WWII Nazi Germany Quiz

Question 1

1923 Munich Beer Hall Putsch

Answer 1

a failed attempt to overthrow the Bavarian government

Question 2

How do the Nazis secure power?

Answer 2

• blame Communists for the Reichstag fire
• eliminate all opposition
• outlaw other political parties
• strikes were forbidden
• labor unions dissolved
• thousands of arrest and hundreds of political murders by SS and Gestapo
• government took control of the economy and put people to work rebuilding and rearming Germany

Question 3

Propaganda Usage

Answer 3

• Hitler uses press, radio, literature, paintings, and film to spread his image as the supreme ruler (the Fuhrer that demanded unquestioned obedience)
• indoctrinates youth through Hitler Youth and the League of German Girls
• starts to formulate views on a pure Aryan race based on Social Darwinism

Question 4

1934 Night of the Long Knives

Answer 4

purge by SS rounds up and kills SA (paramilitary organization whose methods of violent intimidation lead to Hitler’s rise in power) members that threaten Hitler’s leadership

(purge by Hitler: fear of others rising to power and coming against Hitler. this event ensured that people must show absolute loyalty)

Question 5

1935 Hitler’s Expansion (what were the first three steps?)

Answer 5

1. passes Nuremberg Racial Laws (anyone who had three or four Jewish grandparents was defined as a Jew, regardless of whether that individual identified himself or herself as a Jew or belonged to the Jewish religious community)
2. violence against Jews had state support
3. Saar plebiscite

Question 6

Gestapo

Answer 6

secret police of Nazi Germany and German-occupied Europe

Question 7

Mein Kampf

Answer 7

Hitler’s evil autobiography that laid out his disgusting vision of the future and his anti-semitic/anti-Communist beliefs

Question 8

Rise of Fascism in Italy under ____.

Answer 8

1. Mussolini