paper 2

Cards (60)

  • Germany and Cold War Paper
  • Germany and Cold War exam
    Wednesday 15th May at 9am
  • Elizabeth and Medicine exam
    Tuesday 4th June at 1pm
  • Timings
    1. 4 marks = 1 paragraph = 5-6 minutes
    2. If you are going to miss out a question make sure it is a 4 mark question
    3. Start with the 16 mark questions
    4. If you are in a rush (in the last 10 minutes), write in bullet points
    5. If you are in a rush, write shorter paragraphs
  • Interpretation A

    One interpretation about the appeal of Hitler
  • Interpretation B

    Another interpretation about the appeal of Hitler
  • How to answer 4 mark question

    1. Explain how Interpretation B differs from Interpretation A
    2. Explain why the authors of Interpretations A and B have a different interpretation
  • How to answer 8 mark question

    Explain which interpretation gives the more convincing opinion about the appeal of Hitler
  • In 1928, Hitler's party got 2.6% of the vote
  • The Depression begins in 1929 - 6 million unemployed
  • In 1930, Hitler's party got 18% of the vote
  • In July 1932, Hitler's party got 37% (Communists got 14%)
  • In November 1932, Hitler's party got 33%
  • Why Hitler was appealing

    • He was charismatic, different and modern
    • The Nazis were well organised with the SA and the HJ
  • How Hitler became Chancellor

    1. Deal with von Papen on Jan 1933
    2. Reichstag Fire Decree 28/2/33 - freedom of speech banned
    3. Enabling Act - 24th March 1933 - makes Hitler dictator. Other parties support it - FEAR OF COMMUNISM
    4. Concordat - deal with the Catholic Church. The Centre Party signs the Enabling Act
    5. Night of the Long Knives - 30/6/34 - Rohm killed - wins backing of the Army
  • The Boycott against Jewish shops was on 1st April 1933
  • The Nuremburg Laws in September 1935 make Jews subjects of Germany
  • 200 Jews are killed on Kristallnacht on 9-10 November 1938
  • The Holocaust starts in WW2
  • The Einstastgruppen massacre 1 million Jews during the summer of 1941
  • The Final Solution begins in 1942 (6 extermination camps are built)
  • Describe two problems faced by Jews in Nazi Germany

    1. Boycott against Jewish shops
    2. Nuremburg Laws make Jews subjects of Germany
    3. Kristallnacht killings
    4. The Holocaust
  • Nazi economics

    • Schact's New Plan is to create jobs
    • Autobahns, conscription, RAD
    • Unemployment drops from 6 million in 1933 to 302000 in 1939
    • Goring's Four Year Plan is to get ready for war
    • Autarky: synthetic rubber
  • Impact on German workers

    • 20% less meat consumption because of Guns or Butter
    • Longer working day- 12 hours in 1939
    • KdF set up to 'win over' the workers
    • 1 million free hikes in 1938
    • Free cruises (only 6 ships)
    • Holiday camp at Prora
  • How Nazi economic policies affected German people

    1. First way: Schact's New Plan created jobs, unemployment dropped
    2. Second way: Guns or Butter policy led to less meat consumption, longer working hours
  • Groups that resisted the Nazis

    • The army
    • Young people
    • The Churches
    • The July 20th Bomb Plot
  • Examples of resistance

    • Many officers felt Hitler should surrender to UK and USA, whilst carry on fighting the USSR
    • The Swing Youth listened to American music, drank and smoked
    • The Edelweiss Pirates assassinated the head of the Gestapo in Cologne in 1944
    • Hans and Sophie Scholl (the White Rose Movement) were executed for handing out anti-Nazi leaflets in February 1943
    • The Confessional Church was a traditional Protestant Church set up by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
    • The Pope wrote a letter saying the Nazis were anti-Christian in 1937 (the Papal Encyclical)
    • The Nazis stopped Action T4 because of protests organised by Cardinal Galen
  • How to answer 12 mark question on Nazi resistance
    1. Intro: one sentence judgement
    2. Paragraph 1: the most important reason for resistance
    3. Paragraph 2: the least important reason for resistance
    4. Paragraph 3: conclusion
  • 16th July 1945 - first nuclear test
  • Hiroshima and Nagasaki - civilian targets
  • 1949 - the USSR creates the bomb
  • 1952 - H Bomb
  • 1957 - ICBMs
  • 1961 - Tsar Bomb
  • 1963 - Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
  • Oct 1957 - Sputnik I
  • Nov 1957 - Sputnik II (Laika)
  • 1961 - Ham the chimp
  • 1961 - Gagarin - first man in space
  • 1961- Apollo program begins