Deck 43: Totalitarianism Refined: the Nazi State

Question 1

It is most likely that Hitler's Nazi party gained strength fairly rapidly between 1928 and 1932 because he promised

A) to put people to work.
B) to leave the League of Nations.
C) to undo the Versailles Treaty.
D) to "take care of" the Jewish situation.
E) land, bread, and peace for all good Germans.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

During the "Night of the Long Knives," Hitler removed the threat of the

A) Jews.
B) Black Shirts.
C) Bismarckians.
D) Storm Troopers.
E) SS.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

As late as 1928, the moderate and conservative parties tended to view Hitler as

A) someone whose actions could not be predicted, but not to be taken seriously.
B) someone they feared but respected.
C) more dangerous than the communists.
D) capable of being manipulated.
E) a good economic manager but a bad politician.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which of the following was not a part of Hitler's call to arms in Mein Kampf?

A) Protection of the middle classes.
B) Rejection of the Versailles Treaty.
C) Land redistribution.
D) Confiscation of money and goods gained as a result of World War I.
E) Government ownership of all property.

Question 5

Within the framework of Nazi economic policy,

A) the budget was ruthlessly trimmed.
B) raw materials were stockpiled.
C) labor's right to strike was legislated.
D) private property and business were intensively regulated.
E) Hitler made all economic decisions.

Question 6

The Wannsee conference drew up the plans for

A) the Machtergreifung.
B) the liquidation of Social Democrats.
C) unification with Austria.
D) the Reichstag burning.
E) the Holocaust.

Question 7

The first phase of the campaign against the Jews in Germany included

A) exclusion from government employment.
B) denial of German citizenship to Jews.
C) segregation into ghettos.
D) consignment to camps.
E) deportation to the United States.

Question 8

When did the National Socialists in Germany decide to implement the "Final Solution" for the "Jewish problem"?

A) In 1933 at the first Nuremburg Rallies.
B) In 1935 as a result of the Nuremburg Laws.
C) In 1942 at the Wannsee Conference.
D) In 1945 shortly after Hitler's demise.
E) During the last years of the Weimar Republic.

Question 9

Which was not true of Hitler's government during the 1930s?

A) Its policy was increasingly anti-Semitic.
B) It was successful in eliminating mass unemployment.
C) It allowed only one party to represent the German people.
D) Its economic policy abolished private ownership.
E) It built up a strong military in defiance of the Treaty of Versailles.

Question 10

What was the title of Hitler's autobiography and call to arms written in 1923-1924?

A) Der Hitlerjugen.
B) Der Reichstag.
C) My Life in Vienna.
D) Mein Kampf.
E) Das Autobahn.

Question 11

How did Hitler actually achieve national level political office in January 1933?

A) He led a bloodless yet successful military coup d'etat.
B) He was elected as the governor of Bavaria.
C) He was able to use Gauleiters to gain national attention.
D) He received political backing by foreign statesmen like Stalin and Churchill.
E) He was appointed Chancellor by Paul von Hindenburg, the German president.

Question 12

After rising to the position of Chancellor of Germany, how long did it take Hitler to transform Germany into a National Socialist dictatorship?

A) Germany never really became a National Socialist dictatorship.
B) Through skillful manipulation of "useful idiots" Hitler achieved dictatorial power in five years.
C) He accomplished the transformation in about eight weeks using constitutional procedures.
D) Hitler was able to gradually increase his political power over a period of about two years.
E) Germany already was a dictatorship so it only took a few days to put the Socialist stamp on things.

Question 13

When did Adolf Hitler have his first true sense of belonging?

A) Leading the revolutionaries in Vienna as a teenager.
B) When he began his art career in Vienna and became self-supporting.
C) When he saw the German economy recover under his leadership.
D) During his time as a soldier in the German Army during World War I.
E) When he was elected as Chancellor of Germany.

Question 14

Which of the following was part of the Nazi economic policy?

A) Agricultural collectivization.
B) Trim the government's budget.
C) Seize all private property.
D) Stockpiling of raw materials.
E) Allow free and fair labor unionization.

Question 15

The Nuremberg Laws

A) defined what constituted "Jewishness."
B) ordered all Jews to leave Germany.
C) placed all Jews in urban ghettos.
D) implemented the Final Solution.
E) prohibited social contacts between Jews and "Aryans."

Question 16

What major global event led to the rise of the Nazi party to a place of prominence in Germany?

A) Increased international trade.
B) Publication of Hitler's memoirs.
C) The Great Depression.
D) The rise of anti-Semitism.
E) The communist revolutions.

