1. Why did Hitler become Chancellor?
Reason
Detail and evidence to support it

2. Why did Hitler become Chancellor?
Reason
Detail and evidence to support it
Weaknesses of other chancellors
Becoming more autocratic anyway
Weakness of Hindenburg
Most popular party
Threat of Communism
Manipulation of von Schleicher
Weaknesses of Weimar Germany
Who could be blamed for Hitler becoming Chancellor?

3. How did Hitler consolidate his power
How did Hitler consolidate his power? C aim – to explain in detail and summarise the reasons B/A aim - to explain in detail, summarise the reasons, and link in weaknesses Weimar Germany knowledge
In January 1933 Hitler was appointed as Chancellor.
What do we mean by consolidate?
Why did he need to consolidate it?
What threats did he face?

4. How did Hitler and the Nazis consolidate their power?
Problem
Date it was solved
How they solved it
Any other elements that helped them to solve this

5. The Problem of the Communists
What were the problems?

6. How did they solve this problem? Reichstag Fire
Read your sheet and highlight key points
Fill in the table

7. Problems for the Nazis within the political system
What were the problems?

8. How did he solve this problem? The Enabling Act
Read and underline key points
Hindenburg’s death August 1934
1 min 24

9. Problems within the Nazi Party
What were the problems? Think about what happened under Von Schleicher.

10. How did he solve these problems? Night of the Long Knives
Read pp and underline in pencil why the Night of the Long Knives occurred
Read p. 178 – Why did Hitler get away with it?
Fill in your tables.

11. Problems within the Nazi party in their support base
What problems were there?
How did Hitler solve them?
Add to your tables.

12. How did Hitler and the Nazis consolidate their power?
Problem
Date it was solved
How they solved it
Any other elements that helped them to solve this
February 1933
Reichstag Fire
March 1933
Enabling Act
Hindenburg
June 1934
Night of the Long Knives
Elite and electorate, NOLK and propaganda.

13. List the problems the Nazis needed to overcome to consolidate their power
Discuss how they overcome these problems. Link in knowledge about Weimar Germany.
Why did they use this approach?

14. Homework – answer this question
Hitler became Fuhrer as he was the leader of the most popular party. How far do you agree? (30)