Hitler's Rise

Question 1

Give 4 policies of the 25-point plan

Answer 1

1. Abolish the Treaty of Versailles
2. Expand German borders
3. Remove all Jews from Germany
4. Socialist policies

Question 2

What was the SA?

Answer 2

Paramilitary force employed by the Nazi Party

Question 3

What was the Munich Putsch?

Answer 3

The Nazi Party’s failed attempt at overthrowing the Weimar government

Question 4

Give 4 short term consequences of the Munich Putsch

Answer 4

1. It failed
2. Hitler was imprisoned
3. Nazi Party lost support
4. NSDAP was banned

Question 5

Give 3 long term consequences of the Munich Putsch

Answer 5

1. Hitler used his trial to publicise his views
2. Hitler wrote ‘Mein Kampf’ and it became a bestseller
3. Hitler restructured the Nazi Party’s aim to seize power

Question 6

What was the Wall Street Crash?

Answer 6

US stock market crashed and Germany could borrow anymore money. Germany increased taxes and German people lost jobs. German people turned to extremist parties to get them out of their poverty and the Nazis exploited this.

Question 7

Give 4 examples of how the Nazis exploited the Wall Street Crash to gain power

Answer 7

1. They used the weakness of the Weimar Republic to present themselves as strong
2. Hitler’s charisma
3. Joseph Goebbels’ propaganda
4. SA intimidated political opponents