1st Semester Study Guide

Question 1

How much was Germany forced to pay in reparations?

Answer 1

6,600,000,000 £ (pounds)

Question 2

Besides reparations, what did were the other policies of the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 2

1. Demilitarization of the Rhineland
2. Loss of Alasce Lorraine
3. Prohibted from making alliances with Austria
4. Forced to have a limited military: 100,000 troops and a few navy battleships
5. Loss of colonies in Africa/Middle East

Question 3

What is the Dawe’s Plan?

Answer 3

It was a United States loan to Germany to stimulate its economy.

Question 4

How did the 1929 Wall Street crash affect Germany?

Answer 4

The economic crash caused the United States to request payment for the loan, leading to Germany to spiral back into recession.

Question 5

What were the effects of the economic recessions?

Answer 5

1. Political polarization between the communist and Nazi party
2. Radicalization of political parties.

Question 6

What were the beliefs of Nazi ideology?

Answer 6

1. Euthanasia
2. Eugenics
3. Fuhrerprinzip
4. Anti-semitism
5. Herrenrasse
6. Anti-marxism
7. Anti-communism/Anti-bolshevism
8. Anti-Treaty of Versailles
9. Anti-democracy
10. Social Dawinism
11. Blut and Boden
12. Lebensraum
13. Grossedeutschland

Question 7

What factors led to Hitler’s rise to power?

Answer 7

1. Propaganda
2. Hitler Youth (Only a few)
3. “Hitler Myth”
4. Speeches/Rallies
5. Negative Cohesion
6. Appeal to various groups
7. Instigation of violence/chaos
8. The actions of Hiden
9. Reichstag Fire
10. Weakness of the Weimar government

Question 8

How did negative cohesion aid in Hitler’s rise to power?

Answer 8

Negative cohesion created unity between groups by finding a common enemy (Jews, Communists, Democrats, etc)

Question 9

How did the chaos/violence aid Hitler’s rise to power?

Answer 9

It created an atmosphere of fear persuading people desperate for a “savior”.

Question 10

How did Hitler persuade the Mittlestand (Middle class)?

Answer 10

Hitler was able to persuade the Mittlestand by promising protection from corporations saturating the market and promising that protection from communist enforcing non-private property policies.

Question 11

How did Hitler persuade the working class?

Answer 11

He promised them that he would increase employment and stated, particularly for the argricultural workers, that they are the backbone of Germany.

Question 12

How did Hitler persuade big business to support him?

Answer 12

Hitler promised big business that they would profit from his reign as chancellor.

Question 13

What were the factors to Hitler’s maintenence of power?

Answer 13

1. Use of Gestapo, SS, and SA
2. Propoganda
3. Police State
4. Indoctrination
5. Rewards
6. Lack opposition
7. Eradication of Trade Union

Question 14

What were some of Hitler’s domestic policies?

Answer 14

1. Indoctrination through education
   
   1. Loyalty to Hitler
   2. Gender Roles
2. Nationalism
3. Physical fitness
4. Increase population

Question 15

What was the gender stereotype for boys?

Answer 15

Boys were supposed to be masculine, strong soldier. Did activities such as: Marching, Boxing, and Military skills/ strategy.

Question 16

What was the gender stereotype for girls?

Answer 16

Girls were expected to be housewives and caretakers for the children. They did activities such as: cooking, cleaning, and childcare.

Question 17

What were the aims of the domestic policies?

Answer 17

1. Decrease unemployment
2. Increase population
3. To increase loyalty and strength to Hitler
4. Increase birth rate

Question 18

What was the Reich church?

Answer 18

It was a church set-up by Hitler.

Question 19

Who were law enforcement?

Answer 19

1. Gestapo
   
   1. Secret police
   2. Only 46,000 of them
   3. Imprison without trials and able to send people to concentration camps
2. SA
3. SS
   
   1. Started out of personal bodyguards

Einzatsgrupen

2. Mass killing
3. Waffen
    1. Fought with the army (in the back for the troops that try to run away)
4. Death’s Head Unit
    1. Ran the Concentration Camps
5. SD
    1. Intelligence

Question 20

What was Hitler’s attitude towards Jews and asocials?

Answer 20

Believed that Jews and asocials were sub-human and inferior.

Question 21

How did Hitler act on his attitude about Jews and asocials?

Answer 21

1. Sterilization Law (1933)
2. Made Jews non citizens
3. Hashude (asocial colony) to “re-educate” the Asocials then be set back into society.
4. Concentration camps
5. Execution

Question 22

What was the 4 year plan?

Answer 22

The 4 year plan was an economic plan initated by Adolf Hitler, that aimed to rearm Germany for war in 4 years time.

Question 23

Who was in charge of propaganda?

Answer 23

Joseph Goebbeles.

Question 24

Who was in charge of the 4 year plan?

Answer 24

Hermann Goering

Question 25

What were the weaknesses of the Weimar government?

Answer 25

The coalition government could not decide how to deal the economic recession as one side of the government wanted to increase spending, and the other wanted decrease spending.