Nazism and the Rise of Hitler Class 9 Worksheet History Chapter 3

Q.1. Who was Hitler’s propaganda Minister?

Goebbels.

Q.2. Which was the most famous film in which orthodox Jews were stereotyped and marked?

The Eternal Jews.

Q.3. What was Article 48 of Weimer Republic?

It gave the President the powers to impose emergency, suspended civil rights and rule by decree.

Q.4. Name the scientist who discovered the theory of natural selection and evolution.

Charles Darwin.

Q.5. Name the place where people were isolated and detained without due process of law.

Concentration Camps

Q.6. Explain any three reasons that led to the German invasion of Soviet Union.

Hitler wanted to achieve his long term aim of conquering Eastern Europe.
He wanted to ensure food supplies and living space for German.
So he attacked the Soviet Union in June 1941.

Q.7. What were the promises made by Hitler to the people of Germany?

He promised to build a string nation, undo the injustice of the Versailles Treaty and restore the dignity f the German people.
He promised employment for those looking for work, and a secure future for the youth.
He promised to weed out all foreign influences and resist all foreign conspiracies against Germany.

Q.8. Write a short note on the foreign policy of Hitler.

Hitler pulled out of the League of Nations and reoccupied the Rhineland.
He integrated Austria and Germany in 1938 under the slogan one people one leader.
He occupied Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia.
In 1940 a Tripartite Pact was signed between Germany, Italy and Japan, strengthening Hitler’s claim to international power.

Q.9. What were the ideas of Hitler on racial state?

He believed that there was no equality among people-on racial hierarchy.
The blond haired, blue eyed Aryan race was the most superior and the most inferior were the Jews.
Hitler believed in lebensraum or living space.

Q.10. Write a short note on Tripartite Pact.

In September 1940, a Tripartite Pact was signed between Germany, Italy and Japan, strengthening Hitler’s claim to international power.
Puppet regimes, supportive of Nazi Germany were installed in a large part of Europe.
By the end of 1940, Hitler was at the pinnacle of his power.

Q.11. “Politically, the Weimer Republic was fragile”. Explain.

Politically, too the Weimer republic was Fragile. The Weimer Constitution had some inherent defects, which made it unstable and vulnerable to dictatorship.
One was proportional representation. This made achieving a majority by any one party a near impossible task, leading to a rule by coalition.
Another defect was Article 48, which gave the President the powers to impose emergency, suspend civil rights and rule by decree.
Within its short life the Weimar Republic saw twenty different cabinets lasting on an average 239 days, and a liberal use Article 48.
Yet the crises could not manage. People lost confidence in the democratic parliamentary system, which seemed to offer no solutions.

Q.12. How was the Great Economic Depression of 1929-1932 destroyed German economy?

The German economy was the worst hit by the economic crises. By 1932, industrial production was reduced to 40 percent of the 1929 level.
Workers lost their jobs or were paid reduced wages.
The number of unemployed touched an unprecedented 6 million.
On the streets of Germany you could see men with placards around their neck saying, “willing to work”. Unemployment youths play cards and simply sat at street corners, or destroyed queued up at the local employment exchange.
The middle classes, especially salaried employees and pensioners, saw their savings diminish when the currency lost its value.

Q.13. Explain any five features of Hitler’s foreign policy.

In foreign policy also Hitler acquired quick success.
He pulled out of the League of Nations in 1933, reoccupied the Rhineland in 1936, and integrates Austria and Germany in 1938 under the slogan, one people, one empire, and one leader.
He then went on to wrest German-speaking Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia, and gobbled up the entire country.
In all of this he had the unspoken support of England, which had considered the Versailles verdict too harsh.
These quick successes at home and abroad seemed to reverse the destiny of the country.

Q.14. Highlight the different provisions which were made by Nazis for German Youth to enter the Nazi organizations.

Youth organizations were made responsible for educating German youth in the spirit of National Socialism.
Ten year olds had to enter Jungvolk. At 14 all boys had to join the Nazi youth organization-Hitler Youth-where they learnt to worship war, glorify aggression and violence, condemn democracy, and hate Jews, communists, Gypsies and all those categorized as undesirable.
After a period of rigorous ideology and physical training they joined the labour Service, usually at the age of 18.
Then they had to serve in the armed forces and enter one of the Nazi organizations.

Q.15. Highlight the effects of the recession of 1930 on the German economy.

The German economy was the worst hit by the economic crises. By 1932, industrial production was reduced to 40% of the 1929 level.
Workers lost their jobs or were paid reduced wages.
The number of unemployed touched an unprecedented 6 million.
On the streets of Germany we could see men with placards around their necks saying, ‘willing to do any work’.
The economic crises created deep anxieties and fear in People. The middle classes, especially salaried employees and pensioners, saw their savings diminish when the currency lost its value.
Small businessmen, the self employed and retailers suffered as their businesses got ruined.