Hitler and Nazi Germany, 1919-1939 - SQA National 5 History quiz quiz

After Germany's defeat in 1918, when the Kaiser abdicated and Germany became a democracy

After the Nazis won an election

After a communist revolution succeeded

After Germany won the First World War

A clause limiting the German army

A clause returning German colonies

The clause by which Germany had to accept blame for causing the war

A clause cancelling reparations

Because it was very short

Because Germany was not allowed to negotiate but was forced to accept the terms

Because it was written in French

Because it helped the German economy

Nazi supporters

Members of the German army

Supporters of the Kaiser

Communists who tried to seize power in Berlin in 1919

The government printing huge amounts of money after the Ruhr occupation and strikes

Too much foreign trade

A fall in the population

The Treaty of Birgham

It made Germany richer

It caused mass unemployment and discredited the government, so people turned to extreme parties

It ended the Treaty of Versailles

It united all parties behind the government

He won an overall majority in an election

He led a successful armed uprising

He was appointed by President Hindenburg after conservatives thought they could control him

He inherited the position

The power to make laws without the Reichstag

The power to command the navy only

The power to leave the League of Nations

The power to call elections

Germany invaded Poland

The Reichstag was burned down

Hitler became Chancellor

Hitler had the SA leaders, including Rohm, murdered by the SS

Fuhrer, combining Chancellor and President

Kaiser

President only

Chancellor only

Youth movements

An elite Nazi organisation and the secret police, used to spy on and arrest opponents

Trade unions

Government newspapers

Ernst Rohm

Hindenburg

Joseph Goebbels

Von Papen

To raise a loyal future generation, training boys for the army and girls for motherhood

To reduce class sizes

To teach foreign languages

To make schooling optional

Gave Jewish people more rights

Limited the German army

Ended the Weimar Republic

Stripped Jews of citizenship and banned marriage between Jews and non-Jews

Jewish shops, homes and synagogues were attacked and many Jews arrested

The Nazis came to power

The Reichstag was passed the Enabling Act

Germany signed the Treaty of Versailles

Because Germans had no complaints at all

Because opponents were terrorised, parties and unions were banned, and unemployment fell

Because opposition was encouraged

Because the Nazis had no police