Ch. 16

Question 1

What are two ways Nazis fixed Germany’s unemployment issues?

Answer 1

Rearmament, and created public works

Question 2

What was the function of the SS? Who led them? What methods did they use?

Answer 2

Function was to rule out enemies of Nazi Germany, Heinrich Himmler lead them, they uses terror and ideology

Question 3

What was the role of women under Nazi leadership?

Answer 3

To produce children

Question 4

What we’re the Nuremberg Laws? What limitations did they put on Jewish lives?

Answer 4

Nuremberg laws were a set of antisemitism laws. These laws forbade Jews from. Being married to German, German Jews no longer could be citizens.

Question 5

What was Kristallnacht?

Answer 5

Night of broken glass, Nazis attacked Jewish owned buildings and Jews. Occurred on November 9-10 1938

Question 6

What was the NEP?

Answer 6

A semi-capitalism society enforced by Lenin because communism was failing

Question 7

Who battled for power after the death of Lenin? How did the struggle end?

Answer 7

Trotsky vs. Stalin battled for power, Trotsky escaped and then Atalin killed him with an assassin

Question 8

What was the goal of Stalin’s 5-year plan?

Answer 8

Rapid industrialisation ans collectivization of agriculture

Question 9

What were the goals of collective farms? Who were the Kulaks? What happened to them?

Answer 9

The goal of collective farms was to increase efficiency to create a food surplus. Kulaks were wealthy farmers. They were sent to Soberoan concentration camps.

Question 10

Who were the targets of Stalins Purge? How many died?

Answer 10

Target people were: army officers, diplomats, union officials, party members, intellectuals, and normal citizens. 750k to 1.2 mil died

Question 11

How did the family evolve under Sfalin

Answer 11

Women were elevated to the same level as men

Question 12

Who were combatants of the Spanish Civil War? Who won?

Answer 12

The combatants were Republicans (Popular Front) vs. Nationalists (Francos military coup). Republicans won

Question 13

What was the Germany involvement? Soviet Union?

Answer 13

Germans tested blitzkrieg on Spanish Civil War, soviets sent tanks, planes, and pilots.

Question 14

What were the differing effects on the lost generation?

Answer 14

Lost generation became disillusioned about society, became fiercely nationalistic and violent

Question 15

What was the purpose of the League of Nations? What problems did it have?

Answer 15

The purpose of the League of nations was to preserve peace. Problems it had were it had no army to enforce its statements

Question 16

What was the French policy of Coercion?

Answer 16

French demanded reparations from Germany so when Germans didn’t pay then they occupied German mines named Ruhr mines

Question 17

What was the Locarno Pact? What effect did it have.?

Answer 17

It was a settlement between Germany and France. It was a land exchange and was a step towards peace.

Question 18

What were the 2 causes of the great depression?

Answer 18

Downturn in domestic economy and the stock market crash of 1929

Question 19

What are traits of a totalitarian state?

Answer 19

No democracy, charismatic dictator, control all aspects of life, secret police, propaganda, indoctrination

Question 20

How did Mussolini gain power in Italy?

Answer 20

He asked for power and he got it, marched on Rome but no blood was shed

Question 21

What were the problems of the democratic government lead by Hindenburg?

Answer 21

It had no good political leader, they didn’t have control of the military to enforce anything, economic turmoil hit, total chaos

Question 22

What were the political parties in Germany?

Answer 22

Socialists, communists, royalist, demonocracy, nationalists

Question 23

Who was attracted to Hitlers political party? What was the initials job of the SA? What other names did they go by?

Answer 23

Working class and nationalists circles were attracted to Hitler’s party. The job of the SA was to defend Hitlers party in meeting halls and break up meetings of other parties, the SA also went by storm troopers

Question 24

What was the Beer Hall Putsch? What was the aftermath? What were the basic beliefs behind Mein Kampf?

Answer 24

The Beer Hall Putsch was an armed uprising lead by Hitler which failed. Hitler was arrested and sent to prison for 5 years. Mein Kampf emphasized extreme German nationalism, violent antisemitism, and vicious anticommunism

Question 25

Why did Hindenburg give Hitler the sear of chancellor?

Answer 25

He was under pressure from elites that Hitler would be able to save Germany from communism and that they would be able to control Hitler

Question 26

What was the significance of the burning of the Reichstag? Enabling Act?

Answer 26

It allowed Hitler to convince Hindenburg to give government emergency powers, which suspended all rights of citizens until crisis was controlled. The Enabling Act gave Hitler legal basis for all of his actions, allowing him to get rid of Reichstag and Hindenburg.

Question 27

How did Hitler erase his enemies in 1933? Who were they?

Answer 27

Hitler’s enemies in 1933 were the SA under leadership of Ernst Rohm and the armed forces. He erased his enemies by having Rohm and a number of SA leaders killed in return for the army’s support.