Lesson Y9-U04-L08

Y9-U04-L08 Hitler's Road to Dictatorship Quiz: KS3 History, Unit 17

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Lesson Y9-U04-L08, Hitler's Road to Dictatorship: 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. Which of these events happened first on Hitler's road to dictatorship?

    • The Enabling Act, 23 March 1933
    • Hindenburg's death, 2 August 1934
    • The Reichstag Fire, 27 February 1933
    • The Night of the Long Knives, 30 June 1934

  2. On what date did Hindenburg die, allowing Hitler to become Fuhrer?

    • 23 March 1933
    • 30 June 1934
    • 30 January 1933
    • 2 August 1934

  3. Which step on the road to dictatorship was VIOLENT rather than LEGAL?

    • The Night of the Long Knives, June 1934
    • The Enabling Act, March 1933
    • Hitler's appointment as Chancellor, January 1933
    • All other parties banned, July 1933

  4. When were the trade unions abolished?

    • March 1933
    • July 1933
    • June 1934
    • May 1933

  5. When were all other political parties banned, creating a one-party state?

    • August 1934
    • July 1933
    • January 1933
    • May 1933

  6. Which of Hitler's three tools of power includes the SA and SS, mass arrests and the Night of the Long Knives?

    • Propaganda and mass support
    • Terror and violence
    • Legal methods
    • Removing opposition through votes

  7. Which card best fits the category 'legal methods'?

    • The Enabling Act let Hitler make laws alone
    • The SA intimidated voters and deputies
    • 4,000 communists arrested after the Fire Decree
    • The Night of the Long Knives, June 1934

  8. Which card best fits the category 'removing opposition'?

    • The Enabling Act let Hitler make laws alone
    • The army swore a personal oath to Hitler
    • Communists banned from the Reichstag vote
    • Goebbels' propaganda built mass support

  9. What does 'consolidate' mean when historians describe Hitler's rise?

    • To return power to the Reichstag
    • To divide power between several parties
    • To make power secure and complete
    • To ask voters for their opinion in a free election

  10. What does the word 'purge' mean in this context?

    • Writing a new constitution for a country after a successful revolution
    • Allowing a free vote in parliament on every national law and budget
    • Giving emergency powers to a President for a limited period of time
    • Violently removing people seen as enemies or rivals

  11. In history, what does 'judgement' require a student to do?

    • Read out a document from memory and copy its key words into a notebook
    • Choose the most popular event for a textbook and list its main dates
    • Repeat the events in date order without comment or any sort of analysis
    • Weigh the evidence to decide which factor mattered most and explain why

  12. How would you describe Hitler's position on 30 January 1933?

    • A Chancellor hemmed in by others, with limits still in place
    • A leader forced from office by the Reichstag after losing a confidence vote
    • A President elected by popular vote with full control over parliament
    • An absolute dictator with no rivals left in any part of the government

  13. Which of these was still a limit on Hitler in January 1933?

    • The army had sworn loyalty to him
    • The Nazis had a majority in the Reichstag
    • President Hindenburg could sack him at any time
    • Civil rights had been suspended by decree

  14. Which of these had the Nazis NOT yet won by January 1933?

    • A seat in the Chancellor's cabinet
    • The leadership of the largest Reichstag party
    • A majority in a free election
    • A private army of SA and SS men on the streets

  15. Why was the Night of the Long Knives important to the army?

    • The army was dissolved and its generals sent to the SA
    • The army took control of the SS leadership
    • Ernst Rohm handed the SA over to the army
    • The SS removed the SA threat, which won the army's loyalty

  16. A historian argues the Enabling Act was legal but only possible because of terror. Which evidence best supports this?

    • All parties voted yes after a long and free debate in the Reichstag chamber
    • The President signed the Act with unanimous agreement from every party leader
    • Communist deputies were removed after the Fire, and SA men intimidated deputies in the hall
    • The Supreme Court passed the Act in 1933 after reviewing it for several weeks

  17. Why did the Reichstag Fire help Hitler six days before an election?

    • It allowed him to dismiss President Hindenburg
    • It won him the support of the Catholic Centre Party
    • It let him jail communist rivals so they could not campaign
    • It forced the army to swear loyalty to him

  18. Which judgement about Hitler's 'legal' steps is best supported by the evidence?

    • Laws were used only in 1933 and were never used again after the first year
    • Laws were irrelevant because Hitler always ignored the Reichstag and the courts
    • Laws made his power look legal, but terror and intimidation made the laws possible
    • Laws were passed unanimously by a free and fair parliament in every single vote

  19. Which factor is best seen as a turning point towards dictatorship?

    • The Munich Putsch, because it sent Hitler to prison
    • The Enabling Act, because it let Hitler make laws alone for four years
    • The Treaty of Versailles, because it set Germany's borders in 1919
    • The Wall Street Crash, because it caused Germany's economy to collapse in 1930

  20. Which combination of offices did Hitler hold as Fuhrer from August 1934?

    • President of the Reichstag only
    • Chancellor only, with the presidency abolished
    • Chancellor and President combined
    • Army commander only, with no political office

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