Hitler's authoritarian state

Who was the first president of the Weimar Republic?

• Friedrich Ebert

• Adolf Hitler

• Paul von Hindenburg

• Kurt von Schleicher

The 'Spartacus League' was an example of...

• ...a right wing activist group.

• ...a political union between conservative parties.

• ...a extreme left wing movement.

• ...political collaboration between Hitler and Von Hindenburg.

A 'putsch' is:

• ...a political strategy.

• ...a left wing revolt.

• ...an attempt to a coup.

• ...a right wing demonstration.

The word 'Nazi':

• Sounds like the first syllables of the name of Hitler's party.

• Is an acronym for Hitler's party.

• Is a German word that translates roughly as 'system'

• Is an old Yiddish word for 'Party'.

In 1924, Hitler was sentenced for:

• financial malversations with party funds.

• taking part in a violent riot against Jewish shopkeepers.

• undermining the communist government of Bavaria.

• staging a coup.

The Weimar Republic's 'Golden years' were between:

• 1919 and 1924

• 1925 and 1929

• 1929 and 1933

• 1919 and 1933

The 'Enabling Act' of 1933....

• ...enabled the one-party state.

• ...allowed Hitler to ignore parliament.

• ...enabled the persecution of Jews.

• ...allowed the Nazi party to run the state.

'Hyperinflation' was a problem solved by:

• Hitler's economic programme in 1933.

• adopting a new currency in 1924.

• American loans from 1924 onwards.

• the Germans reclaiming the Rhineland in 1930.

What is the right chronological order of these 4 events?

• Munich Putsch, Wall Street Crash, Reichstag Fire, Dawes Plan

• Dawes Plan, Reichstag Fire, Wall Street Crash, Munich Putsch

• Munich Putsch, Dawes Plan, Wall Street Crash, Reichstag Fire

• Reichstag Fire, Munich Putsch, Dawes Plan, Wall Street Crash

Which of these four remarks about Hitler's electoral support between 1930-1932 is correct?

• The Nazi Party won electoral majorities in every elections they took part in.

• The Nazi Party overwhelmingly won the working class vote.

• The Nazi Party managed to break the power of Catholic parties in the South.

• The Nazi Party was very popular amongst young people.