Weimar Germany and the rise of Hitler

What is the Weimar Germany?

• a system of government in which absolute power is held by the ruler

• a way of organizing a society in which a government ruled by a Chancellor

• emphasizing inspiration, subjectivity, and the primacy of the individual

• after World War I when it shifted from being a monarch to a Republic

What is Article 48?

• a decree that imposed show trials

• giving power to the President to reshuffle government

• gives the Chancellor right to rule as a dictator if there is an emergency

• an article that gave people the right to vote

What was Franz von Papen?

• a German industrialist

• a German Admiral

• a German conservative politician

• Head of Communist party

Who elected the President of Weimar government?

• The Chancellor

• The people

  
  

• The Reichstag

• The Referendum

What is a proportional representation?

• where political actors speak, advocate and act on the behalf of others

• the activity of making

  citizens "present" in

  public policy-making

  processes

  
  

• an system where subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately

• an equal representation based on the core of representative democracy

What is the Concordat?

• Hitler agreed to fund the Catholic Church in their election campaign

• Hitler agreed to allow the Catholic Church to be part of the government

• an agreement made by Hitler to not interfere with the Catholic Church

• Hitler agreed to exempt the Catholic Church from taxes and land redemptions

What event led to the imprisonment of Hitler in 1924?

• Spartacist Uprising

• Kapp Putsch

• Munich Putsch

• Night of the Long Knives

When did Hitler become the Fuhrer?

• 15 August 1933

• 19 August 1933

• 15 August 1934

• 19 August 1934

Who elected the Weimar's President?

• The German people

• The Reichstag

• The Referendum

• The German Ambassadors

How did Hitler get the support of rich Industrialists and businessmen?

• Threatening that the Communists would take over Germany

• Threatening that the Nazis would take over Germany

• Threatening that the French would take over Germany

• Threatening that the Belgium's would take over Germany