Hitler's Dictatorship

Question 1

What were the names of the first two Nazis in Hitler’s cabinet?

Answer 1

Frick and Goering

Question 2

Which law was passed after the Reichstag Fire?

Answer 2

Decree for the Protection of German People and State

Question 3

What was the Day of Potsdam?

Answer 3

Opening of the new Reichstag

Question 4

How many seats did the Nazis win in the July 1933 elections?

Answer 4

666

Question 5

What % of the German electorate voted in favour of Hitler as Fuhrer?

Answer 5

90%

Question 6

Define Machtergreifung

Answer 6

Seizing power through the use of political violence and intimidation

Question 7

Define Gleichschaltung

Answer 7

Coordination, integration, or bringing into line components of the government and constitution that would impede the creation of a dictatorship under Hitler’s control

Question 8

Define ‘A Legal Revolution’

Answer 8

Steps taken within the ‘boundaries of the constitution’ to ‘protect’ Germany that enabled Hitler to consolidate his power without technically his power without technically breaking the law.

Question 9

What agreement was signed with the army on 10th November 1918?

Answer 9

Ebert-Groener Pact

Question 10

How many people turned out for the Reichstag elections 1919-32 on average?

Answer 10

80%

Question 11

How did the Weimar Republic put down the Spartacist Uprising in January 1919?

Answer 11

Freikorps

Question 12

Proportional representation resulted in what types of governments being established?

Answer 12

Coalitions

Question 13

How did the Weimar Republic resolve the Kapp Putsch in January 1920?

Answer 13

Workers’ strike

Question 14

What was Reichsexekution?

Answer 14

Takeover by federal government to restore order, removing the state government and replacing them with military

Question 15

How many gauleiter regions were there in Nazi Germany?

Answer 15

32

Question 16

How many Gestapo were there?

Answer 16

30,000

Question 17

Who oversaw the Nazi police state?

Answer 17

Heinrich Himmler

Question 18

What was the difference between the Kripo and Orpo?

Answer 18

Kripo - detectives
Orpo - uniformed police

Question 19

What is the difference between active resistance and conformity?

Answer 19

Conformity is acceptance
Active resistance is bringing about change

Question 20

Give 3 things banned by the Enabling Act in 1933?

Answer 20

Trade unions
Other parties
Civil rights (suspended)

Question 21

What was SOPADE?

Answer 21

SPD outside the country who passed information to the Allies

Question 22

State 3 examples of resistance by workers

Answer 22

Sabotage
Protests
Violence
Damaging machinery
Falsely calling in sick

Question 23

Name two youth opposition groups

Answer 23

Edelweiss Pirates
Swing Youth

Question 24

What was the Concordat?

Answer 24

Agreement between Hitler and the Pope
Hitler wouldn’t interfere in Catholic church if they stayed out of German politics

Question 25

What were the main features of the July 1944 Bomb Plot?

Answer 25

Attempt to assassinate Hitler Claus von Stauffenberg Planted bomb in briefcase in a meeting Killed 4 others, Hitler escaped with minor injuries

Question 26

Give 3 examples of Nazi foreign policy successes

Answer 26

1935 - Saar plebiscite 1936 - remilitarisation of the Rhineland 1938 - taking back land in Czechoslovakia

Question 27

What was the Nazi secret police called and who controlled them?

Answer 27

Gestapo, controlled by Hermann Goering

Question 28

Define Anschluss

Answer 28

The unification of Germany with Austria, which was banned after WW1 Hitler brought it back in 1938

Question 29

Why did the Nazis not take action against workers' resistance?

Answer 29

They needed workers

Question 30

State 4 ways Hjalmar Schacht tried to promote recovery 1933-36

Answer 30

RAD (Labour Scheme) Rearmament Building autobahns Agriculture (RNS) Reich Food Estate

Question 31

What is a command economy?

Answer 31

State control

Question 32

What was the purpose of the Second Four-Year Plan, and who was in charge of it?

Answer 32

Autarky and preparing for the war. Hermann Goering

Question 33

What was the Guns or Butter debate?

Answer 33

Whether the economic focus would be on the war economy or food etc for the people

Question 34

How did the polycratic nature of the German government affect Germany's economic war readiness plans?

Answer 34

Created conflict over limited resources, people were unprepared Only 6 weeks worth of materials ready opposed to 5 or 6 months needed

Question 35

What was meant by the Wehrwirtschaft?

Answer 35

Defence/wartime economy

Question 36

What was the purpose of Albert Speer's Central Planning Board?

Answer 36

To distribute raw materials Decide on whether to build a factory or extend an existing one To organise transportation

Question 37

State 3 ways in which the German economy was badly overstretched by 1945

Answer 37

- Allied bombing wiped out factories, mines, towns and transport links - Loss of land that had provided raw materials (Upper Silesia's coal) - Damage to electricity, gas and water supplies - Sabotage by foreign workers, for example deliberate 'mistakes' that damaged equipment and machinery