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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