Germany 1850 to 1950 History

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1. What name is generally given by historians to the German government between 1919 and 1933? The Third Reich The Reichstag Democracy The Federal Republic of Germany The Weimar Republic

2. What was the Hindenburg disaster? The sinking of a merchant ship An airship disaster A fire in a German city A mistake by President Hindenburg that led to German starvation

3. In what year did Prussian Prime Minister Otto von Bismarck unify Germany? Answer: (It is called the Unification of Germany and happened before the two world wars)

4. Who, upon being elected in 1919, was the President of the Reich before Paul von Hindenburg? Franz von Papen Kurt Weill Rudolf Hess Friedrich Ebert

5. Which unusual place did Hitler dictate his book 'Mein Kampf' from during the 1920s? On a holiday in America In a secret underground base In prison In the offices of the Reichstag

6. Which art form did Hitler try to make a living from? Musician Playwright Painter Novelist

7. Who died in the infamous 'Night of Broken Glass' or 'Kristallnacht', as it is called? Communists Jewish people Anti-Hitler Nazis Members of the old government

8. What year were the Olympic Games held in Nazi Germany? Answer: (Jesse Owens did very well.)

9. What was the Schlieffen Plan? A clause that allowed Weimar Republic to become a dictatorship in a time of crisis A plan for ridding the world of Jews and blacks A way for secretly building up military against the Treaty of Versailles' rules A plan for invading other countries during the Great War

10. In Adolf Hitler's Nazi government, who was the Nazi's Minister of Propaganda? Josef Goebbels Rudolf Hess Hermann Goring Franz von Papen

11. Which country loaned money to Germany in 1924 through the Dawes Plan? Canada The Soviet Union Argentian The U.S.

12. What was the Anschluss? An agreement of friendship with Germany and Japan The union of Germany and Austria A treaty Hitler signed with the Catholic Church A Germany for lesser races

13. Which of the following was the term for a temporary currency used during the 1920s when there were problems with the ordinary Deutsch mark? Rentenmark Roggnmark Deutsches Geld Totenmark

14. What year did Stresemann become Chancellor of Germany? 1923 1930 1919 1925

15. After the First World War, to which nation did Germany lose the area known as Northern Schleswig? France Poland Russia Denmark