Y221.2 The establishment of the Nazi dictatorship and its domestic policies 1933–1939 Quiz: OCR History, Unit 2

The 20 questions

1. Who was blamed by the Nazis for setting fire to the Reichstag in February 1933?

   • Van der Lubbe
   • Ernst Röhm
   • Hjalmar Schacht
   • Martin Niemöller

2. Which March 1933 legislation gave Hitler the power to enact laws without Reichstag consent?

   • The New Plan
   • Reichstag Fire Decree
   • The Enabling Act
   • The Nuremberg Laws

3. Which paramilitary leader was executed during the Night of the Long Knives in June 1934?

   • Joseph Goebbels
   • Ernst Röhm
   • Heinrich Himmler
   • Hermann Göring

4. What title did Hitler adopt after combining the offices of President and Chancellor in 1934?

   • Reichsstatthalter
   • Kaiser
   • Reichskanzler
   • Führer

5. Which agreement did the Nazi regime sign with the Vatican in July 1933?

   • The Locarno Treaty
   • The Reichskonkordat
   • The Munich Agreement
   • The Anti-Comintern Pact

6. Which Nazi organisation replaced trade unions following their abolition in May 1933?

   • Strength through Joy
   • German Labour Front
   • Reich Labour Service
   • Reich Food Estate

7. Who was appointed to head the Four-Year Plan organisation launched in 1936?

   • Hjalmar Schacht
   • Robert Ley
   • Hermann Göring
   • Albert Speer

8. What was the primary economic objective of the 1936 Four-Year Plan?

   • Hyperinflation
   • Autarky
   • Free trade
   • Collectivisation

9. Which 1935 laws stripped German Jews of citizenship and banned intermarriage with non-Jews?

   • The Enabling Act
   • The Karlsbad Decrees
   • The April Laws
   • The Nuremberg Laws

10. What violent, state-sponsored anti-Jewish pogrom took place across Germany in November 1938?

    • Beer Hall Putsch
    • Kristallnacht
    • Spartacist Uprising
    • Kapp Putsch

11. Who served as the Reichsführer of the SS and chief of the German police?

    • Heinrich Himmler
    • Wilhelm Frick
    • Rudolf Hess
    • Reinhard Heydrich

12. Which Nazi minister directed the Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda?

    • Alfred Rosenberg
    • Joseph Goebbels
    • Baldur von Schirach
    • Joachim von Ribbentrop

13. What leisure organisation provided subsidised holidays, theatre trips, and sports activities for workers?

    • Strength through Joy
    • Beauty of Labour
    • National People's Welfare
    • Faith and Beauty

14. Which economic minister introduced the New Plan in 1934 to control German imports?

    • Hjalmar Schacht
    • Hermann Göring
    • Walther Funk
    • Fritz Todt

15. Which Protestant anti-Nazi movement was founded by pastors Martin Niemöller and Dietrich Bonhoeffer?

    • Pastors' Emergency League
    • German Christians
    • Confessing Church
    • Reich Church

16. In what year was membership of the Hitler Youth made officially compulsory for young Germans?

    • 1939
    • 1933
    • 1935
    • 1942

17. Which scheme offered interest-free loans to newly married couples if the wife left employment?

    • Winter Relief Scheme
    • KdF Savings Scheme
    • Marriage Loan Scheme
    • Mother's Cross Scheme

18. Which branch of the Nazi police force was the Gestapo?

    • Security Service
    • Order Police
    • Criminal Police
    • Secret State Police

19. What award was given to German mothers who bore eight or more children?

    • Silver Mother's Cross
    • Gold Mother's Cross
    • Iron Cross
    • Bronze Mother's Cross

20. Which DAF department aimed to improve workplace cleanliness, lighting, and ventilation in factories?

    • Beauty of Labour
    • Reich Labour Service
    • Strength through Joy
    • Winter Aid Service

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