| Question | Answer |
| What was the name of the failed coup attempt in which Hitler and the Nazis were unable to overthrow the Bavarian government? | The Beer Hall Putsch or Munich Putsch
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What was the name of the group of paramilitary men who were used to intimidate people, beat up opposition party members, marched in parades and wore brown uniforms? | Sturmabteiling, Brown Shirts or Stormtroopers.
| The Nazis adopted a '25 point programme' in which the party's aims were highlighted. What were the aims? | To overthrow the Treaty of Versailles, to Expand German Territory and give more living space to German People, to bring back the glory and pride of Germany, to make Germans the 'master race', only German citizens would be able to vote and hold government jobs, no Jewish people would be allowed to be German Citizens, there would be strong state control.
| Which groups of German people were attracted to the Nazi ideology? | Young people,. Farmers, workers, industrialists, ex-soldiers, conservatives, nationalists, poor people and rich people.
| What was the name of the book that Hitler wrote in prison? | Mein Kampf
| What does the term 'propaganda' refer to? | information deliberately used to influence or persuade people
| How did the Nazis spread their ideas? | Through posters, radio speeches, rallies with music, marching, banners, uniforms and salutes, powerful speeches, processions through the streets, the Stormtoopers beat up opponents.
| Who was the President of Germany in 1932? | Von Hindenburg.
| How did he facilitate Hitler's rise to power? | After the 1932 elections he made Hitler Chancellor of Germany.
| Who were the Nazi party's biggest opponents? | The Communists
| Which key event was used to scapegoat the Communists as threats to the German government and nation? | The Reichstag Fire
| Hitler made use of the loophole in the German Constitution which would allow him to call a 'state of emergency' and suspend the constitution. What was the name of this important constitutional flaw? | Article 48.
| In March 1933, following the Reichstag Fire, another election was held in Germany. What percentage of the total votes did the NSDAP or Nazi party secure? | 44%
| Hitler began to consolidate (secure) his power. He did this passing an Act which allowed him to make powerful decisions and make any law he deemed 'necessary' to secure his position of power. What was the name of this Act? | The Enabling Act.
| Between 1933 and 1934 What did the Act allow him to do? | Take over control of the local governments and centralise decision making, replace all teachers and university lecturers with pro-Nazi academics. The Gestapo was formed, The first concentration camp was set up, Dachau. This was used to rid German society of all ‘undesirables’. Trade Unions were banned. All opposition parties were banned and their leaders imprisoned. Workers had their pay reduced. Hitler purged the Stormtroopers, killing 200 SA leaders, including Ernst Rohm.
| The event in which Hitler purged the SA became known as? | The Night of the Long Knives
| After the death of Von Hindenburg what did Hitler do to assume total power? | Hitler combined the positions of Chancellor, President and head of the ~army into one position. He became known as ‘Der Fuhrer”. |
