To which country did the Kaiser flee?

What is the name given to an agreement to stop fighting?

True or False:

Many Germans thought they could have won the war.

Germans, who felt betrayed by the government for ending the war, felt stabbed in the ...

True or False:

Germans were invited and took part in the Peace Negotiations after the Armistice.

In which palace did negotiations take place after WW1?

Which TWO of these were articles of the Treaty of Versailles?

What number was the German Army reduced to?

Which of these areas of land did Germany NOT lose according to the Treaty of Versailles?

What country was created after the Treaty of Versailles with reclaimed land to the east of Germany?

What was the name given to the amount of money to be paid by Germany for war damages?

How much money was Germany required to pay to the victors of WW1 according to the Treaty of Versailles?

Which previously German territory was now demilitarised?

What was forbidden between Germany and Austria according to the Treaty of Versailles?

What was Article 231 of the Treaty of Versailles?

As the Germans had no part in negotiations, what was the name given to the Treaty by those who opposed it?

With the Kaiser gone, who was in charge of the new provisional government in Germany?

Who was the leader of the new provisional government?

Why did the new government base itself in the town of Weimar instead of Berlin?

In January 1919, which group tried to overthrow the government in Berlin?

Who did Ebert use to put down this threat?

Where in Germany is Munich?

Where in Munich did Hitler disrupt and take over a political meeting?

In which month and year did this uprising take place?

Which widely respected German leader took part in Hitler's uprising in Munich?

What was the German word for this Munich uprising?

What was the name of the military wing of the Nazi Party during the Munich Putsch?

Which TWO crises prompted the Munich Putsch?

On the night of 8 November 1923, Hitler and 600 SA members burst into a meeting that Bavarian politicians __________ and Lossow were holding at the local Beer Hall.

How many troops did Hitler have ready to fight in the Munich Putsch?

True or False:

After Hitler waved a gun and forced those in the Beerhall to agree verbally to rebel, the Kahr, Lossow and others were allowed to go home.

During the Munich Putsch, the _____ took over the army headquarters and the offices of the local newspaper.

On 9th November 1923, Hitler and the SA went into Munich on what they thought would be a ____________ march to take power.

Concerning the final day of the Munich Putsch, there was a short scuffle in which the police killed ______ members of the SA.

Hitler fled, but was arrested _________ days later.

Hitler was put on trial which was widely _______________.

Though he was sentenced to 5 years, how long did Hitler spend in prison?

What TWO things did Hitler do while in prison?

Where did France and Belgium invade in response to non-payment of reparations?

What TWO things did the Weimar Government do at that time to deal with the crisis?

When the wealth of the country does not increase, yet the amount of paper and coin currency in circulation increases, this leads to ...

Prices went up a few times a day so workers had to be _____ several times a day and spend wages immediately.

Many old people also lost their pension and their life savings, which had taken them years to build up.

Many of the old either froze or starved to ____________.

Many middle class families had to sell family __________ to survive.

It is not surprising that many of the middle class, who suffered in 1923, turned to _________.

As well as being blamed for causing the financial crisis, the Weimar Government was blamed for surrendering and defeat in WWI and called ____________________

The Weimar Government were also blamed for the _____________ which happened in January 1919 under their leadership and they were unable to prevent it or maintain law and order

Another reason why people were unhappy with the Weimar Government was that they often had weak, short-lived _______________ governments which made democracy look bad

Article _____ of the Weimar Constitution stated that the President could take total control of the Government in case of an emergency.

By 1932, the Government was changing every few ___________ as the parties could not agree on how to tackle the problems.

Many Germans lost faith in ___________ and looked for a more radical party that offered a solution!

How many Germans were unemployed by 1933?

According to Historian AJP Taylor,

“It was the Great Depression that put the wind in Hitler’s ____________.”

The Weimar coalition governments struggled to agree regularly. Often when agreement could not be reached, the government _______________.

Between 1920 and 1933, _________ different men (including Hitler) were German Chancellor, an average of more than one per year.

The very nature of proportional representation allowed small parties (often _____________ parties) to get elected into the government.

Though fair and democratic, Proportional Representation gave groups like the Nazis a chance to be represented in the ___________. They got legitimacy, publicity and a pulpit from which to criticise the Weimar Republic.

When Hitler took control of and reorganised the German Workers Party (DAP), he renamed it the National _______________ German Workers Party

Different sections of the Nazi Party were aimed at various German Groups, including: (Choose FOUR)

The organisation of the Nazi Party helped attract more support for the Nazis as these groups felt ___________ and so joined the party.

Who in the Nazi Party was in charge of propaganda to gain more supporters?

Goebbels used methods such as ____________ to convince people to join and support the Nazi Party. (Choose THREE)

Germans lost faith with Weimar due to hyperinflation and the Great Depression.

The Nazis made ____________ promises to fix these challenges, and so gained support.

Also helping the Nazis to gain political power was the fact that the ________________ party refused to work with the Social Democrats because of the 1919 Spartacist Revolt.

With economic problems and weaknesses of Weimar, by the end of 1932 the Nazis were the ___________ party in the Reichstag.

President ____________ did not like or trust Hitler but he had no choice due to von Papen’s and von Schleicher’s failure to establish a successful government.

On the evening of 27th February ___________, a few days before an election – the Reichstag burst into flames.

When the Police arrived at the scene of the Reichstag in flames they found a 24 year old _____________ Marinus van der Lubbe inside the burning building with matches and fire lighters in his pocket.

Hitler wanted to utilise Article ________ and urged President Hindenburg to do so (this would allow the chancellor greater powers during a State of Emergency).

What THREE things did the Reichstag Fire Law do?

The Reichstag Fire and the later Enabling Act gave Hitler an opportunity to imprison many communist leaders, which ____________ them campaigning during the election.

Concerning the Reichstag Fire, Hitler as Chancellor said the country was in danger before the election which lost the communists support and persuaded people to vote for the _____________.

Following the Reichstag Fire Law, how many Communists were attacked, imprisoned or killed?

The Enabling Act allowed Hitler to rule single-handedly without the need for parliament. Although intended to be temporary (for __________ years), Hitler now had the power to pass any law he liked.

Which THREE things was Hitler able to do with the Enabling Act?

With the Enabling Act, Hitler also banned ______________.

This meant workers had little say in their jobs – they had to do as Hitler said.

What was the name of the event where the leadership of SA was purged?

During the Night of the Long Knives, how many political opponents or possible threats to Hitler from within the Nazi party were killed?

Who died in 1934 that helped Hitler take complete control of the German government?

Following the President's death, Hitler immediately combined the roles of President and Chancellor to become _______________ – the supreme leader of Germany.

Hitler also made every member of the German armed forces to swear an oath of _____________ to him.

Choose FOUR that allowed Hitler to take total control of Germany by 1934.

What are FOUR reasons why it was so difficult to oppose the Nazi regime?

According to the Nazis, Germans were the 'Master Race' as they were descended from the ________ and all other races were inferior.

What German word refers to the territorial expansion of Germany that was required in order to allow the Master Race to grow?

Which German word means that Germany must be economically self-sufficient and not dependent on goods imported from abroad?