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Nazi rise to power

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What percentage of young people (aged 16-30) was unemployed by 1933?

a)

25%

b)

70%

c)

Just over 50%

d)

Just under 30%

2.

Which group had already been having economic difficulties in the 1920s, despite other sectors of the economy flourishing?

a)

Restaurant owners

b)

Factory owners

c)

Teachers

d)

Farmers

3.

What proportion of factory owners could not find a job by 1933?

a)

four in ten

b)

eleven in twenty

c)

three in ten

d)

seven in ten

4.

Unemployment peaked at ............. million at the start of 1933 (although the rate of increase had slowed 1932-1933).

a)

4

b)

7.1

c)

6

d)

3.2

5.

Brüning largely made laws using (a)   granted by President Hindenburg.

6.

The period of economic crash, and resultant social problems, caused by the Wall Street Crash is known as...

(a)  

7.

Nazi in charge of propaganda, who oversaw eight newspapers

(a)  

8.

How many members did the SA have by 1930?

a)

400,000

b)

50,000

c)

75,000

d)

500,000

9.

Administrative regions set up by the Nazis after the Munich Putsch, used to govern and control Germany after the Nazis came to power.

(a)  

10.

In July 1932, the Nazis were the biggest party in the Reichstag with 230 seats (37.4% of the vote).

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

11.

The third (of five) Chancellors during the Great Depression

(a)  

12.

Nazi Minister of the Interior for Prussia in early 1933

(a)  

13.

Surname of the historian who described the Weimar Republic as a "fair-weather" system of government.

(a)  

14.

How many Nazis, including the Chancellor, were there in the twelve-man Cabinet of early 1933?

(a)  

15.

living space, i.e. territory for Germany to expand into.

(a)  

16.

the Nazi vision of restoring the German empire

a)

First Reich

b)

Ultimate Reich

c)

The Reich

d)

Third Reich

17.

Concept that the Fuhrer’s word is above all written law. Basis of political authority in Nazi Germany. (Introduced within Nazi party from 1921; became basis of government in Germany from 1934 onwards).

(a)