WorksheetsHitler and the Nazi Party
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 3mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What was Josef Goebbels position in the Nazi Party?
a)
Chief of German Police in the Reich Ministry of the Interior
b)
Reichsminister of Economics
c)
Minister for Propaganda and Popular Enlightenment
d)
Chief of the Party Chancellery
2.
Which of the following helped the Nazi Party become more popular in the late 1920s and early 1930s?
a)
Use of Propaganda/Support from big businesses/Use of technology (planes and radios)/Weakness of the opposition
b)
Use of Propaganda/Support from big businesses/Use of technology (planes and radios)/Hitler's moustache
c)
Flexibility of the Nazi Party/Promises to the voters/The tricks that Hitler's dog performed at rallies
d)
Use of technology/Organisation of the Party/Hitler's magic tricks
3.
Which event in America led to the Great Depression that allowed for the Nazi Party to get more support?
a)
1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid
b)
The Wall Street Crash
c)
The election of Franklin D. Roosevelt
d)
1932 Olympics in Los Angeles
4.
How did von Papen persuade President Hindenburg that Hitler should be made Chancellor in January 1933?
a)
Von Papen successfully persuades President Hindenburg to make Hitler Chancellor so that they could imprison him without a trial.
b)
Von Papen successfully persuades President Hindenburg to make Hitler Chancellor so that they can make him unpopular with the German people.
c)
Von Papen successfully persuades President Hindenburg to make Hitler Chancellor so that they can secretly have him assassinated.
d)
Von Papen successfully persuades President Hindenburg to make Hitler Chancellor so that they can better control him and the Nazi Party.
5.
How did the Reichstag Fire lead to the Nazis increasing their control of Germany?
a)
They blamed it on the Dutch Communist van der Lubbe and used this as justification to ban the communist party and other civil liberties.
b)
It meant that they could build a new Reichstag building that would provide more jobs to the German people, keeping them happy.
c)
The Nazis were able to build a new Reichstag in Munich, rather than Berlin, where the Nazi Party had more support.
6.
The Enabling Act allowed Hitler to make laws independently from anyone else. True or False?
a)
True
b)
False
7.
What was the name of Hitler's purge of the SA leaders that resulted in the murder of Ernst Rohm and an estimated 400 others?
a)
Kristallnacht
b)
The Reichstag Fire
c)
The Munich Putsch
d)
Night of the Long Knives
8.
What was the purpose of the Night of the Long Knives?
a)
To crush communist opposition.
b)
To scare the Jews.
c)
To get rid of leading Nazis who potentially had the power to overthrow Hitler.
d)
For the Nazis to put to use their newly trained military.
9.
Which key group supported Hitler after the Night of the Long Knives?
a)
The Judges
b)
The Army
c)
The Communists
d)
The Women
10.
Who became the main political military force of the Nazi Party after the removal of the SA at the Night of the Long Knives?
a)
The SS
b)
The Gestapo
c)
The Army
d)
The SAS
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