CH7 rise to power

Question 1

what class did nazis win a more votes from

Answer 1

peasants - mittelstand - lower middle classes

Question 2

what percentage nazi party members working class 1932

Answer 2

30%

Question 3

what percentage nazi members middle class 1932

Answer 3

43%

Question 4

why was it hard for nazi’s to get catholics

Answer 4

suffered under imperial germany = strengthen commitment in ideologies - associates remains strong

Question 5

what’s associationism

Answer 5

strong affiliation w. group - catholics in nazi germany

Question 6

how did hitler exploit politics of anxiety

Answer 6

nazi voters had lack faith in weimar system - losing identity -

Question 7

what did T Childers say on politics anxiety

Answer 7

nazis united under profound contempt for existing system of weimar

Question 8

what percentage of nazi party was youth why

Answer 8

41% in 1933 - disillusionment w/ traditional politics - little work SA offer jobs

Question 9

evidence of hitler’s cynical awareness of power of propaganda

Answer 9

mein kämpf - ‘slogans persistently repeated’

Question 10

when was goebbels put in charge of propoganda

Answer 10

April 1930

Question 11

what did goebells do w/ propaganda

Answer 11

appealed to groups e.g. working classes ‘bread and water’ and industrialists downplay fear nationalisation

Question 12

what was organised in 1932 to spread hitler’s message

Answer 12

3 speaking programmes named ‘flight over germany’ - hitler

Question 13

what’s mass suggestion

Answer 13

large crowd heighten emotions + succumb to collective will - used at nazi rallies

Question 14

what were the 3 main themes of nazi propaganda

Answer 14

furrier cult / volksgemeinscaft / nationalism

Question 15

example of a group that nazi’s utilised scapegoating on

Answer 15

November criminals for armistice + communists

Question 16

how was scapegoating jews tactical

Answer 16

preexisting anti semitism - exploited by nazis

Question 17

who led the SA

Answer 17

rohm

Question 18

how was the essay expanded 1930-34

Answer 18

exploited ppl’s desperation. for food + accommodation i

Question 19

how did nazi’s utilise violence to grow support

Answer 19

‘end justifies the means’

-July 1932 campaign 461 political riots in Prussia

Question 20

what was the stennnes revolt

Answer 20

stennes leader Berlin SA revolts - hitler defeats w/ purge 1931

Question 21

what did stenos revolt portray

Answer 21

internal friction between SA and hitler

Question 22

what were papers and sleigher’s opinions on hitler

Answer 22

in gov BUT only limited power

Question 23

why did paper call for new election in 1932

Answer 23

had ‘vote of no confidence’

Question 24

what did nazi’s gain in 1932 elections

Answer 24

33% votes - decrease - morale decreasing due to legality policy (SA unrest)

Question 25

why did Papen have to resign

Answer 25

considering martial law + presidential dictatorship - sleigher informs Hindenburg of lack of confidence of army in papen

Question 26

when was schleicher made chancellor and what did he wish to do

Answer 26

December 1932 - become a force of ‘national reconciliation’

Question 27

what was first part of shcelicher’s two pronged strategy and how did it fail

Answer 27

gain support political left via trade unions - trade unions suspicious broke off negotiations

Question 28

second part of schliecher’s two pronged strategy + failed as

Answer 28

split nazi’s + put gregor Strasser in charge - w/ role as vice chancellor
BUT nazi’s have loyalty to hilter Strasser force to resign

Question 29

when did papen and hitler have meeting why

Answer 29

4 jan 1933

– papen anger against schleicher

Question 30

what was agreed at papen hitler meeting

Answer 30

nazi nationalist coalition w/ papen as vice chancellor

Question 31

when did Hindenburg agree on papen and hitler plan

Answer 31

jan 1933 - thought hitler would be puppet + used to advance conservative interests BLUNDER

Question 32

what were the perceived limitations of hitler as chancellor

Answer 32

2/12 in cabinet nazi’s

Question 33

BUT 1 reason why perceived limitations of hitler was a facade

Answer 33

goebell’s exploit propaganda opportunities w/ access to state media ‘radio and press are at our disposal’

Question 34

what can be said about hitler and the nazi party in the reichstag

Answer 34

‘papers political puppet’ could not be controlled by conservatives

Question 35

how did nazi’s increase power in march 1933 election campaign

Answer 35

69 ppl die during campaign - goring’s enrols 50,000 extra SA members

Question 36

what was another nazi advantage in election campaign

Answer 36

3 million reichsmarks from industrialists

Question 37

when was the reichstag fire

Answer 37

feb 27th 1933

Question 38

how did nazi’s use reichstag fire to their advantage

Answer 38

goering frames communists

Question 39

what was passed feb 28th 1933

Answer 39

decree for protection of people + state - ending of press freedom

Question 40

result of march 1933 elections

Answer 40

43.9% nazis - not 2/3 majority needed

Question 41

what can be said about nazi party control in 1933

Answer 41

revolution from below = harder to control WANT CHANGE HITLER WON’T BRING

Question 42

when was germany unified

Answer 42

1871 march 21 - opening first reichstag

Question 43

how did hitler utilise germany unification

Answer 43

21 march 1933 - opening new reichstag- hitler symbolically aligned w/ old force germany

Question 44

when was enabling act passed

Answer 44

24 march 1933 - enable dictatorship

Question 45

how many votes did enabling act passed by

Answer 45

444 votes

Question 46

what was the enabling act described as

Answer 46

legal revolution

Question 47

what did hitler guarantee to catholics to gain support

Answer 47

deceived by false promises to uphold religious values