Lesson Y9-U04-L07

Y9-U04-L07 From Chancellor to Dictator, 1933-34 Quiz: KS3 History, Unit 17

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Lesson Y9-U04-L07, From Chancellor to Dictator, 1933-34: 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. How many cabinet ministers were Nazis when Hitler became Chancellor on 30 January 1933?

    • Eleven
    • One
    • Six
    • Three

  2. Which of these was one of the limits on Hitler's power in January 1933?

    • The courts had been abolished by the SS
    • The Nazis held a majority in the Reichstag
    • President Hindenburg could sack any Chancellor
    • Hitler controlled every cabinet post

  3. What was the Reichstag Fire of 27 February 1933?

    • A bombing of the Berlin army barracks in 1934 that killed several senior officers
    • The burning of the parliament building, which was blamed on communists
    • The shooting of the President's guards in 1932 during a riot in the capital city
    • A strike by trade unions in Berlin in 1933 that closed factories across the city

  4. Who was arrested inside the Reichstag building after the fire?

    • Gustav Stresemann, a former foreign minister
    • Ernst Rohm, the leader of the SA
    • Franz von Papen, the former Chancellor
    • Marinus van der Lubbe, a young Dutch communist

  5. What did the Reichstag Fire Decree of 28 February 1933 do?

    • It ended the Chancellor's power to make laws and transferred that power to the courts
    • It suspended civil rights such as free speech, free press and freedom from arrest
    • It gave women the right to vote in Reichstag elections for the first time in Germany
    • It banned the Nazi Party from standing in elections and dissolved its local branches

  6. Roughly how many communists were arrested overnight after the Reichstag Fire?

    • About 400
    • About 4,000
    • About 40,000
    • About 4 million

  7. What share of the vote did the Nazis win in the 5 March 1933 election?

    • About 23%
    • About 44%
    • About 66%
    • About 30%

  8. Why did Hitler need a two-thirds vote in the Reichstag to pass the Enabling Act?

    • The army would only support laws passed by two-thirds
    • Changing the constitution required a two-thirds majority in the Reichstag
    • The SA controlled exactly two-thirds of the seats
    • The President insisted on a two-thirds vote before signing any law

  9. What did the Enabling Act of 23 March 1933 allow Hitler to do?

    • Dissolve the courts and replace them with SA tribunals
    • Hold a new national election every year
    • Make laws without the Reichstag or the President for four years
    • Dismiss the army chiefs and appoint his own generals

  10. Which party did Hitler win over with a promise to protect the Church, helping the Enabling Act pass?

    • The Catholic Centre Party
    • The Social Democratic Party
    • The Liberal People's Party
    • The Communist Party

  11. How did SA and SS men influence the vote on the Enabling Act?

    • They guarded the Reichstag building against a planned communist attack that never came
    • They packed the hall and chanted threats to frighten deputies into voting yes
    • They negotiated the Act with leaders of the Catholic Church in a private meeting in Rome
    • They voted in the Reichstag to pass the Act unanimously after a short and quiet debate

  12. How did the Social Democratic Party (SPD) respond to the Enabling Act?

    • Its deputies boycotted the Reichstag and left Germany for exile in Switzerland
    • Its deputies voted yes after a secret deal with Hitler and his cabinet ministers
    • Its deputies voted no, and leader Otto Wels spoke out against the Act
    • Its members fought the SA in the streets of Berlin for several days in March

  13. What was the Night of the Long Knives?

    • A night in 1933 when the Enabling Act was signed by Hindenburg in the Reichstag hall
    • A night in 1934 when the army seized Berlin's radio stations and newspaper offices
    • A purge from 30 June to 2 July 1934 in which the SS murdered Ernst Rohm and the SA leadership
    • A night in 1933 when the SA stormed the Reichstag building and seized its records

  14. Who led the SA, which had about 3 million men by 1934?

    • Heinrich Himmler
    • Kurt von Schleicher
    • Ernst Rohm
    • Hermann Goering

  15. Why did the army swear a personal oath of loyalty to Hitler in August 1934?

    • The Reichstag ordered the army to swear loyalty after the Enabling Act
    • Hindenburg required the oath as a condition of his death
    • The SA threatened to dissolve the army unless it swore loyalty
    • It was grateful for the removal of the SA threat after the Night of the Long Knives

  16. Which of the four limits on Hitler's power did the Enabling Act remove?

    • The constitution's protection of civil rights
    • The Reichstag's power to block his laws (Limit 1)
    • The President's power to dismiss the Chancellor
    • Rivalry from within the SA

  17. Which of the four limits did the Night of the Long Knives remove?

    • Civil rights protected by the constitution, including free speech and a fair trial
    • Rivals inside the Nazi movement, especially the SA leadership (Limit 4)
    • The Reichstag's power to vote down laws that Hitler proposed in the parliament
    • The President's power to sack the Chancellor, which passed to the army in 1934

  18. The Enabling Act needed two-thirds of the vote, and the Nazis had 44%. Roughly how far short were they?

    • About 22 percentage points
    • About 56 percentage points
    • About 12 percentage points
    • About 34 percentage points

  19. Why do historians describe the Enabling Act as 'legal suicide' by the Reichstag?

    • Parliament voted to ban the SS from Berlin after a long debate in the chamber
    • Parliament was dissolved by the army in March 1933 and never met again in Berlin
    • Parliament abolished the office of President and gave its powers to the cabinet
    • Parliament voted itself out of making laws for four years, handing power to Hitler's cabinet

  20. Which events are listed in the correct date order?

    • Reichstag Fire, Enabling Act, Night of the Long Knives
    • Reichstag Fire, Night of the Long Knives, Enabling Act
    • Night of the Long Knives, Enabling Act, Reichstag Fire
    • Enabling Act, Reichstag Fire, Night of the Long Knives

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