Lesson Y9-U04-L07

From Chancellor to Dictator, 1933-34 Quiz: KS3 History, Unit 17

20 questions

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Lesson Y9-U04-L07, From Chancellor to Dictator, 1933-34: 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. How many cabinet ministers were Nazis when Hitler became Chancellor on 30 January 1933?

    • Eleven
    • One
    • Six
    • Three

  2. Which of these was a major constitutional limit on Hitler in January 1933?

    • A socialist army
    • A strong Reichstag majority
    • Strict media laws
    • Presidential dismissal power

  3. What event on 27 February 1933 was blamed on the communists?

    • Reichstag Fire
    • Spartacist Uprising
    • Kapp Putsch
    • Munich Putsch

  4. Who was caught inside the burning Reichstag building and blamed for the fire in February 1933?

    • Marinus van der Lubbe
    • Paul von Hindenburg
    • Ernst Röhm
    • Franz von Papen

  5. What did the Reichstag Fire Decree suspend?

    • Military service
    • Tax payments
    • Foreign trade
    • Civil rights

  6. Roughly how many communists were arrested overnight after the Reichstag Fire?

    • About 400
    • About 4,000
    • About 40,000
    • About 4 million

  7. What share of the vote did the Nazis win in the 5 March 1933 election?

    • About 23%
    • About 44%
    • About 66%
    • About 30%

  8. What majority vote in the Reichstag was required to pass the Enabling Act?

    • Unanimous vote
    • Simple majority
    • Two-thirds
    • Three-quarters

  9. How many years did the Enabling Act allow Hitler to make laws independently?

    • Four years
    • Five years
    • One year
    • Ten years

  10. Which party voted for the Enabling Act after Hitler promised to protect the Church?

    • Communist Party
    • Social Democratic Party
    • Nazi Party
    • Centre Party

  11. Which groups intimidated deputies inside the hall during the Enabling Act vote?

    • Police forces
    • Weimar judges
    • SA and SS
    • Wehrmacht army

  12. Which party was the only one to vote against the Enabling Act?

    • Nationalists
    • Nazi Party
    • Centre Party
    • Social Democrats

  13. Who was the leader of the SA murdered during the Night of the Long Knives?

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

  14. Who led the SA, which had about 3 million men by 1934?

    • Heinrich Himmler
    • Kurt von Schleicher
    • Ernst Rohm
    • Hermann Goering

  15. Whom did the German army swear a personal oath of loyalty to in August 1934?

    • Paul von Hindenburg
    • Adolf Hitler
    • Ernst Röhm
    • Franz von Papen

  16. Which limit on Hitler's power was removed by the Enabling Act?

    • Army loyalty
    • Presidential veto
    • SA opposition
    • Reichstag law-making

  17. Which limit on Hitler's power was removed by the Night of the Long Knives?

    • Presidential control
    • Reichstag opposition
    • Nazi party rivals
    • Supreme Court

  18. The Enabling Act needed two-thirds of the vote, and the Nazis had 44%. Roughly how far short were they?

    • About 22 percentage points
    • About 56 percentage points
    • About 12 percentage points
    • About 34 percentage points

  19. What term describes the Reichstag voting to hand its powers over to Hitler?

    • Military coup
    • Democratic triumph
    • Legal suicide
    • Constitutional reform

  20. On what exact date was Adolf Hitler appointed as Chancellor of Germany?

    • 27 February 1933
    • 30 January 1933
    • 30 June 1934
    • 23 March 1933

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