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EDEXCEL History
Weimar and Nazi Germany
CHAPTER THREE
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When did the Reichstag Fire occur?
27 February 1933
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Who was caught at the Reichstag Fire?
Van der Lubbe
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How did Hitler use the Reichstag Fire?
To arrest
Communist
opponents and campaign
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What did many people suspect about the Nazis and the Reichstag Fire?
That
the
Nazis
burned
it
down
themselves
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What emergency powers did Hitler gain after the Reichstag Fire?
To squash the
Communists
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When was the general election held after the Reichstag Fire?
5 March 1933
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What percentage of the vote did the Nazis receive in the general election?
44%
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What action did Hitler take after not achieving a majority in the Reichstag?
Arrested
81
Communist deputies
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When was the Enabling Act passed?
23
March
1933
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What power did the Enabling Act give Hitler?
To
make
his
own
laws
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How did the Nazis ensure the Enabling Act was passed?
Nazi
stormtroopers
intimidated
opposition
deputies
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What did the Enabling Act effectively end?
The
Weimar Constitution
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When did the Nazis take over local government?
26
April
1933
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What did the Nazis do to teachers and professors?
Replaced
anti-Nazi
teachers and professors
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What secret police did Hitler establish?
Gestapo
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Who were targeted and arrested by the Nazis?
Jews
,
Communists
, and other minorities
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When were Trade Unions banned?
2 May 1933
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What replaced the Trade Unions?
German Labour Front
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What was the effect of the German Labour Front on workers?
Reduced
pay and removed
right to strike
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When were political parties banned?
14 July 1933
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What did the Law against the Formation of Parties declare?
Nazi Party
as the only political party
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When did the Night of the Long Knives occur?
30 June 1934
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Who were the SA?
Thugs who helped
Hitler
come to power
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Why did Hitler order the Night of the Long Knives?
To eliminate
Rohm
and
SA
threats
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What was the codeword for the Night of the Long Knives?
Hummingbird
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What title did Hitler take after Hindenburg's death?
Führer
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What was the SS originally created for?
Hitler's
personal bodyguard
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What was the role of the Gestapo?
To find opponents of the
regime
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How did the Nazis control the courts?
Judges took an oath of loyalty to
Hitler
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When was the first concentration camp opened?
1933
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Who were the first inmates of concentration camps?
Political prisoners
and minorities
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What was the purpose of concentration camps?
Questioning, torture, and
re-education
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Who was in charge of Nazi propaganda?
Goebbels
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What was required for a book to be published?
Goebbels'
permission
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How did the Nazis use cinema for propaganda?
Newsreels
and propaganda films before movies
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What was the Reich Press Law?
Placed newspapers under
State
control
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What was the goal of the German Faith Movement?
To replace Christianity with a
Nazi
faith
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Who led the Confessing Church?
Martin Niemoller
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What was the response of the Catholic Church to Nazi actions?
Spoke out against the Nazis in
1937
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What was the main focus of the Pastor's Emergency League?
Opposing
Nazi
influence on religion
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