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🏛️ Weimar & the Rise of the Nazis – GCSE
History · GCSE — practise the key events from the Weimar Republic's crises to Hitler's rise to power, 1918–34
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Under the Treaty of Versailles, what was the maximum size of the German army?
500,000 men
50,000 men
100,000 men
250,000 men
20s
In which year did Hitler attempt to seize power in the Munich Putsch?
1919
1933
1923
1929
20s
Who appointed Hitler as Chancellor of Germany in January 1933?
Franz von Papen
Gustav Stresemann
President Hindenburg
Kurt von Schleicher
20s
What did the Weimar government do in 1923 that turned high inflation into hyperinflation?
Cut wages for all factory workers
Borrowed heavily from American banks
Raised taxes to pay reparations
Printed money to pay striking Ruhr workers
30s
Which new currency did Stresemann introduce in 1923 to end hyperinflation?
Papiermark
Deutschmark
Rentenmark
Reichsmark
20s
What did the Dawes Plan of 1924 provide for Germany?
Cancellation of all reparations payments
Membership of the League of Nations
Return of Alsace-Lorraine to Germany
US loans and lower yearly reparations payments
30s
By 1932, during the Depression, approximately how many Germans were unemployed?
About 12 million
About 1 million
About 6 million
About 2 million
20s
How did Hitler use the Reichstag Fire of February 1933 to strengthen his position?
He had himself declared President of Germany
He got an emergency decree suspending civil rights
He called off the March 1933 election
He disbanded the SA to calm public fears
30s
What did the Enabling Act of March 1933 allow Hitler to do?
Take personal command of the German army
Pass laws for four years without the Reichstag
Combine the posts of Chancellor and President
Hold elections only once every ten years
30s
Why did the Night of the Long Knives (June 1934) help Hitler win the support of the German army?
It removed Röhm and the SA, whom the army feared
It removed army generals who opposed rearmament
It ended conscription, as the generals wanted
It merged the army into the SA under Röhm
30s