Exam Questions: Weimar & Nazi Germany, 1918–39 (Edexcel GCSE History): Exam Questions

Exam code: 1HI0

4 hours27 questions
1
12 marks

Explain why the Nazis were able to reduce unemployment in Germany in the years 1933-39.

You may use the following in your answer: 

  • rearmament 

  • autobahns 

You must also use information of your own.

2
12 marks

Explain why the Nazis were able to create a police state in the years 1933–39

You may use the following in your answer: 

  • concentration camps

  • law courts

You must also use information of your own.

3
12 marks

Explain why the German economy recovered in the years 1924–29

You may use the following in your answer: 

  • Gustav Stresemann

  • Dawes Plan

You must also use information of your own.

4
12 marks

Explain why the Weimar Republic was unpopular in the years 1919–23

You may use the following in your answer: 

  • reparations

  • the Weimar Constitution

You must also use information of your own.

5
12 marks

Explain why the use of propaganda helped the Nazis to control the attitudes of the German people in the years 1933–39

You may use the following in your answer: 

  • newspapers

  • Nazi rallies

You must also use information of your own.

6
12 marks

Explain why the Nazi Party was reorganised in the years 1924–28

You may use the following in your answer: 

  • elections

  • the Bamberg Conference (1926) 

You must also use information of your own.