Past exam questions: (Paper 1 - 4 mark)

Question 1

What problems existed in Germany from 1919 - 1920?

4 Marks

Answer 1

1) The Communist uprising in 1919.
2) The Communist uprising in 1920.
3) Kapp putsch
4) Signing the Treaty of Versailles.
5) Economics - Having to spend money on war pensions and on widows of the soldiers who died in the war.

Question 2

What did the Nazis do to reduce unemployment?

4 Marks

Answer 2

1) DAF - Gave workers higher pay and coordinated the industry so the DAF could assign jobs to people more easily than if they all belonged to different unions.
2) Public works projects - getting people back to work by building autobahns and hospitals.
3) Brought back conscription - anyone who wanted a job in the army was able to get one.
4) The 1936 four-year plan, to help get Germany ready for war helped to create more Jobs.

Question 3

In what ways did Hitler and the Nazis change tactics following the Munich Putsch?

Answer 3

1) Hitler wrote his book, Mein Kampf, Which was a way for him to set out his policies and ideas.
2) Acknowledged that they had to gain power legally, through democracy.
3) Made up the twenty-five point programme.
4) Rebranded the Nazi party so it became more respectable and viable to the electorate.

Question 4

Describe the different types of Nazi propaganda:

4 Marks

Answer 4

1) Radio - everyone was able to afford a cheap radio which the Nazis produced, meaning they could listen to Hitler’s speeches.
2) Cinema - Films such as “The Eternal Jew” were shown, to get across certain aspects of Nazi policy to people.
3) Posters - Displayed the ideals of the Nazi ideology, such as the Aryan race and the perfect family.
4) Speeches - Hitler was an excellent public speaker and could gain support and win over the population in his Speeches.
5) Rallies - Nuremberg rallies - created a shared sense of support for the Nazis.
6) 1936 Berlin Olympics - shown to the world the organisation of the Nazis.

Question 5

Describe how some Church Leaders opposed the Nazis:

4 Marks

Answer 5

1) The Catholic Bishop Galen continually criticised Nazi policies throughout the 1930s.
2) Bonhoeffer formed an alternative Protestant Church to the official Reich Church.
3) Bonhoeffer preached against the Nazis until the Gestapo stopped him in 1937.

Question 6

What was the Hitler Youth?

4 Marks

Answer 6

1) Membership was made compulsory in 1939
2) Nazi youth organisation for boys.
3) Taught military skills, went camping.
4) Taught the Nazi ideology
5) Leaders were often ex-soldiers and ‘war heroes’ from WW1.

Question 7

Describe what happened to the Nazi Party in the 5 years after the Munich Putsch of 1923:
(4 Marks)

Answer 7

1) Left without good leadership, as Hitler was imprisoned at Lansberg Castle until 1924.
2) The Nazi newspaper was banned in Munich.
3) S.S was formed.
4) Hitler decided to win power by legal means.

Question 8

Describe the activities of the Hitler youth?

4 Marks

Answer 8

1) Physical exercise, such as outdoor activities and camping trips.
2) Taught young people to follow the Nazi ideals and to support Hilter first, above all else.
3) Prepared the next generation for war, by carrying out ballistics training and military drills.

Question 9

Describe the problems facing Germany 1919-1921:

4 Marks

Answer 9

1) The Communist uprising in 1919.
2) The Communist uprising in 1920.
3) Kapp putsch
4) Signing the Treaty of Versailles.
5) Economics - Having to spend money on war pensions and on widows of the soldiers who died in the war.

Question 10

Describe Nazi policy towards the Family:

4 Marks

Answer 10

1) Awarded the Gold cross if a woman had 8 children.
2) Given 1000 mark marriage loans
3) Women couldn’t work in certain areas and were supposed to stay home to look after the family.
4) Confused towards 1938 - as women were needed for the War effort to work, but Hitler still believed in the traditional values.
5) Promoted racially pure families by forbidding marriage between Germans and Jews
6) Women were encouraged to have many children.

Question 11

Describe the sparticist uprising of January 1919:

Answer 11

1) Leaders were Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Leibnicht.
2) Tried to take over the Baltic ports, and then Berlin.
3) Wanted to set up a communist government.
4) Leaders were killed by the Freikorps.

Question 12

Describe how the Nazis used the Depression in their political campaigns:

Answer 12

1) Promised to reduce unemployment.
2) Promised to solve the problems which the Weimar government had failed to do.
3) Wanted to create public works schemes, such as the autobahns.
4) Promised to deal with communism.
5) Featured in posters and propaganda.

Question 13

What was the enabling act of 1933?

Answer 13

1) Made Hitler a virtual dictator
2) Meant he could pass any law for the next 4 years without needing to consult the Reichstag.
3) Passed under an atmosphere of heavy violence in the Reichstag.
4) Allowed Hitler to ban other political groups.

Question 14

Describe the Nazi policies toward the working class:

Answer 14

1) All workers had to belong to the DAF
2) Strength through joy scheme
3) VW Beetle - people’s car scheme
4) DAF meant they had poorer working conditions and could not strike.

Question 15

Describe what happened at the Potsdam conference:

Answer 15

1) The leaders were Atlee, Truman and Stalin, which was different from Yalta.
2) Truman informed Stalin that his country had tested the Atomic bomb.
3) Stalin’s support was no longer needed in the war against Japan.
4) Stalin was denied a port in the meatatarian.
5) Agreed that Berlin should be split into four zones of control.

Question 16

Describe how Cuba changed under Castro:

Answer 16

1) Became communist, as it was capitalist before under Batista.
2) Many pro-Batista Cubans were exiled to America.
4) Formed a relationship with the USSR (1960)
5) Castro took over many American owned businesses.

Question 17

What was the “iron curtain”?

Answer 17

1) The metaphorical divide of Eastern and Western Europe during the cold war.
2) Divide between the capitalist and communist ideologies.
3) Apart of Winston Churchills Speach.
4) Separated the Soviet Union and its “sphere of influence” from the rest of Europe.

Question 18

What was the Tet offensive?

Answer 18

1) Occurred in the Tet new Year of 1968.
2) Viet-Cong lost 10,000 experienced fighters.
3) Viet-Cong tacked around 100 South Vietnamese and American targets, such as military bases.
4) America won the offensive, although it was a major turning point.
5) Made the U.S realise more money and effort would have to be spent to win the War, as they did not anticipate such an effective attack from the Viet-Cong.
6) American Embassy in Saigon was attacked.