History

History, WW1-The cold war

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    Events leading to totalitarianism

  • Hitler was appointed what on this date?

    Chancellor
    Goerring was appointed minister of interior
  • Who ordered the police and the SA/SS to work together?

    Goerring
  • Describe the event that happened on this night

    The Reichstag fire.
    4000 suspected communists were arrested in the night.
    Said to be the work of a communist madman.
  • The emergency decree issued allowed what?

    Police to arrest and hold wtihout trial
    Hitler to take over regional government
  • In this election the Nazi party won what percent of the vote?

    52%
  • Who was appointed what on this day?

    Goebbels, Head of propoganda
  • What act was passed on this day?

    The enabling act
  • What did this act allow?

    Allowed Hitler to pass laws without consulting the Reichstag, it bascially allowed Hitler to be a legal dictator
  • The civil service purged...

    Alien elements (jews and opponents of Nazis)
  • The worker holiday granted on this day was called...

    May day holiday
  • What was the name of the new 'union' formed?

    German Labour front (DAF)
  • What law was passed on this day?

    Emplyment law. Created new jobs to build roads etc,
  • What type of state did Germany become on this day?

    A one party state, after a law was passed banning the formation and existence of new parties
  • What were the terms of the agreement signed between the church and the state?

    It stated that the church stayed out of politics if the State stayed out of religious matters
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    All state governments taken over

  • What major event happened on this day?

    The night of the long knifes
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    3 major things happened during this month, List them.

    Hindenburg dies
    Hitler becomes Fuhrer
    Army swears oath to Hitler personally