Past paper questions - Depth
Study, Germany 1918-45
May-June
2000
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Topic
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Was
the Weimar Republic doomed from the start?
(a) Describe
how WWI still affected the lives of German People in the
years 1919-23?
(b) Why did Germany suffer hyperinflation in 1923?
(c)
How well did the Weimar Republic deal with problems which
confronted it between 1923 and 1929? Explain your answer.
10
The
Nazi regime: what was it like to live in Nazi Germany?
(a) In what ways were the youth of Germany given special
attention by the Nazis?
(b) Why did the Nazis place great value on the education of
the young?
(c) In the late 1930s, were most Germans satisfied with
their lives under Nazi rule? Explain your answer.
October-November
2000
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Topic
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9
Was
the Weimar Republic doomed from the start?
Why
was Hitler able to dominate Germany by 1934?
(a) What
territorial terms of the Treaty of Versailles affected Germany
in Europe?
(b) Why did Germany dislike the other terms of the Treaty of
Versailles?
(c)
How far was the rise of the Nazis to power the result of
German dissatisfaction with the terms of the Treaty of
Versailles? Explain your answer.
10
The
Nazi regime: what was it like to live in Nazi Germany?
(a) In what ways did Hitler give the impression that Germany
was a great country?
(b) Why did the Nazis persecute minorities in Germany in the
1930s?
(c) How successful had Hitler's domestic policies been by
1939? Explain your answer.
May-June
2001
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Topic
Details
9
Was
the Weimar Republic doomed from the start?
(a) Describe
the attempts made in 1919-20 to overthrow the Weimar
Republic
(b)
Why did Germans dislike the terms of the Treaty of
Versailles so much?
(c) How successfully did Weimar governments deal with
Germany's problems in the years 1920-24? Explain your
answer.
10
Why
was Hitler able to dominate Germany by 1934?
(a) What methods did the Nazis use to gain support in
the elections of 1930-32?
(b) Why did the Weimar Republic fail?
(c) To what extent did the Nazi Party after 1933 keep
popular support? Explain your answer.
October-November
2001
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Topic
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9
Was
the Weimar Republic doomed from the start?
(a) What was the Munich Putsch of 1923?
(b) Why was Stresemann's foreign policy a success?
(c) How far had Germany recovered from its earlier problems by
1929? Explain your answer.
10
The
Nazi regime: what was it like to live in Nazi Germany?
(a)
What was a Nazi 'concentration camp'?
(b) Why did the Nazis introduce the 'Final Solution'?
(c) To what extent did Germans turn against Hitler during
the course of WWII? Explain your answer.
May-June
2002
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Topic
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9
Why
was Hitler able to dominate Germany by 1934?
(a)
What was the SA?
(b) Why did the Nazi Party become popular between 1929 and
1932?
(c) To what extent was Hitler's appointment as Chancellor on 30
January 1933 the result of his popularity? Explain your
answer.
10
The
Nazi regime: how effectively did the Nazis control Germany,
1933-45?
(a) Describe the events of the Night of the Long Knives.
(b) Why was Goebbels important to Hitler?
(c) 'Hitler removed all opposition to Nazi rule within Germany
by the end of 1935.' Do you agree? Explain your answer.
October-November
2002
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Topic
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9
Was
the Weimar Republic doomed from the start?
(a) Describe the activities of the Freikorps in Germany,
1919-20
(b)
Why were there so many uprisings and disturbances in Germany
in the years 1919-22?
(c) How far was Germany's treatment in the Versailles peace
settlement unfair? Explain your answer.
10
The
Nazi regime: how effectively did the Nazis control Germany,
1933-45?
(a) Describe the treatment of the Jews in Nazi Germany from
1935
(b) Why were the Jews persecuted by the Nazis?
(c)
By the end of the 1930s, did Hitler rule Germany by
oppression or by popular support? Explain your answer.
May
- June 2003
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Topic
Details
9
Was
the Weimar Republic doomed from the start?
(a)
Describe the Munich Putsch
(b)
Why did the Nazi Party make little progress in Germany
before 1930?
(c)
Did the election results of 1930-33 prove that the people of
Germany supported Hitler's ideas and policies? Explain your
answer.
10
The
Nazi regime: what was it like to live in Nazi Germany?
(a)
Describe the activities of the Hitler Youth organisations.
(b)
Why did the Nazis want to change and control women's roles?
(c)
How successful were Nazi policies towards young people?
Explain your answer.
October
- November 2003
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Topic
Details
9
Was
the Weimar Republic doomed from the start?
(a) Describe
the effects of the hyperinflation of 1923 on the lives of
German people
(b)
Why did France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr in 1923?
(c)
How far did Stresemann restore pride and prosperity to
Germany? Explain your answer.
10
The
Nazi regime: how effectively did the Nazis control Germany,
1933-45?
(a)
What was the Enabling Act of March 1933?
(b) Why
did Hitler seek to control all forms of media?
(c)
How far had Hitler's policies gained the support of the
German people by 1939? Explain your answer.
May
- June 2004
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Topic
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9
Why
was Hitler able to dominate Germany by 1934?
(a)
Describe the Munich Putsch
(b)
Why did the support for the Nazis increase after the Wall
Street Crash of 1929?
(c)
How important was the ‘Night of the Long Knives’ in
establishing Hitler in power in 1933-34?
10
The
Nazi regime: how effectively did the Nazis control Germany,
1933-45?
The
Nazi regime: what was it like to live in Nazi Germany?
(a)
Describe the use of propaganda by Hitler to control the
German propaganda?
(b)
Why was it important to win the hearts and minds of young
people?
(c)
How popular was the Nazi regime with the German people?
Explain your answer.
October
- November 2004
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Topic
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9
Why
was Hitler able to dominate Germany by 1934
(a) Describe
the ideas and policies of the Nazi Party in the 1920s
(b)
Explain why the Nazi Party had so little success before
1930.
(c) 'The
effects of the Wall Street Crash provided the main reason
why Hitler was able to become Chancellor of Germany by
1933.' Do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer
10
The
Nazi regime: how effectively did the Nazis control Germany,
1933-45?
The
Nazi regime: what was it like to live in Nazi Germany?
(a)
Describe the actions taken by Hitler to reduce unemployment
(b) Why
did the Nazis discourage women from going out to work?
(c)
How total was the control the Nazis had over the German
people before 1939? Explain your answer.
May - June
2005
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Topic
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9
Was
the Weimar Republic doomed from the start?
(a) Describe the Kapp Putsch?
(b)
Why was there an economic crisis in 1923?
(c) ‘Hyperinflation
was a disaster’ How far do you agree with this statement.
10
The
Nazi regime: how effectively did the Nazis control Germany,
1933-45?
The
Nazi regime: what was it like to live in Nazi Germany?
(a)
Describe the changes the Nazis made to education
(b) Why
did the Nazis persecute minority groups?
(c) Young
people did not support the Nazi regime’. How far do you
agree with this statement? Explain your answer.
October – November 2005
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Topic
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9
Was
the Weimar Republic doomed from the start?
(a) Who
were the Sparacists
(b)
Why did Germans hate the Treaty of Versailles?
(c)
To what extent did the Weimar Republic recover after 1923?
10
The
Nazi regime: how effectively did the Nazis control Germany,
1933-45?
The
Nazi regime: what was it like to live in Nazi Germany?
(a)
What were Nazi views towards women and the family?
(b) Why
did the Nazis encourage young people to join the Hitler
Youth?
(c)
'Most people in Germany benefited from Nazi rue'. How far do
agree with this statement?