Lesson Y9-U04-L03

Y9-U04-L03 The Munich Putsch & Mein Kampf Quiz: KS3 History, Unit 17

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Lesson Y9-U04-L03, The Munich Putsch & Mein Kampf: 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 History (National Curriculum), Unit 17: Year 9: Rise of the Nazis, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. In which German city and month did the Munich Putsch take place in 1923?

    • Munich, in November
    • Hamburg, in July, during the Bavarian summer festival
    • Berlin, in January of the following year, after the Ruhr crisis
    • Weimar, in March, when the constitution was first signed

  2. Whose seizure of power in Italy gave Hitler his model in 1922?

    • Napoleon's march across Europe
    • Lenin's revolution in Russia
    • Benito Mussolini's March on Rome
    • Garibaldi's campaign in southern Italy

  3. About how many SA stormtroopers and followers burst into the Munich beer hall on 8 November?

    • About 600
    • About 6,000
    • About 60,000
    • About 60

  4. About how many Nazis marched into Munich on 9 November?

    • About 20
    • About 20,000
    • About 200
    • About 2,000

  5. How many people died when police opened fire on 9 November 1923?

    • About 200 in total, all of them police officers
    • About 20 in total, 16 Nazis and 4 police
    • About 2,000 in total, all of them Nazis
    • About 2 in total, all of them civilians

  6. What charge was Hitler tried for after the Putsch?

    • Bribery
    • Theft of the army's guns
    • Murder of the Bavarian leaders
    • Treason

  7. What sentence was Hitler given for treason?

    • Five years, but served about nine months
    • A fine of a few marks and a formal warning from the court in Munich
    • Life in prison without any chance of parole for the rest of his life
    • Death by firing squad in a Munich courtyard after a formal military trial

  8. Where did Hitler dictate 'Mein Kampf' ('My Struggle')?

    • In a monastery in the Austrian Alps
    • In Landsberg prison
    • In the Reichstag building in Berlin
    • In a hotel in Vienna

  9. What did 'Lebensraum' ('living space') mean in Mein Kampf?

    • A promise to give land back to the Native Americans
    • A law banning Germans from living in the countryside
    • A plan to house all Germans in cities on the coast
    • Expansion east to take land for the German people

  10. What did Hitler want Germany to have in place of democracy?

    • A monarchy ruled by a Kaiser from Vienna
    • One all-powerful leader, the Führer
    • A federation of independent states with no central government
    • A council of elected workers in every town

  11. Which belief did Mein Kampf promote about 'Aryan' Germans?

    • That they were a peaceful people who should avoid all wars
    • That they should give up their land to Poland
    • That they were the same as the Jews of Europe
    • That they were a superior 'master race'

  12. What happened to the Nazi Party after the Putsch?

    • It was merged with the Communist Party
    • It was rewarded with a seat in the Reichstag
    • It was given control of the Bavarian police
    • It was temporarily banned

  13. How did the trial help Hitler, despite his conviction?

    • It forced the government to ban all newspapers in Bavaria for a year
    • The judges declared him innocent and gave him a pension for life
    • Newspapers reported his speeches and made him famous
    • It gave him control of the army in Munich for life, backed by the courts

  14. What new strategy did Hitler adopt after the Putsch failed?

    • To leave Germany and live abroad in exile for ever
    • To join the Communist Party and change its leaders
    • To attack Berlin with a larger army of volunteers
    • To win power legally through votes and propaganda

  15. What was the purpose of Hitler's statement in Source A at his trial?

    • To defend himself and win public sympathy as a patriot
    • To thank the court for sending him to prison
    • To admit he had made a mistake and ask for mercy
    • To explain the rules of the Bavarian police to the court

  16. Why is the anti-Nazi newspaper in Source B useful for understanding why the Putsch failed?

    • It was published decades after the events by a historian in London
    • It was written by a Nazi official who was in the beer hall that night
    • It has no reason to flatter Hitler, and it fits the facts
    • It describes the Putsch as a great success for Germany and its people

  17. Why should the 'farce' description in Source B be treated with care?

    • The paper had been paid by Hitler to describe the march in a joke
    • The paper was printed in a language that cannot be translated by anyone
    • The paper was strongly anti-Nazi and may exaggerate
    • The paper was written by a historian who had never seen Munich at all

  18. Which result of the Putsch was a short-term failure for Hitler?

    • The Nazi Party gained millions of members
    • Hitler was made chancellor of Germany
    • Hitler was arrested and jailed
    • The Weimar government fell from power in Berlin

  19. Why did the Putsch collapse within about 18 hours?

    • The French army stopped the march at the Rhine river in the west
    • The newspapers refused to report on the events at all in Munich
    • The army and police refused to join the rebels
    • The Nazis ran out of food and drink during the march through the city

  20. What was the SA in Hitler's movement in 1923?

    • A police force that protected the Weimar government
    • A political party that opposed Hitler in Bavaria
    • Hitler's private stormtrooper army
    • The regular German army based in Berlin

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