The Weimar Republic and the Rise of the Nazi Party Quiz

When was the Weimar Republic formed?

• November 1918

• July 1919

• April 1920

• February 1918

What were the protections included in the Weimar Republic's constitution?

• Right to a fair trial

• Right to private property

• Right to bear arms

• Freedom of speech and religion

Who was the leader of Germany from 1871-1918?

• Wilhelm II

• Paul von Hindenburg

• Kaiser Wilhelm

• Adolf Hitler

What event deeply affected Germany in 1929?

• The Putsch

• The Treaty of Versailles

• World War I

• The New York stock market crash

What was the start of the Nazi dictatorship and the process of remaking German society in the Nazis' image?

• The Putsch

• The Treaty of Versailles

• The New York stock market crash

• The Reichstag building fire

What is a testimony?

• A story told by someone who lived through the event.

• A historical document

• A legal action

• A political statement of purpose about an issue

TRUE or FALSE: Many Germans believed the false idea that Jews, democrats and socialists had "stabbed them in the back."

• TRUE

• FALSE

One of the key points from the "The Program of the National Socialist (NAZI) German Workers Party" was to restrict immigration and deport people who entered the country after 1914. Is this a social, economic, political or cultural factor?

• Social

• Political

• Economic

• Cultural

Answer explanation

Changes to immigration policy impact society as a whole: culturally, economically, socially and politically.

Match the following

• Nazi idea for living space for Germans

• Lebensraum

• To blame a particular person or group

• Scapegoat

• Prejudice against Jewish people

• Antisemitism

• Extreme prices for goods and services

• Totalitarianism

• Government that takes TOTAL CONTROL

• Hyperinflation

What reason did the Nazi party use to imprison people in the concentration camps?

• Certain groups were deemed "opponents of the regime"

• To lower hyperinflation

• Because it was a dictatorship and they had absolute control