28.3 Hitler & Nazi Germany

[Preview] Imagine the situation:

It's the 1930's, the Great Depression. Millions are out of work; the economy is in shambles. It's election time, who do you vote for?

Which of these candidates sounds best for your country.

• I have a drinking habit. I briefly served in the navy, but had an office post during the last war. I think military force should be sent often to other countries to force favorable change. In my speeches, I'm frequently defiant and rude.

• My relatives have all held high political office, & my family is very wealthy. I'm a womanizer, and my policy proposals are clearly self-serving. I suffer from ailing health (though I hide it from the public).

• I served in the military and earned medals in the last war. I do not drink but practice a healthy lifestyle. I want to make a stable economy with more opportunity for commonfolk.

[p1] Which of these describe Adolf Hitler's political views?

TWO of these are correct.

• Racism, especially anti-Semitism

• Extreme nationalism

• Liberal socialist

• Communist revolutionary

• Favored international cooperation

[p1] What was the Nazi party militia called?

• Brownshirts

• Red Sox

• Death Squads

• Lebensraum

[p1] Hitler wrote _____ while he was in prison, where he described his theory of struggle.

• Mein Kampf (My Struggle)

• Tage Meines Vaters (Days of My Father)

• Das Kapital (Capital)

[p2] By 1932, the Nazi Party had 800,000 members & was the largest party in the ____, the German parliament.

• Reichstag

• Bundestag

• Volkswagen

• Concentration Camp

[p2] What legislation gave Hitler supreme power, giving his dictatorship a legal basis?

• Enabling Act

• Affordable Care Act

• DACA

• Hauptstadt

[p2] What actions did the Nazis take to "quickly bring all institutions under their control"?

THREE of these are correct.

• They purged democratic elements & Jews from the civil service

• They set up concentration camps for their opponents

• All political parties except the Nazis were abolished

• They called for new national elections to make Hitler president

• They sold government property to private businessmen

[p3] "When Hindenburg died in 1934... Hitler became sole ruler of Germany." What title did Hitler take as "Leader" of Germany?

Hint: the answer has SIX letters.

[p3] Hitler wanted a totalitarian state, but his larger goal was...

• to develop an Aryan racial state dominating Europe.

• to build Germany's navy to compete with the British.

• to crush Communism everywhere.

• to conquer the United States & destroy democracy.

[p3 + Primary Source] According to Hitler, how much of the individual's life will be decided by him/herself?

• Nearly all - total freedom of decisions

• Only matters of faith and love

• None - all activities under the Nazi party