Lesson Y9-U04-L06

Y9-U04-L06 How Hitler Became Chancellor, Jan 1933 Quiz: KS3 History, Unit 17

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Lesson Y9-U04-L06, How Hitler Became Chancellor, Jan 1933: 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. Who had the power to appoint the Chancellor of Germany in 1932-33?

    • The leader of the Nazi Party
    • The Reichstag voting as a whole
    • The commander of the German army
    • President Hindenburg

  2. In the July 1932 election the Nazis won 230 seats. Why did this still not make Hitler Chancellor?

    • 230 seats was not a majority, and the President still had to appoint him
    • The army cancelled the result of the election
    • Hitler had no seat in the Reichstag himself
    • The Reichstag had banned the Nazi Party from forming a government

  3. What was Article 48?

    • A treaty clause fixing German reparations payments and the timetable for paying them
    • An emergency rule letting the President pass laws without a Reichstag vote
    • A rule setting the date of Reichstag elections and how many seats each party could hold
    • A law giving the army full control of local police forces across every German region

  4. What is a coalition government?

    • A government formed when several parties join together to share power
    • An emergency decree signed by the President alone to pass laws without any debate
    • A single party holding every seat in the Reichstag and choosing every minister alone
    • A secret plot by army officers to seize power in Berlin by force and violence

  5. Which Chancellor was nicknamed the 'Hunger Chancellor' because of his unpopular spending cuts in the Depression?

    • Kurt von Schleicher
    • Heinrich Bruning
    • Adolf Hitler
    • Franz von Papen

  6. Which army general became Chancellor in December 1932 but lasted only weeks?

    • Ernst Rohm
    • Heinrich Bruning
    • Kurt von Schleicher
    • Franz von Papen

  7. What did Hindenburg think of Hitler in 1932?

    • He admired Hitler as a future head of the army
    • He believed Hitler was a loyal ally of the Reichstag
    • He thought Hitler was a 'jumped-up corporal' unfit for high office
    • He believed the Nazis had already won a majority of votes

  8. How many Reichstag seats did the Nazis win in the November 1932 election?

    • 44
    • 230
    • 196
    • 288

  9. Bruning, Papen and Schleicher all governed Germany between 1930 and early 1933. What did they have in common?

    • They all won clear Reichstag majorities at elections and then governed by normal votes
    • They governed by emergency decree because none could win a Reichstag majority
    • They were all senior leaders of the Nazi Party who had been appointed by Hitler
    • They had all been elected directly by the German people in a single national vote

  10. A Chancellor passes a law using Article 48 without a Reichstag vote. What do historians conclude about German democracy?

    • The army had taken over the presidency and dismissed the Reichstag from its duties
    • Democracy was weakening as power drifted to the President and his advisers
    • Parliament was controlling the government more closely through regular committee votes
    • The Nazis had seized control of the Reichstag through a vote of the deputies

  11. The Nazis had 230 seats in July 1932 and 196 seats in November 1932. By how many seats did their total fall?

    • 34
    • 26
    • 44
    • 54

  12. Why did Franz von Papen want to make a deal with Hitler in late 1932?

    • He wanted to hand control of the army to the Reichstag
    • He wanted to join the Nazi Party as an ordinary member
    • He wanted to end the Weimar Republic by force
    • He wanted revenge on Schleicher and hoped to regain power

  13. In January 1933 Papen said that Hitler had been 'boxed in'. What did this show Papen believed?

    • Hitler could be controlled by conservatives
    • Hitler was a loyal officer in the German army
    • Hitler had already been arrested by the army
    • Hitler would lose the next election for certain

  14. On what date was Hitler legally sworn in as Chancellor of Germany?

    • 30 January 1933
    • 2 August 1934
    • 23 March 1933
    • 27 February 1933

  15. How many cabinet posts were promised to the Nazis in the January 1933 deal?

    • One
    • Six
    • Three
    • Nine

  16. Which event in November 1932 showed that the Nazis were losing momentum?

    • The burning of the Reichstag building
    • Hitler being sworn in as Chancellor
    • The signing of the Treaty of Versailles
    • The Nazi seats falling from 230 to 196

  17. Which best explains why Hitler became Chancellor at a time when the Nazis were weakening?

    • Conservative elites believed they could use him, and Papen's deal opened the door
    • The army refused to support any Chancellor and handed power to Hitler
    • The Nazis won an outright majority in the November election
    • A general strike forced Hindenburg to hand power to the Nazis

  18. In January 1933 Franz von Papen and other conservatives believed they could control Hitler once he became Chancellor. Why did they think this?

    • They had won a Reichstag majority that gave them control of parliament
    • The army had already placed Hitler under direct military command
    • Hitler had agreed to abolish the Nazi Party and rule through the Reichstag
    • They thought Hitler would be a figurehead while they kept real power

  19. What does the phrase 'a side door' describe in the route to Hitler's power?

    • Gaining the Chancellorship through a conservative deal rather than a Nazi majority at the polls
    • Hindenburg resigning as President in 1932 and handing the office to the Nazi leader
    • Seizing the Reichstag building by force in 1932 after a short armed struggle in Berlin
    • Winning an outright majority at the polls in 1932 and being appointed by the Reichstag

  20. What was the German parliament called, where elected parties sat and voted on laws?

    • The Reichswehr
    • The Reichstag
    • The Supreme Court
    • The Cabinet

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