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- Weimar Germany's constitution was suspended during the state of emergency (thus granting the gov emergency powers)a. true b. false
- With little opposition, the Reichstag (parliament) passed the Enabling Act in 1933 (granting Hitler dictatorial powers)a. true b. false
- Nazi propaganda promoted the belief that Germany needed to remove undesirable/inferior groups (scientific racism)a. true b. false
- Germany's Nazi government practiced fascism (undemocratatic, ultranationalist, militaristic)a. true b. false
- The Nazi government (police, press, propaganda) increasingly targeted communists, Jews, Slavs, & Roma/Gypsiesa. true b. false
- Hitler and the Nazis initiated a period of Nazification following the Enabling Acta. true b. false
- Germans increasingly voted for members of the Nazi Party and Communist Party during the 1930 & 1932 electionsa. true b. false
- The Weimar gov, increasingly controlled by the Nazi Party, used its emergency powers to arrest/detain political rivalsa. true b. false
- Hitler claimed that the Reichstag Fire was part of a larger Communist (Jewish) conspiracy to overthrow the Weimar gova. true b. false
- Germany's provisional government built a new/democratic government known as the __?__a. berlin republicb. weimar republic
- While some critics of Stalin were executed, others were sent to gulags (labor camps) in Siberiaa. leninb. stalin
- Germany's Nazi government used censorship and propaganda to condition/mold German attitudes/outlooksa. true b. false
- Paul von Hindenburg, winner of the 1932 presidential election, appointed Hitler to the position of chancellor (#2)a. true b. false
- In response to the Reichstag Fire, Hitler persuaded Hindenberg to declare a state of emergencya. true b. false
- Weimar Germany had a multi-party system & proportional voting (legislative seats reflected the % of public votes)a. true b. false
- Nazi Germany passed anti-Semitic legislation in 1935 and stripped Jews of their citizenship and constitutional rightsa. true b. false
- The Great Depression (1929) reversed Weimar Germany's economic recoverya. true b. false
- Between 1921 and 1923, Weimar Germany defaulted on its reparation payments because it suffered from hyperinflationa. true b. false
- German Revolution (1918-19) = German sailors/citizens revolted against the German government at the end of World War Ia. true b. false
- Germany's kaiser (monarch) resigned/fled and members of the Social Democractic Party created a provisional governmenta. true b. false