3.5. Hitler's Path To Chancellor

Question 1

How many seats did the Nazis have in 1932 compared with 1928?

Answer 1

1928: 12 seats
1932: 288 seats

Question 2

What happened to the number of laws passed by the Reichstag and decrees issued by the President between 1930 and 1932?

Answer 2

Reichstag: 98 to 5
President: 5 to 66

Question 3

Is Hitler the murderer or the coroner?

Answer 3

Coroner

Question 4

When was Heinrich Brüning appointed Chancellor and why?

Answer 4

March 1930 after the fall of the Grand coalition

Question 5

When did Brüning lose his Reichstag majority?

Answer 5

September 1930 elections

Question 6

How long did Brüning last with no Reichstag majority?

Answer 6

Until May 1932

Question 7

Why did the SPD support the Brüning administration?

Answer 7

Out of fear of the Nazis

Question 8

What was Brüning’s main policy ambition and what was his nickname because of this?

Answer 8

Cutting expenditure. Nicknamed the ‘Hunger Chancellor’

Question 9

When were reparation payments suspended?

Answer 9

1932

Question 10

When were the SA banned?

Answer 10

April 1932

Question 11

Why did Brüning fall?

Answer 11

Kurt Von Schleicher removed his support

Question 12

Who replaced Brüning?

Answer 12

Franz Von Papen

Question 13

What did Hitler agree to with the new Chancellor Von Papen?

Answer 13

To support him as long as new elections were called

Question 14

Why was Schleicher unable to get the Nazis into a coalition government?

Answer 14

Hitler wanted to be Chancellot

Question 15

What was Papen’s government calle

Answer 15

Government of national concentration

Question 16

What was the nickname for Papen’s cabinet?

Answer 16

‘cabinet of barons’ as all but 2 members were from outside the Reichstag. 2 were DNVP

Question 17

When was the ban on the SA lifte

Answer 17

June 1932

Question 18

When was Hitler refused the role of Chancellor again?

Answer 18

August 1932

Question 19

When was the vote of no confidence in Papen’s government?

Answer 19

September 1932

Question 20

What was the result of the vote of no confidence in Papen?

Answer 20

Won by opposition 512-42. Reichstag dissolved for elections

Question 21

What happened to the Nazi vote in the November 1932 election?

Answer 21

Reduced from 37% to 33%

Question 22

What did Hindenburg and Von Papen briefly think about doing after his vote of no-confidence?

Answer 22

Not holding an election and just ruling by decree. This was refused by Schleicher who feared civil war.

Question 23

Why did the Nazi vote recede in November 1932?

Answer 23

Mittlestand put off my attacks on Papen and refusal to join coalition. Economy starting to improve

Question 24

When did Schleicher make himself Chancello

Answer 24

December 1932

Question 25

In order to gain support, what did Schleicher do?

Answer 25

Offer Gregor Strasser the role of Vice Chancellor in order to split from the Nazis

Question 26

When was Hitler made Chancellor?

Answer 26

16 January 1933

Question 27

Who helped pursuade President Hindenburg to appoint Hitler?

Answer 27

Von Papen

Hindenburg’s son Oskar