CIE iGCSE History Germany depth - 02. Rise of the Nazis

Who was Anton Drexler?

• Head of the SA

• Head of the SS

• Head of the German Worker's party

• Head of the Germany Social Democratic Party

The SA were set up in 1921. Which description fits?

• Blackshirts, set up to protect Drexler's meetings

• Blackshirts, set up to protect Hitler's meetings

• Brownshirts, set up to protect Drexler's meetings

• Brownshirts, set up to protect Hitler's meetings

Hitler attempted a coup in what Bavarian city?

Who joined the Nazis in their 1923 attempted coup?

• Von Hindenburg

• Van Halen

• Ludendorff

• Ebert

Hitler's punishment for the 1923 coup (sometimes called the Beer Hall putsch):

• 5 years in Heidelberg Castle, served 7 months

• 5 years in Landsberg Castle, served 9 months

• 5 years in Landsberg Castle, served 7 months

• 5 years in Heidelberg Castle, served 9 months

Outcomes of the 1923 putsch: (pick more than one)

• Hitler gained publicity

• It proved some people in the legal system supported Hitler

• Hitler fained the attention of the army

• The Nazis gained more votes

• The Nazis took control of Bavaria

What did Hitler do whilst in prison? (pick more than one)

• Watched the popular German show "Konigstiger"

• Wrote "Mein Kampf"

• Decided that the Nazis needed to take power by force

• Decided that the Nazis needed to take power democratically

Why are they called the Nazis?

• That's what they called themselves

• It's short for Nationalist Party

• It's short for Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP)

• It's short for spetsialnovo naznacheniya (SpezNaz)

Hitler added the word "arbeiter" or "worker" to the name of the party to attract working class voters. Workers, however, continued to vote mainly for: (pick 2)

• Socialists

• Nationalists

• Conservatives

• Communists

The Nazis targeted votes from peasant farmers because: (pick more than one)

• They had done less well than other groups under Stresemann, so would vote for the Nazis to change their lives for the better.

• Hitler saw the peasants as racially pure and thought they were the future of Germany, he wanted their support.

• Many farmers were, like Hitler, unhappy with the immoral behaviour in the cities of Weimar Germany.

• They wanted to steal their land and redistribute it once they were voted into power.