1G.1 Political and governmental change, 1918–89 Quiz: Pearson Edexcel History, Unit 7

The 20 questions

1. Which 1919 document established the democratic constitutional framework of interwar Germany?

   • Locarno Pact
   • Weimar Constitution
   • Treaty of Versailles
   • Dawes Plan

2. Who was the first President of the Weimar Republic?

   • Gustav Stresemann
   • Friedrich Ebert
   • Paul von Hindenburg
   • Heinrich Bruning

3. What was the name of Hitler's failed attempt to seize power in Munich in 1923?

   • Spartacist Uprising
   • Kapp Putsch
   • Ruhr Uprising
   • Beer Hall Putsch

4. Which article of the Weimar Constitution allowed the president to rule by emergency decree?

   • Article 67
   • Article 146
   • Article 48
   • Article 1

5. What economic disaster in 1929 dramatically boosted electoral support for the Nazi Party?

   • Treaty of Versailles
   • Ruhr occupation
   • Hyperinflation crisis
   • Wall Street Crash

6. When was Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany?

   • 1 September 1939
   • 9 November 1923
   • 8 May 1945
   • 30 January 1933

7. Which law passed in March 1933 allowed Hitler to govern without parliamentary approval?

   • Enabling Act
   • Banning Act
   • Emergency Decree
   • Reichstag Fire Decree

8. Which organisation was targeted by Hitler during the Night of the Long Knives in 1934?

   • The SA
   • The SS
   • The Wehrmacht
   • The Gestapo

9. Whose death in August 1934 allowed Hitler to combine the offices of President and Chancellor?

   • Kurt von Schleicher
   • Gustav Stresemann
   • Paul von Hindenburg
   • Ernst Röhm

10. What term describes the Nazi system of overlapping and competing government agencies?

    • Totalitarianism
    • Federalism
    • Polycracy
    • Autocracy

11. What was the main purpose of the Nazi policy of Gleichschaltung?

    • Economic privatisation
    • Religious freedom
    • Military expansion
    • Total Nazification

12. Which 1949 document established the constitution of the Federal Republic of Germany?

    • The Weimar Constitution
    • The Potsdam Agreement
    • The Enabling Act
    • The Basic Law

13. Which chancellor led West Germany from 1949 to 1963 and anchored it in the Western alliance?

    • Willy Brandt
    • Konrad Adenauer
    • Helmut Schmidt
    • Ludwig Erhard

14. Which mechanism in West Germany's Basic Law prevented frequent government collapses?

    • Proportional representation
    • Enabling Act
    • Article 48
    • Constructive vote

15. What action did Willy Brandt take in Warsaw in 1970 as a symbol of reconciliation?

    • Unveiled a statue
    • Gave a speech
    • Knelt at memorial
    • Signed a treaty

16. Which chancellor resigned in 1974 after a scandal involving a spy in his office?

    • Helmut Kohl
    • Willy Brandt
    • Helmut Schmidt
    • Kurt Georg Kiesinger

17. Which chancellor led the 'change' (Wende) in 1982 and remained in office until 1998?

    • Willy Brandt
    • Helmut Schmidt
    • Gerhard Schroder
    • Helmut Kohl

18. Which Weimar constitutional clause permitted governance by emergency decree from 1930?

    • Article 114
    • Article 23
    • Article 109
    • Article 48

19. Which March 1933 act gave Hitler plenary power to pass laws without the Reichstag?

    • The Basic Law
    • The Enabling Act
    • The Nuremberg Laws
    • The Reichstag Decree

20. In which year was the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) founded?

    • 1933
    • 1955
    • 1949
    • 1945

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