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Chapter 13 Flashcards

1
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When was the Enabling Act passed?

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24 March 1933

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2
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When was the First Law for the Coordination of the Federal States passed?

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31 March 1933

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3
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When was the Law for the Restoration of a Professional Civil Service passed?

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7 April 1933

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4
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When was the Second Law for the Coordination of the Federal States passed?

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7 April 1933

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5
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When was the SPD outlawed?

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22 June 1933

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6
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What was the SPD outlawed as?

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‘a party hostile to the nation and the state’

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7
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When did the Centre Party voluntarily disband?

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5 July 1933

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8
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When was the Law against the Formation of New Parties passed?

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14 July 1933

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9
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When were Reichstag elections held in 1933?

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5 March and 12 November.

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10
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What was the result of the Reichstag elections on 12 November 1933?

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Nazis won 92% of the vote.

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11
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When was the Law for the Reconstruction of the Reich passed?

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30 January 1934

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12
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When was the Reichsrat abolished?

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14 February 1934

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13
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When was the Night of the Long Knives?

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30 June 1934

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14
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When did President Hindenburg die?

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2 August 1934

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15
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When did Hitler take the title of Fuhrer?

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19 August 1934

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16
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What did the national socialist revolution mean to Hitler?

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The conquest of political power.

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17
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How did Hitler view political parties?

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As mere election machines.

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18
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What was the Nazi Party in Hitler’s view?

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The ‘racial core’ of the entire German people.

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19
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What happened to KPD members after the Reichstag fire?

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Those who had not been arrested or murdered or put into concentration camps fled into exile.

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20
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When did the DNVP voluntarily disband?

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27 June 1933

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21
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What territory and population did Prussia comprise?

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60% of territory; 50% of population.

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22
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Who was Reich Commissioner of Prussia in Hitler’s cabinet?

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Hermann Goering.

23
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What did the First Law for the Coordination of the Federal States do?

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It dissolved the existing state assemblies and replaced them with Nazi-dominated ones.

24
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What did the Second Law for the Coordination of the Federal States do?

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It created the past of Reich Governor to oversee the government of each state, ensuring they followed Nazi central government orders.

25
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What did the Law for the Reconstruction of the Reich do?

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It abolished the state assemblies and the governments of the states were subordinated to the Reich.

26
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Who were Gauleiters?

A

Nazi party leaders at state level.

27
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Why was the civil service’s support for Hitler misplaced?

A

They thought the conservative ministers in Hitler’s cabinet would restrain the Nazis and allow the Civil Service to carry on as it did under the Kaiser.

28
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How did the Nazis view the Civil Service?

A

As an obstacle to their dictatorial power.

29
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What was the SA membership in January 1933?

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500,000

30
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What was the SA membership by January 1934?

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3 million

31
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When was the auxiliary police formed?

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February 1933

32
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Who was forbidden from interfering with the auxiliary police?

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Normal state police forces.

33
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When did Hitler consider the process of Gleichschaltung completed?

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July 1933

34
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What was Ernst Rohm’s chief aim?

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For the SA to become the new national militia and eventually take over existing army.

35
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What was the combined SA and Stahlhelm membership in January 1934?

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4.5 million

36
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When was the auxiliary police disbanded?

A

August 1933

37
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What was the only institution capable of removing Hitler from office?

A

The army, and they were loyal to hindenburg.

38
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Who was the Defence Minister in Hitler’s Cabinet?

A

Werner von Blomberg

39
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What did the SA start doing in the summer of 1934?

A

They began stopping army convoys and confiscating weapons and supplies.

40
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What did Blomberg, with Hindenburg’s support, threaten to do in 1934 to clamp down on the SA?

A

Declare martial law and give the army power to deal with the SA.

41
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How many people were executed in the Night of the Long Knives?

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84

42
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How many people were arrested in the Night of the Long Knives?

A

1000

43
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Who were some of the people eliminated in the NOTLK?

A

Rohm, General Schleicher, Gregor Strasser, and Gustav von Kahr.

44
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How did Hitler justify the NOTLK?

A

He claimed to have acted in order to save the country from an SA coup.

45
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How was terror used after June 1934 and by who?

A

More systematically and by the SS.

46
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What was Hindenburg’s preference upon his death as mentioned in his political will?

A

The restoration of the monarchy.

47
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What had Hindenburg considered doing in order to control to SA?

A

Dismissing Hitler and handing power to the army.

48
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What was the trigger for the NOTLK?

A

Hitler knew that if he did not bring the SA under control he could not count on the support of the army once Hindenburg died.

49
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After the NOTLK, what was the attitude of the army leaders and Blomberg?

A

They had no issue with Hitler succeeding Hindenburg as president now the SA threat was removed.

50
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How long did it take the announcement of the Chancellorship and the Presidency being merged to be released?

A

Within an hour of Hindenburg’s death.

51
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What did the army do on the day of Hindenburg’s death?

A

They took an Oath of Allegiance to Hitler as their new Commander-in-Chief.

52
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What happened on 19 August 1934?

A

A plebiscite was held to approve Hitler’s appointment as Fuhrer.

53
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What was the result of the plebiscite held on 19 August 1934?

A

89.9% approved.

54
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How long had it taken for Hitler to consolidate his power?

A

18 months, culminating in the plebiscite in August 1934.

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