Eduqas GCSE History Germany in Transition 1919 to 1939 overview quiz quiz

Forced Germany to accept full blame for the war

Banned Germany from keeping any kind of armed forces at all

Returned the territory of Alsace-Lorraine back to German control

Set the total reparations payments owed by Germany at zero

A run of poor harvests left the country desperately short of basic food

The government printed money to pay striking Ruhr workers and its debts

Huge amounts of foreign investment suddenly flooded into German industry

The Dawes Plan collapsed, leaving Germany unable to pay its reparations

By sharply raising taxes on ordinary German workers and nothing else

By persuading the Allies to cancel all of Germany's reparations debt

By replacing the worthless mark with the new, stable Rentenmark

By borrowing a very large emergency loan directly from Britain

Abolished the Weimar constitution and ended democratic government

Rearmed the German army far beyond the Versailles limits

Banned the Nazi Party and arrested its leaders for treason

Rescheduled reparations and brought large American loans

American loans were recalled and unemployment soared to around 6 million

It boosted German exports and brought a sustained wave of new prosperity

It led the Allies to agree at once to end all reparations payments

It strengthened the Weimar Republic and increased support for moderate parties

He won an outright majority of seats in a free national election

He was appointed through intrigue, as conservatives believed they could control him

He seized power in a sudden armed coup that violently overthrew the elected government

Hindenburg resigned the presidency and handed full power to Hitler

It destroyed the Nazi Party headquarters and weakened Hitler badly

It brought the Depression to an end and restored full employment

It let Hitler suspend civil rights and arrest communists

It immediately made Hitler the Fuhrer and head of state

Full command and personal control of the entire German army

The title of President of Germany after Hindenburg's death

A permanent seat for Germany on the ruling council of the League of Nations

The power to make laws without the Reichstag or President for four years

Hitler had the SS murder Ernst Rohm and other SA leaders

The Nazis lost a key national election and surrendered power peacefully

Hindenburg dismissed Hitler as Chancellor and appointed von Papen instead

The SA staged an uprising and briefly seized control of Berlin

It employed many millions of uniformed full-time officers spread right across every part of the country

It could arrest without trial and relied heavily on ordinary Germans informing on one another

It took direct command of the regular German army and the generals

It organised and ran the Hitler Youth movement for young people

Banned the Nazi Party from holding any further public rallies

Gave Jews the vote and full equal rights as German citizens

Stripped Jews of citizenship and banned intermarriage with non-Jews

Closed down all the concentration camps and freed every one of the prisoners

Independent careers in the professions, such as law and medicine

Compulsory military service in the armed forces alongside men

Senior leadership roles within the Nazi Party organisation

A focus on children, kitchen and church (home and motherhood)