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Honors World HistoryMr. Green
The students will explain the rise of Hitler and Nazi Germany by describing the process by which Hitler grabbed power in Germany
Announcement: There were be a bi-weekly World History Review Session today in Mr. Gregg’s Room.
Announcement: Chapter 17 Test on Wednesday
Hand-in: Class work from yesterdayWarm-up: 5 Question QuizDrill: Who was Adolf Hitler
Objective/Warm-up
Hitler and His ViewsBorn in Austria 4/20/1889Wanted to be an artist, but was rejectedServed 4 years in WWI1919 joined the German Workers’ Party1921-Hitler had control of party and renamed it National
Socialist German Workers’ Party or NAZI for short55,000 members-15,000 in the party militia known as
Brown ShirtsTried to overthrow the government in Nov. 1923
Beer Hall PutschServed jail timeWrote Mein Kampf-My Struggle
Hitler and Nazi Germany
The NAZI party expanded to become a national political party
Became largest party in the Reichstagunemployment roseGreat Depression people believed
The NAZI’s take controlPresident Hindenburg appointed Hitler chancellor in 1933Enabling Act
Reichstag allowed government to suspend the constitution for 4 years to put the country back together
Rise of Nazism
Purged civil service of Jews and democratic elements
Set up concentration campsTrade unions dissolvedAll political parties dissolved except for the
NAZI partyPresident Hindenburg died in 1934 and his
office was abolishedFuhrer now in total control
Cont’d
Wanted to establish an Aryan racespeak Indo-European languagenot a race
Create a 3rd ReichCreation of a totalitarian state in many ways
economic policiesmass spectaclesorganizationsterror
The NAZI state 1933-1941
SS originally Hitler’s personal bodyguardHeinrich Himmlerused terror and ideology
concentration campsfurther the Aryan race
The State and Terror
Hitler used public works projects and grants to private construction firms
Drastically reduced unemploymentRearmament programMany gave the credit to the NAZIs
Economics and Spectacles
1. Describe the positions Hitler takes in Mein Kampf.
2. Describe the emotional response many Germans experienced at Hitler’s rallies.
3. Explain why a dictator would want to remove the constitution from a country.
4. Identify the key to solving the unemployment problem.
5. Identify reasons the German people supported the NAZI party.
Independent Work
Call on individual students with questions from the lesson
Lesson Assessment
Read Section 2, pages 573-579 and be prepared for a 5 Question Quiz over the reading on Thursday.
Homework