“How did Hitler rise to power?” Video Questions:
- How did Hitler use the result of World War I to fuel his rise to power?
- Accused the German leadership of “stabbing the nation in the back.”
- Used vicious anti-Semitism to help explain Germany’s defeat in the First World War.
- Denounced the Weimar Republic.
- All of the above.
- Why was the Weimar Republic immediately unpopular with the German people?
- It was the result of the harsh terms of the Treaty of Versailles: “peace to end all peace.”
- They were a communist government.
- They were a capitalist government.
- They were an oppressive dictatorship.
- Why was Germany hit harder by the Great Depression than any other European nation?
- War reparation payments made the country’s economy extremely fragile.
- Jewish citizens monopolized the banking industry & were involved in a conspiracy.
- Banks failed only in Germany.
- Hitler invested heavily in the US stock market.
- After Hitler’s unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the German government, what was his new strategy to seize power in Germany?
- Burn down the Reichstag and dissolve it.
- Run for political office and expand Nazi influence in German government.
- Cause the Great Depression.
- Assassinate Hindenburg.
- What role did the Great Depression of 1929 play in making the Nazi party a force in German politics?