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Who saw the new Weimar culture as a bad thing?

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People living in the country mainly

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When was Weimar Germany seen to be at its strongest?

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Early 1929

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How did Hitler improve Germany’s economic situation in 1933?

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Reduced unemployment

Tore up treaty of Versailles

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How did hitler consolidate power?

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Dealt with those who spoke out against nazis harshly
Banned all other political parties
Propaganda
Controlled people’s free time

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Why was Hindenburg powerless in 1933?

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The Reichstag voted powers to Hitler that allowed him to be a dictator

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What are Gauleiters?

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Regional nazi party leaders

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What type of government did nationalists want?

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A Kaiser like rule

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Who started the German workers party?

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Anton Drexler

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What is DAP?

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German workers party

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When did hitler become a member of DAP?

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1919

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What did hitler change the name of DAP to?

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National socialist German workers party

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When did hitler become party leader of NSDAP?

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1921

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What were the results of the Munich Putsch on Hitler?

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He was jailed for year, emerged a national figure, and he wrote Mein Kampf in prison

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What does Mein Kampf mean?

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My struggle

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Why did Hitler believe that the Munich Putsch may lead to a revolution?

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Germany suffered a year of hyperinflation
There were French troops in Rhineland, and stresemann had called off resistance
Nazis were strong in Bavaria
Bavarian state gov were very right wing
Hitler had support from general Erich von Ludendorff

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How did Hitler benefit from his trial?

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He used the publicity to push his nazi messages

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What are Bolsheviks?

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Russian communists

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What is social Darwinism?

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Applications of Darwin’s idea of survival of the fittest to different groups of people

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Where did hitler try to gain entry to, before politics?

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The academy of art

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When did hitler join the German army?

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1914

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Why did Hitler initially join the German Workers Party?

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He had been asked to spy on them by the German army

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What were the views of the majority of people about the nazi party, before 1929?

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They were seen as a joke

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Why did views of the nazi party change after 1929?

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Mainstream politics had led Germany to disaster, so people looked for different types of politics

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Who were the 4 main men who helped Hitler gain power?

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Hermann Goering
Josef Goebbels
Ernst Rohm
Heinrich Himmler

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When did the Wall Street crash start and why?
24 October 1929, people began to panic sell
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Why was the Wall Street crash bad for the Weimar Republic?
The loans they relied on were stopped, and debts were called in
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Who warned Germany of their dependence on the USA?
Gustav Stresemann
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During the Great Depression, what happened to international demand for German goods?
It dried up
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How did the Great Depression change the nazis success?
People began to look for new and radical solutions to Germany's problems
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What is nationalisation?
When the state takes control of important industries
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What was the KDP?
German communist party
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How successful were the KDP after the Wall Street crash?
Quite, with 16.9% of the vote
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What idea did the nazis bring back, to demonise the current government
The stab in the back idea
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Who did the nazis most appeal to?
Upper-working or middle class people, equally likely to be male or female
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How well did nazis do in cities?
Badly
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What was the SA?
The paramilitary wing of the NSDAP
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What are paramilitaries?
Amateur soldiers working for a political party
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Why did the SA appeal to young men?
It offered them ready made friendship groups, and a place to sleep and a hot meal
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What did the SA do?
Carried out marches Distributed leaflets Sang songs and showed the German public the unified, disciplined power of the National Socialist movement
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In 1934, after having consolidated power, did hitler want his policies to get less radical or more?
Less
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When was the SA disbanded?
After night of the long knives
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How do coalition governments reduce extreme policies?
The 2 parties act as a check on each other
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Why did the coalition gov stop cooperating in march 1930?
The two parties couldn't agree on how to deal with the economic crisis caused by the Wall Street crash
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What is a decree?
A law made by the leader of a group, bit the parliament
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What is a totalitarian state?
A state ruled by 1 party, often with harsh rules and restrictions on freedom
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How did the nazis do in elections during the 1920s?
Badly
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When did the rise of the nazis begin?
Wall Street crash
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What were the results of the Wall Street crash on the German people?
Mass unemployment Poverty Homelessness
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Who did the German people think was to blame for the results if the Wall Street crash?
Weimar Republic
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What were the 2 parties that weren't associated with the failure of the Weimar regime?
Communists and nazis?
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Why did General Ludendorff lose credibility?
He was associated with the Kapp and Munich Putsches
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What were Hindenburg's views of the democratic system?
He opposed them
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Who was Heinrich Bruning?
Chancellor in 1930
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What does DEPSE stand for?(mnemonic)
``` Reasons for rise of Nazis: Democracy failure after 1930 Economic problems Propaganda Strong leadership by Hitler Ernst Rohm and the SA ```
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Did Hindenburg like Hitler?
No
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What did Hindenburg mistakenly refer to Hitler as?
The Bohemian Corporal, even though Bohemia is in Czechoslovakia, not Austria
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When was Hitler appointed chancellor?
30 January 1933
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What was the Reichstag fire?
A Reichstag building was burned down, and a Dutch communist admitted to it
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When was the Reichstag fire?
27 February 1933
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What powers did hitler persuade Hindenburg to give him?
Many, including the power to deal with the 'state of emergency'
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What did the decree that Hindenburg signed allow Hitler to do?
Rule by decree
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What could Hitler do when he ruled by decree?
Mass arrests of Nazi opposition, so Nazis dominated elections of march 1933

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