History Quiz - Germany: 1918-1939 - The Fall Of Weimar, 1929-1933 (Answers)
In GCSE History students will look at Germany between the two World Wars. One aspect studied is the end of the Weimar Republic and the rise to power of Adolf Hitler.
In 1929 the Wall Street Crash led to massive unemployment in Germany, which the moderate political parties of the Weimar Republic could not bring to an end. Both the Nazis and the Communists found their support increasing with each general election. Finally a deal was hatched in 1933, putting Adolf Hitler into power and bringing an end to the Weimar Republic.
Discover how Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany in this informative quiz.
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This death removed one of the few moderate Weimar politicians of any stature who was widely respected abroad
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By 1930 all political parties had to provide policies to cope with the Great Depression. Parties that had not recently been in government found this task easier
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Every party had to be able to defend its activities during the Weimar Republic. The government was weak and the forces of law and order often sympathetic to one side or another
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The bank failure ruined many small account holders and sharply reduced sources of credit for those who were struggling to run businesses during the Depression
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The Presidency played an important role under the Weimar Constitution. Especially during a crisis, for the President appointed the Chancellor, whom he could allow to rule by decree in the event of a stalled Reichstag
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The real perpetrators of this crime have never been exposed, however the Nazis were able to discredit their political opponents by blaming them
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By March 1933 the Nazi Party controlled most of the media and the forces of law and order. They were keen to hold a further election to gain a majority of seats in the Reichstag, so that they could then dissolve it
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Once this bill was passed, thus becoming an act, Hitler could rule without any parliamentary restraint. He did, however, from time to time call meetings of the Reichstag to make set speeches on important occasions
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Over the years the Nazis established a network of these establishments throughout Germany, Austria and the occupied territories
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The Nazis would not tolerate any publications that challenged the mind set of the Third Reich. So works by distinguished German authors, like Heinrich Heine and Thomas Mann, were regularly burned
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