01 What becomes clear by seeing the Reichstag Fire and Enabling Act in sequence?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. A path was made from emergency repression to legal dictatorship
Explanation: The sequence of the Reichstag Fire and the Enabling Act shows how the Nazi government moved from emergency measures to a dictatorship supported by legal authority. After the fire, the government used the emergency situation to restrict civil rights and suppress political opponents, especially communists and other critics. This weakened the protections that normally support democratic politics.
The Enabling Act then allowed Hitler’s government to make laws without normal parliamentary approval and greatly reduced the role of the Reichstag. Looking at the events in sequence therefore reveals a step-by-step concentration of power: emergency repression was followed by the legal removal of democratic checks. Thus option A is correct. The other choices contradict the direction and historical result of these events.