consolidation of power

Question 1

Why was Hitlers position not strong when he became Chancellor?

Answer 1

-only had 2 Nazis on his cabinet of 12
-the Nazis and their allies the Nationalist Party did not have a majority
-Hindenburg detested him

Question 2

when did Hitler call a general election and why?

Answer 2

-March 1933
-hoped it would give him a clear majority in the reichstag

Question 3

how many deaths were there in the weeks leading up to the March 1933 elections when Hitler was trying to achieve a majority?

Answer 3

70

Question 4

when was the Reichstag building set on fire?

Answer 4

27th February 1933

Question 5

who was arrested for starting the Reichstag fire?

Answer 5

Dutch Communist Marinus van der Lubbe

Question 6

in the March 1933 elections, how many seats did the Nazis win in the reichstag?

Answer 6

288 (still not an overall majority)

Question 7

what did Hitler have to do as a result of not winning a majority in the March 1933 elections?

Answer 7

form a coillition government with the national party

Question 8

what law did Hitler pursuade Hindenburg to pass as a result of the reichstag fire? what did it do?

Answer 8

-the decree for the Protection of the People and State
-communist and socialist newspapers banned and allowed the imprinsonment of enimies without trial

Question 9

although the Nazis did not win as many seats as Hitler had hoped for in the reichstag, what were they still able to do?

Answer 9

-they still had enough seats (after Hitler had arrested the communists and other parties had been intimidated by the SA) to allow them to pass the enabling act

Question 10

what did Hitler and Goebbles use the riechstag fire as proof of?

Answer 10

proof that the communists were about to stage a takeover

Question 11

when was the enabling act passed?

Answer 11

23 March 1933

Question 12

what did the enabling act allow?

Answer 12

gave hitler and his government full powers for four years - marked the end of democracy and the Weimar Constitution in Germany

Question 13

when were all trade unions banned?

Answer 13

2nd May 1933

Question 14

what was set up to replace trade unions?

Answer 14

the Labour Front (DAF)

Question 15

when did the first concentration camp open and what was it called? What was it initially used for?

Answer 15

-1933 - Dachau
-imprison polictical dissenters

Question 16

when did any remaining parties disban themselves?

Answer 16

July 1933

Question 17

when was the Law Against the Formation of Parties passed? what did it do?

Answer 17

-July 1933
-made the Nazis the sole party in Germany

Question 18

what percent of the vote did the Nazis win in the general election of November 1933?

Answer 18

95.2%

Question 19

what was the aim of the night of the long knives?

Answer 19

a purging of Hitlers political and military rivals

Question 20

why did Hitler carry out the night of the long knives?

Answer 20

-many members of the SA, including Ernst Rohm, were demanding the Nazi party to carry out their socialist agenda
-SA wanted to take over the army
-Hitler could not afford to annoy buisnissmen or the army
-the SS also wished to break away from the SA

Question 21

when was the night of the long knives?

Answer 21

30th June 1934

Question 22

who was killed by the SS in the night of the long knives?

Answer 22

-Rohm
-main leaders of the SA
-von Schleicher and Gregor Strasser

Question 23

how many people were murdered in total in the night of the long knives?

Answer 23

400

Question 24

when did Hindenburg die?

Answer 24

August 1934

Question 26

How did Hitler manage to pass the enabling act?

Answer 26

-communist party was not allowed to vote therefore reducing the amount of votes needed
-absentees counted as present
-SA intimidated members as they entered the chamber