Quiz Questions on Weimar Germany and the Rise of Nazism What was the first crisis that the new German liberal government had to confront in the first weeks of its existence? What happened to Rosa Luxembourg and Karl Liebkind? What aspects of the Treaty of Versailles did the German people find particularly unfair? How did right wing conservatives try to take over the government in the early 1920's? What consequences did Hitler receive for attempting the Beer Hall Putsch in 1923? What did Americans do to stabilize the German economy and end the hyper-inflation? Why did the liberal message fail to engage Germans outside of the city centers? Why did the socialist message fail to engage Germans outside of the city centers? What aspects of the Nazi message found fertile ground in the conservative imagination? What impact did the Great Depression have on German politics? How did the 'emergency decree' provision of the Weimar Constitution open the path for Hitler's eventual seizure of dictatorial power? Why were the Nazis able to get 37% of the vote in the 1932 elections? What event did Hitler use to declare a national emergency? What powers did the Enabling Act give him?