Deck 45: Totalitarianism Refined: the Nazi State

Question 1

The Nazi party gained prominence in Germany mainly because of

A) Hitler's charisma.
B) the Great Depression.
C) Germany's fear of communism.
D) the Dawes Plan.
E) the German people's intrinsic hatred of the Jews.

Answer 1

the Great Depression.

Question 2

Which of these was not part of the Nazi program presented in Mein Kampf ?

A) Anti-Semitism
B) class struggle
C) rejection of the Versailles Treaty
D) land redistribution to peasants
E) confiscation of illicit war profits

Answer 2

class struggle

Question 3

Hitler's first true sense of belonging came during

A) his work as an artist in Vienna.
B) his time as a soldier in World War I.
C) the early days of the Weimar Republic.
D) the period of his takeover of the Nazi party.
E) the first months of his chancellorship.

Answer 3

his time as a soldier in World War I.

Question 4

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 5

Hitler's "call to arms" was

A) the Hitlerjugen .
B) the Nuremberg Laws.
C) the Final Solution.
D) Mein Kampf .
E) the Night of the Long Knives.

Question 6

Describe the domestic consolidation of Nazi power in Germany, 1933-1939. Analyze Hitler's strategy. Why was he successful?

Question 7

The Enabling Act of 1933

A) eliminated the SA.
B) gave Hitler's government emergency powers.
C) outlawed the Communist party.
D) placed the German economy on a war footing.
E) elevated the status of the SS.

Question 8

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 9

Like Mussolini, Hitler did not tamper with

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

Question 10

In general, the last half of the 1920s in Weimar Germany could be described a

A) hopeless.
B) democratic.
C) poverty-stricken.
D) prosperous.
E) filled with anger.

Question 11

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.

Question 12

Assess the significance of the Great Depression in contributing to the rise of Nazism. Furnish evidence to support your stance.

Question 13

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

Question 14

Identify the constitutional procedures actually manipulated by Hitler in his quest for power. Explain what happened in Germany between 1929 and 1934.

Question 15

After his appointment as Chancellor, Hitler transformed Germany into a Nazi dictatorship within about

A) one year.
B) eight weeks.
C) two years.
D) six months.
E) two weeks.

Question 16

As a result of the 1923 Munich putsch,

A) the Nazi party was formed.
B) Hitler became nationally known.
C) Hitler became Chancellor of Germany.
D) persecution of the Jews began.
E) Hitler spent five years in prison.

Question 17

Hitler actually achieved power in January 1933 through

A) an armed revolt.
B) presidential appointment.
C) the March on Berlin.
D) carefully staged riots.
E) Reichstag elections.

Question 18

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 19

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 20

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 21

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.

Question 22

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

Question 23

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 24

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 25

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.

Question 26

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

Question 27

The term Hitler used to describe allegedly "pure, non-Jewish" Germans was ____________________.

Question 28

Hitler's autobiographical\political work composed while in jail was ____________________ ____________________.

Question 29

The most prosperous years for Weimar Germany were the years between ____________________ and ____________________.

Question 30

The total number of European Jews who perished during the Holocaust is estimated to have been at least ____________________.

Question 31

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

Question 32

Hitler's Reich was supposed to last for ____________________ ____________________.

Question 33

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

Question 34

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 35

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 36

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 37

President ____________________ was ultimately pressured to unconditionally name Hitler to the Chancellorship.

Question 38

The 1935 Nuremberg Laws

A) forced Jews to move into ghettos.
B) forbade Jewish immigration into Germany.
C) turned many people in Germany into debtors overnight when all of their property was confiscated.
D) legally established Hitler's first concentration camps.
E) prohibited social conflict between Jews and Aryans.

Question 39

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 40

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