United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Path to Nazi Genocide Worksheet: ANSWER KEY
2. Germany prospered economically prior to the worldwide Great Depression.
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False
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3. Adolf Hitler tried to seize control of the German government in 1923, ten years before he
became chancellor.
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True
]
4. Prior to 1933, Hitler’s desire to eliminate European Jews was kept a secret.
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False
]
5. Hitler seized control of Germany in a military coup.
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False
]
6. The Nazis used propaganda to gain supporters, offering simple solutions and blaming
scapegoats for Germany’s problems.
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True
]
7. The Nazis never received more than 38% of the vote in a national election prior to 1933.
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True
]
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False
]
9. The Nazis rejected stories of Germany’s patriotic history and did not try to reassure
average Germans about Hitler’s leadership.
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False
]
10. German soldiers swore an oath of allegiance to Hitler, not to Germany.
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True
]
11. Nazi racial ideology labeled Jews, Slavs, blacks, and Roma as racially inferior.
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True
]
12. The Kristallnacht attacks in November 1938 were spontaneous and surprised Nazi
authorities.
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False
]