Summative: Hitler's rise to power

By Anajuliaamaral

  • Hitler becomes the leader of the Nazi party

    As the leader of the party, he was a figure to the population and could start planting and growing the seeds of an authoritarian government.

  • Beer hall putsch

    Hitler and the Nazi Party try to overthrow the Weimar Republic with an armed uprising.

  • Black tuesday

    The day of the stock market crash. The crisis helped Hitler's rise because the population was desperate for a change and saw the Nazi party as a solution.

  • Hitler is appointed Chancellor

    After Hitler loses the elections for president, the Nazi party gains multiple chairs in the parliament and earns more and more political strength, allowing Hitler to be appointed as chancellor.

  • Reichstag fire

    The Reichstag (parliament) was set on fire by Hitlers' allies as a strategy to blame the opposition and establish his government.

  • The enabling act

    The law that allowed Hitler and his party to create laws without having to ask for the parliament’s consent. (Happened after the Reichstag fire)

  • The night of the long knives

    Hitler orders the execution of leaders of the SA to establish his place as an authoritarian leader and to minimize opposition.