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Multiple choice history germany, 1918-45 hitler and nazis causes, aim and impact of nazism between the two world wars

Which African American won 4 Gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics and was termed the fastest man on the planet?

  1. Bessie Coleman

  2. Paul Robeson

  3. Jesse Owens

  4. Herbert Clark Hoover
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C Correct answer
Explanation
  • Jesse Owens won 5 Gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, undermining Hitler's claim that whites were the superior race.
  • Owens worked for under privileged children and was eventually awarded the USA Medal of freedom in 1976.
Multiple choice history germany, 1918-45 hitler and nazis causes, aim and impact of nazism between the two world wars

Who was the propaganda minister of Hitler?

  1. Hjalmar Schacht

  2. Hindenburg

  3. Goebbels

  4. Helmuth

  5. None of these
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C Correct answer
Explanation

German Nazi Party member Joseph Goebbels became Adolf Hitler's propaganda minister in 1933, which gave him power over all German radio, press, cinema and theater.
In 1925 Goebbels met the party leader Adolf Hitler. In 1926 he was made Gauleiter, or party leader, for the region of Berlin and in 1927 he founded and became editor of the official National Socialist periodical der Angriff. He was elected to the Reichstag, the German parliament, in 1928. By  exploiting mob emotions and by employing all modern methods of propaganda Goebbels helped Hitler to gain power.
His work as a propagandist materially aided Hitler's rise to power in 1933. When Hitler seized power in 1933, Goebbels was appointed Reichsminister for propaganda and national enlightenment. From then until death, Goebbels used all media of education and communication to further Nazi propagandistic aims, instilling in the Germans the concept of their leader as a veritable god and of their destiny as the rulers of the world. In 1938 he became a member of the Hitler Cabinet Council.

Multiple choice history germany, 1918-45 hitler and nazis causes, aim and impact of nazism between the two world wars

Which party came to be known as the Nazi Party?

  1. German Workers' Party

  2. National Socialist German Workers' Party

  3. Socialist German Workers' Party

  4. National German Workers' Party
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B Correct answer
Explanation

National Socialist German Workers' Party came to be known as the Nazi Party.It was a German political party started in 1920 and it created and supported the ideology of National Socialism.

Multiple choice history germany, 1918-45 hitler and nazis causes, aim and impact of nazism between the two world wars

Choose the Correct response from the given options:


On 3rd March 1933, the famous Enabling Act was passed to:
  I.  establish dictatorship in Germany.
 II.  give Hitler the power to rule by decree
III.  ban all trade unions
IV.  ban all political parties and their affiliates

  1. Only I and II are correct

  2. Only III and IV are correct

  3. I, II and III are correct

  4. Only IV is correct
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A Correct answer
Explanation

On 3 March 1933, the famous Enabling Act was passed. This Act established dictatorship in Germany. It gave Hitler all powers to sideline Parliament and rule by decree. All political parties and trade unions were banned except for the Nazi Party and its affiliates. The state established complete control over the economy, media, army and judiciary. 

Multiple choice history germany, 1918-45 hitler and nazis causes, aim and impact of nazism between the two world wars

What gave Nazi state its reputation as the most dreaded criminal state?

  1. Extra-constitutional powers were given to the newly organised forces like Gestapo, the SS and SD

  2. People could be detained in Gestapo torture chambers and sent to concentration camps

  3. No legal procedures were there for the arrested people

  4. All the above
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The Nazi state utilized a combination of extra-constitutional powers, the Gestapo, concentration camps, and the removal of legal protections to establish its reputation as a criminal state.

Multiple choice history germany, 1918-45 hitler and nazis causes, aim and impact of nazism between the two world wars

Why did the Nuremberg Tribunal sentenced only 11 Nazis to death for such a massive genocide? 

  1. Only these 11 Nazis were found guilty.

  2. The Allies did not want to be harsh on the defeated Germany as they had been after World War I.

  3. Germany promised never to repeat such an act.

  4. Germany was ready to pay a huge compensation to the Allied countries for these killings.
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The Nuremberg Tribunal sentenced only 11 leading Nazis to death for their brutality and their crime. Other Nazis were imprisoned for life. Though their crime was very brutal yet this time Allies did not want to be as harsh on defeated Germany as they had been after the First World War. This time they felt that German experience at the end of the First World War formed the background to rise of Nazism.

Multiple choice history germany, 1918-45 hitler and nazis causes, aim and impact of nazism between the two world wars

Which of the following bodies was set up to try and prosecute the Nazi war criminals at the end of World War II?

  1. International Military Tribunal

  2. British Military Tribunal

  3. Allied Military Tribunal

  4. Allied Judicial Court
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A Correct answer
Explanation

At the end of second world war, an International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg was set up to try and prosecute the Nazi war criminals for Crimes against Peace, for War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity. Germany's conduct during the war, especially those activities which came to be called Crimes Against Humanity, raised serious moral and ethical questions and invited worldwide condemnation.

Multiple choice history germany, 1918-45 hitler and nazis causes, aim and impact of nazism between the two world wars

Why did Nazim become popular in Germany by 1930?

  1. Because of political crisis

  2. Because of economic crisis

  3. Because of Hitler's Charisma and Nazi propaganda

  4. All of the above
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The economic crisis due to the great economic depression and political instability due to the instable weimar republic formed the background to the rise of Nazism.

During the Great Depression, Nazism became a mass movement. At the time of this economic crisis, Nazi propaganda gave hope of a better future to the Germans.
Along with this Hitler's personality gave popularity to Nazism. Hitler was a great speaker. He promised people to build a strong nation, undo the injustice of the Versailles Treaty, restore the dignity of German People and to give employment to those who are looking for work.