Rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party

1. Adolf Hitler was the leader of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party, also known as the ________________ party, and he became ________________ of Germany by passing laws that changed Germany’s constitution that gave him total power.

• Nazi, dictator

• democratic, president

• dictator, fuhrer

• fascist, dictator

2. After World War I, Germany dove into a deep ________________ ________________ and many Germans were hungry and poor.

• great depression

• economic depression

• mental depression

• dirt trench

3. The first ________________ ________________ was at Dachau, Germany, and Hitler’s political prisoners were sent there.

• government house

• work camp

• concentration camp

4. Hitler was appointed as ________________ of Germany when the Nazi Party won the majority vote of the ________________, Germany’s Parliament.

• president, white house

• dictator, senate

• chancellor, Reichstag

5. Hitler used a lightening war, or ________________, to quickly take over most of Europe.

• ships

• Blitzkrieg

• airplanes

• fireworks

6. After leading a failed ________________ in 1923, Hitler was sentenced to prison where he wrote ________________ ________________ , an autobiography that detailed how he would solve Germany’s problems.

• coup, Mein Kampf

• war, Mein Kampf

• battle, my camp

7. Several groups of people were targeted during the ________________, and Hitler’s hatred led to the ________________ of 11 million people.

• battles, killing

• Holocaust, genocide

• war, preservation

8. Hitler promoted ________________ by calling for an increase in Germany’s lands.

• patriotism

• genocide

• nationalism

9. Which group of people did Hitler blame for Germany’s struggles?

• Slavs

• his political opponents

• Jews

• Romans

10. Before Hitler came to power in Germany, the German government was ________________.

• democratic

• fascist

• oligarchic

• autocratic