The Rise of the Nazis

Question 1

What year did Hitler become leader of the Nazi party?

Answer 1

1920

Question 2

What year was the SA founded?

Answer 2

1921

Question 3

What year was the Munich Putsch?

Answer 3

1923

Question 4

What year was Hitler’s trial and imprisonment?

Answer 4

1924

Question 5

What year did Wall Street Crash?

Answer 5

1929

Question 6

What year did the Great Depression start?

Answer 6

1930

Question 7

When did Hitler become Chancellor?

Answer 7

January 1933

Question 8

What were the 4 key beliefs of the German Workers’ Party?

Answer 8

1.Democracy was weak and a powerful leader was needed. 2. Jews were to blame for making Germany weak 3.Communists and socialists had brought the fall of the Kaiser 4.Politicians had betrayed Germant signing the Treaty of Versailles

Question 9

What document stated the aims of the Nazi Party?

Answer 9

25 Point Programme

Question 10

What was the German Workers’ Party renamed to?

Answer 10

Nazi Party or NSDAP (Nationalist Socialist German Workers’ Party)

Question 11

Why did the Nazis keep their aims vague?

Answer 11

To appeal to many different groups in Germany

Question 12

Which newspaper did the Nazi Party purchase?

Answer 12

People’s Observer

Question 13

What was Hitler talented in?

Answer 13

Speaking

Question 14

What emblem did Hitler introduce for the Nazi Party?

Answer 14

Swastika

Question 15

Who was leader of the SA?

Answer 15

Ernst Rohm

Question 16

What were the SA sometimes known as?

Answer 16

Brownshirts

Question 17

What were the SA created as?

Answer 17

A paramilitary force

Question 18

Who were the key characters in the Munich Putsch?

Answer 18

Otto von Lossow, Gustav von Kahr and Erich Ludendorff

Question 19

How many Nazis and supporters marched in the Munich Putsch?

Answer 19

2,000

Question 20

How many Nazis were killed in the Munich Putsch?

Answer 20

14

Question 21

Why did Hitler’s popularity grow after the Munich Putsch?

Answer 21

He was seen as a nationalist standing up for German Rights

Question 22

How many years was Hitler sentenced and how long did he serve?

Answer 22

Sentenced to 5 years but only spent 9 months

Question 23

What did Hitler write in prison?

Answer 23

Mein Kampf

Question 24

What is Lebensraum?

Answer 24

Areas of land the Nazis claimed they would need

Question 25

What was the Aryan Race?

Answer 25

Those people who Hitler said were the master race

Question 26

Who was in charge of Nazi propaganda?

Answer 26

Goebbels

Question 27

How did the Great Depression impact young people?

Answer 27

More than 50% of young people aged 16-30 were unemployed

Question 28

How did the Great Depression impact factory workers?

Answer 28

4 out of 10 could not get a job

Question 29

How did the Great Depression impact farmers?

Answer 29

The price of their goods were falling and this meant many were in debt

Question 30

How did the Great Depression impact businessmen?

Answer 30

People had less money to spend so businesses struggled

Question 31

Who became chancellor when Muller resigned?

Answer 31

Bruning

Question 32

What unpopular measures did Bruning introduce?

Answer 32

Tax rises and further cuts to unemployment benefit

Question 33

How many seats did the Nazis have in the Reichstag in 1932?

Answer 33

230 (37.4% of the vote)

Question 34

Who appointed Hitler as chancellor?

Answer 34

Hindenburg

Question 35

Who was Hitler helped into power by?

Answer 35

Powerful individuals who thought they could control him