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Period Studies (Unit 3)
Quick questions on Germany 1919 to 1991: Weimar, Nazism, division and reunification - WJEC A-Level History
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What is the Nazi dictatorship, 1933 to 1945?Show answer
The Nazis moved quickly from chancellorship to total power. The Reichstag Fire Decree (February 1933), the Enabling Act (March 1933) and the Night of the Long Knives (June 1934) destroyed opposition and merged party and state. The regime pursued rearmament, autarky and territorial expansion, and persecuted Jews and other groups, culminating in the Holocaust. Defeat in 1945 ended the Third Reich amid total devastation.
What is model paragraph?Show answer
The Republic was not doomed from birth, though it was gravely handicapped. The handicaps were real: Versailles and the "stab in the back" myth poisoned its legitimacy, proportional representation fragmented the Reichstag, and Article 48 offered a constitutional escape from parliamentary rule. Yet the Stresemann years (1924 to 1929) demonstrate that recovery was possible; the currency was stabilised, the Dawes and Young Plans eased reparations, Locarno restored Germany to the European concert, and the extremist vote shrank, with the Nazis winning only 2.6 per cent in 1928.
What is q1?Show answer
Name two structural weaknesses of the Weimar constitution. [2 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
When and how was Germany reunified? [2 marks]
What is q3?Show answer
To what extent was the Weimar Republic doomed from its creation? [20 marks]
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