WWII Nazi review (flashcards ONLY)

why did the nazi party take over Germany

Hitler and the Nazi Party appealed to a wide range of Germans by promising to restore Germany's economic and military power, and by scapegoating various groups for Germany's problems, including Jews, communists, and other political opponents.

Fill in the blank: Germany's economy was devastated, causing people to look to _________ fix things.

A. the good of the people

B. the military

C. religion

D. political extremists

D. political extremists

true or false: Germany's attempt at democratic government only lasted a few short months before civil war broke out.

False.

true or false: The Weimar Republic was established before the end of the war. (The signing of the Treaty of Versailles)

True

The new germen government in world war 2 was named after the

A. a type of dachshund

B. the new leader

C. city were its seat was located

D. an old German proverb

B. the new leader

The Weimar Republic was unable to make reparation payment to France and Belgium so they did what?

A. declared war

B. occupied the Ruhr Valley

C. renegotiated the payment plan

D. nothing

B. occupied the Ruhr Valley

The Weimar Republic was able to stablize the economy by accepting loans from

A. Italy

B. Japan

C. Britain

D. the US

D. the US

true or false: As the years went by, Germans became less embittered and angry and tried to accept their circumstances.

False

fill in the blank: In mid 1925, Germany joined the _____________________.

A. United Nations

B. League of Nations

C. European Union

B. League of Nations.

true or false: Germany was suffered the most of any country in the Great Depression

True

true or false: Hitler laid out a detailed plan on how he was going to return Germany to greatness.

True

According to Hitler, who was the master race?

A. Germans

B. Aryans

C. Caucasians

B. Aryans

true or false: Hitler felt that the superior ruling over the inferior was the natural order of things.

true

Hitler made important alliances with A. Russia

B. the military leaders

C. communists

D. big business

D. big business

Hitler became leader of Germany in _______

A. 1928

B. 1933

C. 1936

1933

true or false: Hitler and his followers overthrew the German government and forced their way into power.

False

true or false: One of the reasons that Hitler was given some power, was that President Hindenburg thought he would be easy to control once in power.

True

fill in the blank: Hitler was given absolute power over Germany with the ___________

A. authority given to him by the League of Nations

B. Overturning of the Treaty of Versailles

C. passage of the Emergency Decree and the Enabling Act

C. passage of the Emergency Decree and the Enabling Act

The Nazi's secret police (goon squad) were called the

A. Cheka

B. Opriniki

C. Gestapo

D. Stazi

C. Gestapo

true or false: Hitler abolished all competing political parties and consolidated the offices of president and chancellor.

true

fill in the blank: Hitler's famously eliminated anyone who was a threat to his power during an event called

A. Kristallnacht

B. the Night of the Long Knives

C. the Great Purge

B. the Night of the Long Knives

fill in the blank: The ____________________________ were passed to deny Jewish people many of their rights.

A. Versailles Traitors Act

B. Nazi Persecution Act

C. Berlin Laws

D. Nuremberg Laws

D. Nuremberg Laws

Jewish people were denied all of the following EXCEPT

A. deprived of citizenship

B. to walk the streets unaccompanied C. to practice law or medicine

D. the ability to marry whom they chose

B. to walk the streets unaccompanied

In November of 1938, overt Jewish persecution began with a night of violence, where synagogues were destroyed, homes and business were burned and people were killed. This event is called

A. the Night of the Long Knives

B. Kristallnacht

C. the Holocaust

B. Kristallnacht

true or false: When a young polish born Jew, named Herschel Grynszpan, shot a German diplomat in Paris, any synagogues or businesses still open were destroyed and more Jews were murdered.

true

Hitler's goals included all of the following EXCEPT

A. building up the military

B. retrieving lost lands

C. paying off the reparations quickly D. uniting all German speaking people

C. paying off the reparations quickly

fill in the blank: Hitler wanted a "Greater German" homeland which included ___________ and _________. A. a portion of Czechoslovakia and a portion of eastern France, Alsace-Lorraine

B. Austria and the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia

C. Austria and Hungary

D. Austria and a portion of eastern France

B. Austria and the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia

The German word for living space is

A. Weiner Schnitzel

B. Lebensraum

C. Sudetenland

D. Aryanization

B. Lebensraum

In order to obtain this living space, Hitler planned to invade....

A. the Soviet Union and Turkey

B. Poland and Czechoslovakia

C. the Soviet Union and France

D. Poland and the Soviet Union

B. Poland and Czechoslovakia

Hitler hated the Polish because they were

A. Polish

B. Slavs

C. Slavs and atheists

D. Slavs and communists

Slavs

Hitler hated the Soviets because they were

A. Polish

B. Slavs

C. Slavs and atheists

D. Slavs and communists

B. slavs