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Worksheets11. How did Hitler become Chancellor?
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
Which Chancellor was struggling to help Germany after the Wall Street Crash?
Bruning
Ebert
Hindenburg
Von Papen
What was President Hindenburg increasingly having to use just to pass laws and make decisions?
Troops
Call more elections
Use Article 48 (Emergency Law)
The Nazi Party
Hitler was confident to run for the position of Chancellor in March 1932. What was the outcome?
Hitler won and became President
Hitler lost against President Hindenburg
Despite loosing the Presidential election against Hindenburg in 1932, how many votes did he win?
3 million votes
10 million votes
13 million votes
Which group in the Nazi Party did Hitler use in the Presidential elections of 1932, to intimidate the voters against the Communist Party?
The SS
The SA
The Gestapo
The Hitler Youth
What did Chancellor Bruning do to annoy Hitler and the Nazis in 1932?
He agreed to the Treaty of Versailles
He held another election
He banned the SA and the SS
He supported the Communist Party
What action did President Hindenburg take against Chancellor Bruning by May 1932?
He gave Bruning a promotion
He gave Bruning a second chance to improve Germany's economy
He sacked Bruning
Nothing, Bruning resigned before he was sacked.
Hitler agreed to support the new Chancellor called Von Papen if what happened?
Von Papen stopped the ban on the SA and SS.
Von Papen allowed Hitler to help.
Von Papen agreed to challenge Hindenburg
Who was made the new Chancellor after Bruning reigned?
Von Papen
Von Schleicher
Von Hindenburg
Von Hitler
What was Chancellor Von Schleicher's famous view about the Nazis?
'They are merely animals who should be taken by the lead'
'They are Merely children who had to be led by the hand'
What did Chancellor Von Schleicher and President Hindenburg believe about Hitler and the Nazis in 1932?
They were too powerful and should be kept away from power.
They were too powerful and should be arrested.
They could be easily controlled and kept close.
They were no threat to their power at all.
What is the best description of the general elections held during 1932?
Peaceful and respectful
Violent with the use of armed gangs
What had happened to the popularity of the Nazi Party by July 1932?
It had stayed the same.
It reduced and the communists become more popular.
The Nazis became the largest Party in the Reichstag (Parliament)
What was the percentage of support for the Nazis in July 1932, which made them the largest political party in the Reichstag?
8%
18%
28%
38%
What was President Hindenburg's attitude towards Hitler and the Nazi Party?
He supported and liked their policies.
He detested (hated) Hitler
After the successful election for the Nazis in July 1932, Hitler asked Hindenburg to be made Chancellor. What did Hindenburg say?
Yes
No
Who did Hindenburg declare Chancellor after von Papen failed to improve Germany?
Bruning
Hitler
von Schleicher
Himmler
Why was von Schleicher's time as Chancellor a failure too?
He did not have the support of Hitler
He did not have the support of the German people
He did not have the support of the Reichstag (Parliament)
All of the options.
What did Hindenburg, von Schleicher and von Papen all do wrong?
Believe Hitler and the Nazis were too strong.
Wanted to work with Hitler
Underestimate the power and popularity of Hitler
In which year did Hindenburg make Hitler the Chancellor of Germany?
1932
1929
1933
1934
Why did Hindenburg finally make Hitler his Chancellor of Germany?
He believed Hitler would bring about peace.
He believe Hitler would provide him with support.
He believed he could control Hitler but gain his popularity.
He believed that Hitler would fail.
What was clearly happening to German democracy by 1933?
It was highly successful with a fair voting system like a modern country.
It was failing with more use of emergency laws -more like the old dictatorship.
