Why was Hitler Able To Dominate Germany

Question 1

When were the nazi party founded

Answer 1

January 1919 by Anton Drexler

Question 2

What were some of the early aims of the nazis

Answer 2

To destroy the treaty of Versailles
Lebensraum
Großdeutschland
Citizenship only given to German people

Question 3

What were some of the positives of the Munich putsch

Answer 3

-Gained Hitler a lot of publicity
-Hitler realised he needed to use more democratic means to take power instead of violence
-Hitler wrote Mein kampf while In prison

Question 4

Negatives of the Munich putsch

Answer 4

-The nazi party was banned until January 1925
-Rosenberg took over as leader of the Nazis and was a bad leader. The nazis didn’t grow during Hitlers time in prison
-The violence lost the Nazis the support of some

Question 5

Why did Hitler start the Munich putsch

Answer 5

Hitler wanted to establish himself as a dictator and remove the Weimar government. He thought it was a good time as the government was occupied with the economic crisis and Hitler decided to make his move.

Question 6

What happened in the Munich putsch

Answer 6

The Nazis surrounded the beer hall and nazi stormtroopers took over official buildings. However he let Kahr go and they reported what had happened to Berlin. The army and the police crushed the Munich putsch.

Question 7

What were the main points in Mein kampf

Answer 7

-Only a dictator could make Germany great again
-Germany to find lebensraum to the east
-The Aryan race was superior
-Jews were the worst of all and had caused Germany to lose WW1

Question 8

How did the Weimar Government bieng a coalition cause it to not be able to deal with the Great Depression

Answer 8

Meant that individual parties had to form coalitions to get a majority in the reichstag which meant that decision making was much slower and parties couldn’t agree

Question 9

how did the Weimar government bieng unsure cause it to not deal with the great depression

Answer 9

The Weimar government didn’t know how to deal with the Great Depression. Chancellor Brauning raised taxes and cut public spending which made unemployment worse.

Question 10

Impacts of the Great Depression on Germany

Answer 10

Before:
America had loaned money to Germany which had led to economic growth.
After:
The loans were withdrawn. Without the loans, Germany couldn’t pay reparations

Before:
Wages and welfare improved and unemployment decreased
After:
Businesses went bankrupt and By 1932 there were 6.5 million unemployed.

Question 11

How did the Great Depression help the Nazis

Answer 11

Before:
There seemed to be no need to overthrow democracy as it was working
After:
The Nazis plan to abolish the TOV seemed like a good plan to solve Germany’s problems and Hitlers ideas of rearmerment and road building could improve the economy

Before:
The Weimar parties co-operated with each other to provide a stable government and Streseman was a strong leader who made effective decisions
After: Streseman died and the Weimar politicians were unable to agree to policies that would solve Germanys problems. Hitler could be the strong and decisive leader that Germany needed

Question 12

How did negative cohesion make people support the Nazis

Answer 12

The middle class were afraid of the communist party which wanted to abolish private ownership of land and businesses. The Nazis could protect them from this
There was a view that there had been a moral decline under the Weimar Republic, including more drinking and gay people. The Nazis could return to German traditional values
Big businesses saw Hitler as the best chance for protection from the KPD and communists

Question 13

How did the weakness of the Weimar Republic cause the rise of the nazis

Answer 13

There was a view that there had been a moral decline under the Weimar Republic because of more drinking and sexual openness. The nazis represented a return to traditional values
Politicians seemed unable to tackle the problems of the depression and unemployment was at nearly 6 million. Hitler seemed like the strong and decisive leader they needed.

Question 14

How did the threat of communism cause the rise of the nazis

Answer 14

the middle class was afraid of the communist party because they wanted to abolish private ownership of land and businesses
The were frequency street fights between communists and police and the SA gave an impression of order
Business owners were scared of the communists and felt the Nazis would combat them which led to Nazis getting more funding.

Question 15

When did Hitler become chancellor

Answer 15

January 1933

Question 16

What was the reichstag fire

Answer 16

On February 27 1933
The reichstag was set on fire. Marcus van der lubbe was accused and people believed that it was part of a communist plot.
Hitler demanded special powers off Hindenburg.

Question 17

What was the result of the reichstag fire

Answer 17

28 February-
Hindenburg passed the decree for the protection of the people and the state which gave Hitler special powers.

Question 18

How did the Reichstag fire benefit the Nazis

Answer 18

The decree for the protection of the the people and the state allowed Hitler to restrict free speech, restrict the other parties to hold meetings and allowed imprisonment without trial.
A nazi was put in charge of the police which the Nazis used to their advantage.
Hitler could now use the news and radio for propoganda
Since the communists were blamed some people lost support for them.

Question 19

How did the enabling act help the Nazis come to power

Answer 19

It allowed the Nazis to pass laws without the involvement of the Reichstag.
It gave Hitler permanent article 48 powers
It allowed Hitler to legally remove other threats to power. He used this to ban all political parties other than the nazi party

Question 20

Why did Hitler choose to purge the Sa on the night of the long knives

Answer 20

The SA was beginning to get out do hand and was interfere in the running of the country
If Hitler used the SA to replace the army he would need to go along with some of their other parties that he didn’t like
The SA had the power to overthrow Hitler if they wanted

Question 21

Why did Hitler choose the army over the SA on the night of the long knives

Answer 21

The army was well trained, organised and controlled which would be important if he wanted to regain land lost in the treaty of Versailles and expand.
The army had the support of businesses and conservatives that supplied Hitler with money
The armies leadership was far superior to the SAs in a battle

Question 22

What happened on the night of the long knives

Answer 22

On 29th June 1934
Hitler called a meeting of all the SA meetings for the next day. The next day Hitler flew to Munich and arrested Rohm at gunpoint. Then he started the arrest and murder of all the SA leaders. Rohm was killed on 1 July 1934. Over a hundred SA leaders and important non Nazis were killed.