Answer 10

To take power and make a new government in Munich

Question 11

Why did the Munich Putsch fail?

Answer 11

Poor planning

Question 12

What were the immediate impacts of the Munich Putsch?

Answer 12

Hitler and the other Nazi leaders were arrested

Question 13

What was the long term impact of the Putsch?

Answer 13

Hitler’s trial was publicised so he became a household name - wrote a book (Mein Kampf) and gained publicity and popularity

Question 14

How did Hitler change his tactics after 1924?

Answer 14

Change from violence to politics - he was going to become leader by going through the Reichstag

Question 15

Who was Joseph Goebbels?

Answer 15

In charge of Nazi propaganda

Question 16

The 1928 election showed that 3% of Germans voted for the Nazis; true or false?

Answer 16

True

Question 17

Whose support did the Nazis lack?

Answer 17

The support of the working class

Question 18

Hitler was banned from public speaking after the Munich Putsch until which year?

Answer 18

1928

Question 19

In which year did the Nazis become the largest political party?

Answer 19

1932

Question 20

Name 3 reasons for why the Nazis became the largest political party.

Answer 20

1. Fear of communism
2. Nazi propaganda
3. Weak opposition

Question 21

How many people were unemployed by 1932?

Answer 21

6 million

Question 22

Who were the businessmen and farmers afraid of?

Answer 22

Communism

Question 23

What was article 48?

Answer 23

In emergency circumstances Hitler can do whatever he wants

Question 24

Who was von Papen?

Answer 24

Chancellor

Question 25

Who was Hindenburg?

Answer 25

President