The Creation of a Dictatorship, 1933-34

Who was appointed Chancellor of Germany in January 1933?

• Paul von Hindenburg

• Adolf Hitler

• Joseph Goebbels

• Ernst Röhm

What event on 27 February 1933 helped Hitler to gain power?

• The Enabling Act

• The Night of the Long Knives

• The Reichstag Fire

• Hitler becoming Führer

What was the result of the Reichstag election in March 1933?

• The election was canceled

• The Nazis won an overall majority

• The communists won the election

• The Nazis won 288 seats

What did the Enabling Act allow Hitler to do?

• Ban all political parties

• Make laws without the Reichstag’s approval

• Reorganize local government

• Become Führer

When were political parties banned in Germany?

• 30 June 1934

• 27 February 1933

• 23 March 1933

• 14 July 1933

What was the Night of the Long Knives?

• Hitler becoming Führer

• The Reichstag Fire

• A purge of the SA and other opponents

• A law passed to ban political parties

Who was the leader of the SA that was killed during the Night of the Long Knives?

• Heinrich Himmler

• Joseph Goebbels

• Paul von Hindenburg

• Ernst Röhm

What happened on 19 August 1934?

• The Reichstag Fire

• Political parties were banned

• The Enabling Act was passed

• Hitler became Führer

What was the purpose of the Concordat signed with the Pope?

• To reorganize local government

• To abolish trade unions

• To gain support from the Catholic Church

• To establish the Nazi people's courts

What was the role of the Nazi people's courts?

• To imprison communist leaders

• To reorganize local government

• To ban political parties

• To swear an oath of loyalty to the Nazis