Hitler's rise to power

Question 1

when did Hitler join the DAP

Answer 1

September 1919

Question 2

when did hitler become second in command in the DAP

Answer 2

1920

Question 3

what new name did Hitler suggest for the party

Answer 3

Nationalist Socialist German Worker’s Party - Nazi party for short

Question 4

when did Hitler become the leader of the Nazi party

Answer 4

July 1921

Question 5

who were selected as Hitler’s party supporters

Answer 5

Hess
Goering
Streicher
Rohm

Question 6

what were the most important pledges of the programme of the nazi party

Answer 6

• abolition of the treaty of versailles
• union of germnay and austria
• only ‘true’ germans to be allowed in germany - jews were to be excluded
• a strong central government in Germany

Question 7

what were the SA

Answer 7

a parlimentary force, made up of unemployed ex-soldiers

Question 8

who commanded the SA

Answer 8

Ernst Rohm

Question 9

what were the SA used to do

Answer 9

used to disrupt opposition meetings and control crowds and any opposition to hitler - often violently

Question 10

how many members did the Nazis have by 1923

Answer 10

50,000

Question 11

what were some of the reasons Hitler attempted Munich Putsch

Answer 11

-topple the Weimar government
- gain support and raise the profile of the nazi party