IB History - Hitler's consolidation of power (EVENTS PART 2)

Hitler was able to pass the Enabling Act on 23rd March 1933. Why was it approved by the Reichstag? Choose the one wrong answer:

• KPD (12%) could not vote on it

• SPD were too intimidated to attend the vote

• Offered the religious parties (BVP/ Zentrum) guarantees to protect the Church so they voted for it

• Hitler had a majority of votes on his own

Hitler exploited the democratic system to pass the Enabling Act. True or False - all 81 Deputies (elected representatives) who attended the Enabling Bill session voted in favour of the Enabling Act

• True

• False

Three of these words describe a method Hitler used to consolidate power. Which one is the least appropriate?

• Bullying

• Banning

• Bribing

• Befriending

The leader of the SPD actively spoke out against the Enabling Act. He was so scared about being arrested and tortured for his opposition that he always carried ____ with him

• A knife

• A gun

• A cyanide capsule

• A copy of Mein Kampf

Which word means 'Coordination' - where Hitler intended to consolidate power over Germany?

• Millenarianism

• Gleichschaltung

• Revisionism

• Reich

Hitler is now a very powerful Chancellor. Thanks to the Enabling Act, he can pass any laws he wishes for four years. He has banned the communists. He intimidates opponents. What else does he now do? (Choose the one incorrect answer)

• Control trade unions

• Control the Church

• Control the Civil Service

• Control all foreign leaders

One of the first laws Hitler passes is the Law for the Re-establishment of the Civil Service in

• March 1933

• April 1933

• May 1933

• June 1933

Hitler purged the civil service so that 'undesirables' were removed for government jobs. Which people did he remove? Choose three.

• All women

• People who were not of Aryan descent

• People who did not fully support the Nazi Party

• Jewish people

Hitler purged lots of different areas of the Civil Service. These included (Choose all that apply)

• Judges and Lawyers

• Teachers

• Diplomats

Hilter filled the vacancies of those who had been purged with 'Alte Kampfer' (Old Fighters) - people who had been loyal to the NSDAP before 1930. He also offered Civil Service jobs to new joiners of the NSDAP. When people are rewarded with jobs or promotions, this is called...

• Patriarchy

• Patriotism

• Patronage

• Palingenesis