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(P2) Hitler's rise to power Flashcards

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1
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What year was the Dawes Plan?

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1924

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2
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How much gold marks did Germany receive from the Dawes plan?

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800 million gold marks

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3
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When did Stresemann die?

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October 1929

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4
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Why did Germany collapse again during the Wall Street Crash?

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Americans stopped giving loans as economy drowned

Germany couldn’t repay loans

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5
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Who voted for communism during Germany’s depression?

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unemployed workers

apart from those employed directly by Nazis

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6
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Who voted for the Nazi party during the depression?

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the lower, middle-class professionals and businessmen who suffered less but were worried about communism

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7
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How many were unemployed during the depression?

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6 million by 1932

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8
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What was the only way to increase government expenditure?

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print more money

this was unthinkable after 1923 hyperinflation

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9
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When did Heinrich Bruning become chancellor

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1931

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10
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What did Bruning do ‘help’ the depression?

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he raised taxes, but it caused problems for businesses

reduced unemployment benefit and wages of officials though they bought less and demand fell

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11
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How did government fall during the depression?

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political parties withdrew from the coalition in protest so it was impossible to put together another coalition

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12
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Why did President Hindenburg introduce Artical 48?

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to reduce power of Reichstag

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13
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Why did people support extremest parties such as the Nazis

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they shared hatred of the treaty of Versailles and reparations

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14
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Why did people support the Nazi’s over other extremest parties?

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they promised jobs for the unemployed,
help for employers to increase profits
help farmers and shop-keepers

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15
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Who was in charge of propaganda

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Joseph Goebbels

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16
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Who funded the Nazi’s?

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wealthy industrialists

ie. Henry Ford and Alfred Krupp

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17
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Who were the SA?

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Hitlers private army to ‘protect’ the Nazi party

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18
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How many ‘stormtroopers’ (a.k.a SA) were there in 1933?

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half a million

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19
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What did the SA do to their opponents

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they beat them up, especially communists

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20
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How many seats did the Nazis win in 1930? 1932?

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1930 = 107 seats

1932 = 230 seats

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21
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How many votes did Hitler and Hindenburg get for presidency in 1932?

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Hitler = 13 million

Hindenburg = 19 million

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22
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Why and when did Bruning resign as chancellor?

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1932

Hitler forced him to

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23
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Who did Hindenburg appoint as chancellor when Bruning resigned.

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He usd emergency powers to appoint Franz von Papen

24
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Who did Hindenburg ask to be chancellor in december 1932 after von Papen

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Schleicher, though he resigned after 8 weeks

25
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When did Hitler finally become chancellor

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30 January 1933

26
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When was the Reichstag fire?

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27 February 1933

27
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Who was inside the Reichstag when it was on fire?

A

Communist, Marinus van der Lubbe and he had matches in his pockets

28
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What did Hitler do when he found out about communist being in the building

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he used emergency powers so that communist leaders would be arrested and their newspapers were shut down

29
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How many seats did the Nazis win in the March 1933 vote

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288, with support from nationalist party (52 seats)

30
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When was the enabling law introduced and what was it?

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23 March 1933

allowed Hitler to make laws with consulting the Reichstag

passes by 444 to 94

31
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How many communist parties did Hitler ban?

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81

32
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Who was the leader of the SA

A

Ernst Roehm

33
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Why did Hitler hate the SA after gaining total power

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Roehm’s views were more socialist

Many were homosexual which conflicted with an image of respectability

34
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When was and what was the night of the long knifes

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30 June 1934

Hitler claimed SA were plotting a seize power and ordered SS to arrest its leaders

35
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Who was killed in the night of long knifes?

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SA leaders, including Roehm

and von Schleicher

36
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When did Hindenburg die?

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2 August 1934

Hitler immediately took the title of Fuhrer

37
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When did the German army swear an oath of loyalty to Hitler?

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2 August 1934, same day as Hindenburgs death

38
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How many members were there in the SS by 1934 and who was the leader

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50,000 terror organisation

Heinrich Himmler

39
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Who were the Gestapo

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Hitler’s secret police that could spy on people, read their mail and tap their telephones so they could detect disloyalment of the government

40
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Who were the ‘edelweiss pirates’ and the ‘white rose’

A

open opposition groups against Hitler

41
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What is one concentration camp set up in 1933 called?

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Flossenburg

42
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How did Nazis use propeganda?

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censored news, cinemas, radio shows

43
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When was the concordat made between Hitler and the Church

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1933, stating that they would not interfere with each others business

44
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How did Nazis control education

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They were taught that Weimar had betrayed Germany
Stressed the Aryan race in biology
PE trained future soilders

45
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What was the Hitler youth?

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aimed to get young people to accept Nazi ideas

trained them for future service and ensure they were loyal

46
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When was it compulsory to join the HY

A

1935

8 million were involved by 1939

47
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What was the league of German maidens

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prepared woman to be good mothers and child-bearers

48
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What was beauty of work movement

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set up to encourage people to be proud of their work and encourages Germans to work more

49
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What was strength through joy

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organised people’s leisure so free time wasn’t wasted

rewards increased the incentive to work hard

50
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What was the 1933 encouragement of marriage

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granted newley married couples a loan of 1000 marks

to encourage coupls to have children they allowed them to keep 250 marks for each child

51
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When were jews forced to have yellow stars?

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1934

52
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When were Jewish businesses boycotted

A

1933

53
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What was the Nuremberg laws and when was it passed

A

1935

Jews were no longer German citizens

54
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What is Genocide

A

attempt to destroy a whole race of people

55
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How many jews died in the Nazi holocaust

A

6 million

56
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What other groups did Hitler not like?

A

Gypsies, black people, beggars, homosexuals, and the disabled

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