Question 17

After the failed putsch of 1923, Hitler vowed that he would

A) never to go prison again.
B) come to power legally the next time he tried.
C) get rid of all his political opponents.
D) bring the German people together again to show their true greatness.
E) not let Germany be a pawn of the Weimar Republic.

Question 18

What became of Hitler after his failed putsch (coup d'etat) in Munich in 1923?

A) Hitler decided to start the National Socialist German Workers Party.
B) Hitler settled down to work on his art career in Austria.
C) He gained national notoriety while on trial then went to prison for one year.
D) Hitler was able to get the support of the Army while he was in prison.
E) His failure was not a setback so Hitler continued his political career uninterrupted.

Question 19

Which of the following characteristics are among the similarities between the National Socialists and International Socialists, or communists?

A) Both groups wanted to seek a peaceful and diplomatic path to power.
B) Both sides were able to reconcile their differences and coexist peacefully.
C) Both parties looked for a legal and peaceful succession of power among their leadership.
D) Both parties wanted to include foreigners and minorities in their bureaucratic structure.
E) Both parties were filled with young men with no patience for negotiation or gradual reform.

Question 20

Like Mussolini, Hitler did not tamper with

A) heavy industry.
B) the banks.
C) private property.
D) education.
E) the railroads.

Question 21

In 1934, the SA were purged by Hitler's orders in the ____________________ of the ____________________.

Question 22

In September 1935, the ____________________ prohibited social contacts between Jews and "Aryans" and made Jews into non-citizens.

Question 23

The "final solution" to the "Jewish question" was officially decided

A) in the 1924 putsch.
B) in Mein Kampf.
C) by the Social Democrats in 1932.
D) by the Wannsee Conference in 1942.
E) by Hitler himself and enforced with the Enabling Act.

Question 24

In terms of his speaking ability, Hitler has been described as

A) Charismatic
B) Unintelligible
C) Shy
D) Chaotic
E) None of the options are correct.

Question 25

Hitler and the National Socialist economic policies enacted in the 1930s were able to drastically reduce the problem of ____________________.

Question 26

One thing at which Hitler was extremely successful was

A) increasing worldwide respect for Germany.
B) putting people back to work.
C) convincing the German people that killing the Jews was necessary.
D) incorporating women fully into the Nazi organization.
E) paying off the war debt from World War II.

Question 27

Hitler targeted all of the following during the Holocaust EXCEPT

A) Jewish population.
B) mentally or physically impaired.
C) gypsies.
D) homosexuals.
E) only children.

Question 28

By 1937 the German economy was

A) in decline.
B) slowly rebounding.
C) prosperous.
D) so strong that unemployment was nonexistent.
E) None of the options are correct.

Question 29

In his speeches, Hitler labeled the Weimar government as

A) Communistic.
B) Marxist-Zionist.
C) not worthy of German soldiers.
D) Marxist-Leninist.
E) too soft on legal issues and too harsh on government policies.

Question 30

By what methods did Hitler lift Germany out of economic depression? Discuss the ultimate outcome of Nazi economics.

Question 31

Describe Hitler's early career (World War I through the 1920s), and assess possible formative influences that set the background for the beginning of the Nazi movement.

Question 32

Describe the domestic consolidation of Nazi power in Germany, 1933-1939, specifically relating to the larger anti-Semitic context.

Question 33

The Nazis were similar to the communists in that

A) both had formal parties after World War I.
B) both hated the Versailles Treaty.
C) the core of both groups consisted of young, impatient men.
D) both saw themselves restoring proud traditions of their respective countries.
E) both were based on a strong philosophic base and imbued with grand ideals.

Question 34

Hitler had the ____________________ built to facilitate the movement of soldiers and materials in wartime.

Question 35

One would characterize Hitler in his early career as

A) wealthy.
B) incredibly gifted as an artist.
C) a firm believer in communism.
D) poor
E) None of the options are correct.

Question 36

The ____________________ Laws (1935) set the criteria for racially differentiating between Jews and Aryans.

Question 37

Which of these men from Hitler's inner circle is correctly matched with his position or actions?

A) Heinrich Himmler − Hitler's brilliant propagandist
B) Joseph Goëbbels − head of the Gestapo
C) Herman Göring − leader of the SS
D) Heinrich Himmler − operated the concentration and extermination camps
E) Joseph Goëbbels − headed the youth corps and developed propaganda

Question 38

Of all those countries with an industrial economy, Germany suffered the most from the ____________________.

Question 39

Which of the following nations fared the worst during the Great Depression?

A) France
B) Germany
C) Italy
D) United States
E) Great Britain

Question 40

The elite military security police which implemented the Final Solution were the ____________________.

Question 41

Elaborate on the ways in which Hitler ruled by fear.