CBQs Ch- 3 Nazism and the rise of Hitler - History Class 9th READ THE PARAGRAPH AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW: 1.President Hindenburg offered the Chancellorship, on 30 January 1933, the highest position in the cabinet of ministers, to Hitler. The Fire Decree of 28 February 1933 suspended civic rights like freedom of speech, press, and assembly that had been guaranteed by the Weimar constitution. On 3 March 1933, the famous Enabling Act was passed which established a dictatorship in Germany. The state took control over the economy, media, army, and judiciary. Apart from the already existing regular police in a green uniforms and the SA or the Storm Troopers, these included the Gestapo (secret state police), the SS (the protection squads), criminal police, and the Security Service (SD). a.What did the fire decree do? b.What was the Enabling Act? c.How was the state able to take over complete control of the economy and people? 2.Nazis termed mass killings as special treatment, final solution (for the Jews), euthanasia (for the disabled), selection, and disinfections. ‘Evacuation’ meant deporting people to gas chambers. Gas chambers were labelled as ‘‘disinfection-areas’, and looked like bathrooms equipped with fake showerheads. Nazi ideas were spread through visual images, films, radio, posters, catchy slogans, and leaflets. Orthodox Jews were stereotyped and marked and were referred to as vermin, rats, and pests. The Nazis made equal efforts to appeal to all the different sections of the population. They sought to win their support by suggesting that Nazis alone could solve all their problems. Why were different terms used for killings by Nazis? How were the Nazi ideas spread?How were jews stereotyped?What were disinfection areas?MCQs Ch- 3 Nazism and the rise of Hitler - History Class 9th Question 1. Nazi propaganda projected Hilter as a _______ . Question 2. What was Auschwitz? Question 3. Name the four countries included in the Allied Powers in World War II. Question 4. What was the name given to separately marked areas where the Jews lived? Question 5. When did the Youth League of the Nazis found? Question 6. What is the German Parliament known as? Question 7. A camp where people were isolated and detained without due process of law is referred to as _______. Question 8. Which Article of the Weimar Constitution gave the President the powers to impose emergency, suspend civil rights, and rule by decree? Question 9. Name the 2 scientists whose theories were used by Nazis for anti jew propaganda QUESTION 10. Who rebuilt the German economy?SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS: Question 1. “The Weimar constitution had some inherent defects, which made it unstable and vulnerable to dictatorship.”LIST 2 such defects. Question 2. “Nazism became a mass movement during the Great Depression period’’. Give reason for the same Question 3. Explain any three components of the ideology of Hitler. Question 4. What steps were taken by Hitler to reconstruct Germany? Question 5. Explain the following terms : (i) Holocaust, (ii) Concentration Camp, (iii) Wall Street Exchange.