The Mock Exam

1. The Mock Exam

2. Comprehension Question • Did you refer to the source i.e ‘source A says ..’? • Did you make an inference? • Was your inference supported by the evidence of the source • How long did you spend on this question? • What amount of time should you spend on this type of question • Out of 5 how hard did you find this question (1=easy)

3. The 9 Mark Question • How long did you spend on this question? • How long are you meant to spend on this question • Did you write 2-3 focused PEA paragraphs • Remember you don’t need an introduction/conclusion for this type of question • Don’t answer both questions like one candidate • Out of 5 how hard did you find this question (1=easy)

4. The introduction of a new currency-the Retenmark • The introduction of the Rentenmark helped Germany recover in the 1920s because of the old currency was worthless. This meant that the old currency was gone and the old ways of getting paid three or four times a day were gone. This helped the Germany economy recover because now people had more confidence in the currency. • The introduction of the Rentenmark also helped Weimar Germany to recover because it helped Germans psychologically. Germany now had a new currency it could trust. Germans could now get on with the future and with making money and could forget about the past.

5. The Dawes Plan (1924) and the Young Plan (1929) • The Dawes Plan and the Young Plan helped Germany to recover. In the 1920s Germany did not have a lot of money because of reparations and so by lending Germany money America was helping Germany to recover by helping Germany to pay her reparations that were due under the Treaty of Versailles. • The Dawes and Young Plans also helped Germany to recover because Germany really had no economy after World War One. The loans helped people set up new businesses, they helped the German economy to recover because once those businesses got going this would bring in more money for Germany.

7. The 12 mark question • How long did you spend on this type of question? • Did you write 2-3 paragraphs? • Did you include a conclusion? • Did you consider importance? • Did you use the bullet points? • What about your own knowledge? • Out of 5 how hard did you find this question (1=easy)

8. In what ways did the Reichstag Fire help Hitler increase his control in Germany? • Firstly, the Reichstag Fire helped Hitler increase his control because he used the fire to argue Germany was under attack. This allowed Hitler to create an Emergency Decree in Feburary allowing the Nazis to do things such as arrest and imprison people without trial and ban political meetings. This meant that Hitler was more in control because he could arrest his opponents and disrupt other parties political meetings. • Secondly, the Reichstag Fire helped Hitler increase his control because Hitler was able to blame the fire on the Communists. Hitler argued that the Communists were such a threat that they were even banend from the Reichstag. This helped Hitler increase his control because he had one less enemy in the parliament to worrry about and who could vote against him. • Lastly, the Reichdtag fire helped Hitler increase his control because he called an election and portrayed the Nazis as trying to protect Germany and the other parties as being weak and too reliant on Weimar democracy. Hitler increased the Nazis seats in the Reichstag to 288. This meant the Nazis had a larger number of votes and more power and control as a result. • So in conclusion, there are three main ways in which the Reichstag fire helped Hitler increase his control. Firstly, it gave him an excuse to create an emergnecy decree which he could use against his enemies and make he Nazis more powerful. Secondly, he could blame the fire on one of his biggest enemies-the Communists-and, lastly, he could call an election and get more votes by portraying the Nazis as the hero and the other parties as the opposition.

11. Another 9 Mark Question! Describe the role of the SS 1933-45 • The first role of the SS was as Hitler’s bodyguard. At first the SS was only around 500 men and were selected to be blonde, blue eyed and tall-what was known as a typical Aryan. The role of the SS was to protect Hitler and serve Hitler. • After the Knight of the Long Knives, the role of the SS expanded. The SS was responsible for keeping the population in order and the Gestapo or secret police were under control of the SS and the leader of the SS Heinrich Himmler. The role of the SS was to maintain order and make sure there was no opposition to Hitler. • The SS also fought during the Second World War. The SS had fighting units which were called the Waffen SS. They were the elite fighting units and were some of the most feared of troops. The SS was also responsible for policing the concentration camps and was involved in the genocide where 6 million Jews were executed during the war. The role of the SS was to fight and also to police the concentration camps.

12. The 16 Mark Question • How long did you spend on this type of question? • How long should you spend? • Did you look at both viewpoints-a balanced argument? • Did you include a judgment or conclusion explaining your opinion? • Did you consider importance?

13. The Munich Beer Hall Putsch was a total failure for the Nazi Party. Do you agree. Explain your answer • The Munich Putsch was in 1923 and involved Hitler and the Nazis trying to forcibly seize power. The Putsch failed and so surely the Munich Putsch was a failure? • It could be argued that the Munich Putsch was a failure. This is because Hitler was put in prison and because without Hitler as leader the Nazis also did not have an effective leader. From this viewpoint the Munich Putsch was a failure because the Nazis did not have a leader and so they became less powerful and successful. Also, the Munich Putsch could be seen as a failure because Hitler and other leading Nazis were put in prison. • However, it could be argued that the Munich Putsch was not a total failure. This is because there was a trial of Hitler and the leading Nazis. This actually had the effect of making Hitler famous. Germans saw that he had ideas that many sympathized with-such as revision of the treaty of Versailles. Also, whilst in prison Hitler had the time to write his ideas down in a book he wrote called Mein Kampf or My Struggle. This also meant more people got to hear Nazi ideas. The trial of Hitler also made him more famous because he proved what a brilliant speaker he was. The Munich Putsch was also not a total failure because Hitler realised that to get into power he would have to do so legally and not by force.

14. The Munich Beer Hall Putsch was a total failure for the Nazi Party. Do you agree. Explain your answer • In conclusion, the Munich Putsch was not a total failure. It is true that some evidence suggests that it was a total failure because lots of Nazis were arrested and because ultimately the putsch failed. But the Munich Putsch was not a failure because it made Hitler famous. People realised also he was a great speaker. It also gave Hitler the time to write his ideas down in his book Mein Kampf. The most important reason why the Munich Putsch was not a failure was because Hitler realised that to get into power he would have to do so legally. If the Munich Pustch didn’t happen Hitler would have never probably realised this and the Nazis would never have got into power.

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