Lesson 3

3 The growth in support for the Nazis, 1929–32 Quiz: Pearson Edexcel History, Unit 15

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Lesson 3, The growth in support for the Nazis, 1929–32: 20 multiple choice questions for the Pearson Edexcel GCSE History (1HI0), Unit 15: Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918–39, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. When did the Wall Street Crash take place?

    • 1933
    • 1925
    • 1923
    • October 1929

  2. What share of the vote did the Nazis win in September 1930?

    • 33.1 per cent
    • 18.3 per cent
    • 37.3 per cent
    • 2.6 per cent

  3. What share of the vote did the Nazis win in July 1932?

    • 37.3 per cent
    • 18.3 per cent
    • 33.1 per cent
    • 43.9 per cent

  4. Which group was severely affected by mass unemployment during the Wall Street Crash?

    • Large landowners
    • Industrial workers
    • Senior judges
    • Monarchists

  5. Roughly how many people were unemployed at the peak in 1932?

    • About six million
    • About 60 million
    • About 600,000
    • About 60,000

  6. What emotion drove many desperate voters towards extremist parties after 1929?

    • Religious zeal
    • Economic despair
    • Imperial ambition
    • National pride

  7. Which fear did Nazi propaganda exploit to win over middle-class voters?

    • Imperialism
    • Monarchy
    • Capitalism
    • Communism

  8. How did the Nazis view the Young Plan of 1929?

    • Socialist reform
    • Economic progress
    • Communist plot
    • Foreign surrender

  9. Which Nazi organisation intimidated political opponents and staged marches?

    • The Hitler Youth
    • The SA
    • The Gestapo
    • The SS

  10. What was the Harzburg Front formed in 1931?

    • Left-wing coalition
    • Right-wing alliance
    • Nazi splinter group
    • Trade union pact

  11. Which party also grew significantly during the Great Depression alongside the Nazis?

    • German State Party
    • Centre Party
    • SPD
    • Communist Party

  12. What drove the rapid Nazi electoral surge between 1929 and 1932?

    • Trade union support
    • Foreign military aid
    • Economic crisis
    • Monarchy restoration

  13. Which Nazi leader organised propaganda campaigns from 1930 to 1932?

    • Hermann Göring
    • Alfred Rosenberg
    • Heinrich Himmler
    • Joseph Goebbels

  14. What impact did Chancellor Bruning's deflation policy have on unemployment?

    • Worsened it
    • Eliminated it
    • Stabilised it
    • Cured it

  15. Which group was most attracted to the Nazis by a strong fear of communism?

    • Agricultural labourers
    • Conservatives
    • Industrial workers
    • Trade unionists

  16. Which article of the Weimar Constitution did Chancellor Bruning use to govern?

    • Article 109
    • Article 48
    • Article 54
    • Article 22

  17. Why was the 1930 Reichstag election a turning point for the Nazis?

    • Hitler became Chancellor
    • Absolute majority won
    • Mass party breakthrough
    • Ban was lifted

  18. What core message did the Nazi party promote between 1929 and 1932?

    • National renewal
    • Monarchist restoration
    • Soviet alliance
    • Internationalism

  19. What limit characterised Nazi electoral success up to July 1932?

    • No absolute majority
    • No working-class votes
    • Refused Reichstag seats
    • Banned in Prussia

  20. Which party retained strong support from Catholic voters in this period?

    • The DNVP
    • The SPD
    • The Centre Party
    • The KPD

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