Rise of Hitler TED Talk

What was one of the first tasks of the Weimar Republic government?

• Suppressing worker strikes

• Establishing the Nazi party

• Expanding the German army

• Implementing the peace treaty

What event led to the collapse of the already struggling German economy in 1929?

• Treaty of Versailles

• Great Depression

• World War II

• Russian Revolution

What did Hitler use to convince the government to grant him emergency powers in 1933?

• A foreign invasion

• A terrorist attack

• A military coup

• A young worker setting fire to the parliament building

What did Hitler do after being appointed as Chancellor in 1933?

• Released all political prisoners

• Granted equal rights to Jews

• Established new political parties

• Abolished freedom of the press

What did Hitler raise fears of to argue that only he could restore law and order?

• A Communist uprising

• A Monarchist uprising

• A Fascist uprising

• A Democratic uprising

What did Hitler use to drive support behind him and the Nazi party?

• Advocating for peace and unity

• Encouraging political diversity

• Promising economic prosperity

• Exploiting people's fear and ire

What did many of Hitler's early radical supporters face?

• Promotions and rewards

• Exile and amnesty

• Pardons and pardons

• Arrest and execution

What did businessmen and intellectuals do in response to Hitler's rise?

• Ignored Hitler

• Endorsed Hitler

• Opposed Hitler

• Fought against Hitler

What did Hitler's rise remain a warning of?

• Fragility of democratic institutions

• Strength of democratic institutions

• Irrelevance of democratic institutions

• Inevitability of democratic institutions

What did Hitler's speeches exploit to drive support behind him and the Nazi party?

• People's anger and resentment

• People's fear and ire

• People's hope and joy

• People's love and compassion