VCE History Revolutions 2024 Unit 1: 'Change and Conflict' Miscellaneous Evidence

What did the Enabling Act allow Hitler to do? (Reichstag voted to give him these powers)

Make decisions and pass laws without the support of the Reichstag.

Why did the Night of the Long Knives occur?

Hitler needs support from industrialists and the army, and the SA are getting in the way of this. Uses the SS to get rid of them.

German term ‘Gleichschaltung’

The Nazification of Germany, the coordination of all political, social and cultural institutions.

What helped Hitler pass the Enabling Act?

The Reichstag Fire.

Why did Hitler instigate the Beer Hall Putsch?

Because Nazis were popular in Bavaria, General Ludendorff had Nazi sympathies.

Who ran the Beer Hall Putsch?

Hitler, Ludendorff and the SA.

Who was seized during the Beer Hall Putsch?

Bavarian prime minister von Kahr and two Bavarian army chiefs.

What was the Anti-commintern pact?

It was designed to limit the influence of the Communist International in Germany. Between Japan, Germany and the Soviet Union.

Hitler and von Papen?

Germans blamed the Great Depression on former chancellor Heinrich Bruning, forcing him to abdicate. His successor, von Papen, was also removed from the position and so teamed up with Hitler to get him the necessary support to become the next chancellor.

What was Article 48, the Emergency Laws?

Gave the police more power and allowed Hitler to arrest whoever he wanted without fair trial.

Germany was jealous of Britain’s colonial power before World War 1. What did they want?

The Balkans and the Berlin-Baghdad railway.

What was Article 231 of the Treaty of Versailles?

‘The War Guilt Clause’

What land did Germany lose after World War 1?

Lost Alsace-Lorraine to France, and lost land to Belgium and Denmark, including the Saar Basin and parts of West Prussia. Lost the Polish corridor and overseas colonies.

What was the purpose of the intergovernmental organisation, the League of Nations?

Aimed at maintaining world peace and avoiding conflict through collective security and diplomacy.

What countries were formed out of Austro-Hungary?

Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia.

What were Nazi ideals?

Combat communism, protect racial purity, one leader, unite all Germanic people etc.

What did the New Deal focus on?

Relief, Recovery and Reform. Put more money into economy and create more jobs.

What did Japan do to combat the Great Depression?

Finance Minister devalued the yen and deficit spending. Pushed for aggressive territorial expansion.