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Flashcards by samstevenson2014, updated more than 1 year ago
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| Question | Answer |
| What year did Hitler join the German army? | 1914 |
| Where did he go in 1918 after the war? What did he become there? | Munich to join a small right-wing party He quickly became their Führer |
| What did he rename them? What uniform? | National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nazis) Brown shirts |
| What was the private army called? | Storm Troopers (SA) led by Ernst Röhm |
| When did Hitler try to seize power in Munich? Did he? | 1923 during great inflation No, the Nazis were defeated by the army |
| What did the Mein Kampf show? | Hitler's hatred for Jews, communists, democrats and the Versailles Treaty |
| What 3 plans were revealed in Mein Kampf? | Destroying the Versailles Treaty Uniting all Germans into a great Third Reich (empire) Conquering Slav lands in Eastern Europe (Lebensraum) |
| What had happened by the time Hitler was released from prison in 1925? | Mussolini had destroyed democracy from within |
| What did Hitler set up? | An elite group, the SS (Schutzstaffel) to act as his bodyguard |
| Who led it? | Heinrich Himmler |
| How many seats did the Nazis win in the general election 1928? | 12 out of 608 due to improved economic condition |
| How did Hitler get nation-wide publicity? | His campaign against the Young Plan in which Germany agreed to pay reduced reparations |
| What did the Great Depression convince Germans? | Democracy had failed to protect them |
| How many votes did the Nazi Party get in the 1930 election? How many did communists get? | 5 million Communists got 1 million |
| Who was Brüning? | the Chancellor who wanted to cut wages and government spending on welfare |
| What did Hitler do? | Tour the country attacking Brüning, offering simple explanations for the Depression |
| What did he claim would solve problems and restore German self-respect and power? | "Strong government" |
| Who did SS and SA thugs beat up at meetings? | Opponents and communist "Red guards" |
| Which three 1932 elections helped Hitler gain power? | March election against Hindenburg July general election November general election |
| What percent of votes did Nazis get in March? | 37% |
| How many seats did Nazis win in July? Communists? | 230 out of 608 89 out of 608 |
| Why was there another general election in November? | No coalition government was formed between anti-democratic and democratic governments |
| How many seats did the Nazis win in November? | Only 186 seats because some people deserted them |
| Who was von Papen? | A German diplomat |
| Why did he persuade Hindenburg to let Hitler become Chancellor? | He felt he could control Hitler |
| How many Nazis were made Ministers? What position did one of them have? | Only two In charge of police, who enrolled SS and SA in the police force |
| What did Hitler do in March? What could the SS and SA do? | Called another election Intimidate and attack communists and socialists |
| What percentage of the votes did the Nazis get? | Only 44% despite intimidation and violence |
| What did Hitler do? | Asked Reichstag to pass Enabling Act |
| What did this do? | Declared Germany was in danger giving government special emergency powers to save it |
| Who was the only party who did not vote for it? | Social Democrats |
| What did this mean? | The Weimar democracy fell |
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