What message is obtained from the sequence of Reichstag Fire and Enabling Act?
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Correct answer: Dictatorship formed through emergency fear followed by legal power
The Reichstag Fire and the Enabling Act show how the Nazis used an emergency to destroy constitutional democracy. After the fire in February 1933, the government suspended important civil liberties and arrested or silenced opponents, especially communists. The Enabling Act, passed soon afterward, allowed Hitler’s government to make laws without normal parliamentary approval. This transferred law-making power to the executive and removed important checks on dictatorship.
Option A is correct because it captures the sequence: emergency fear was followed by repression and then by legal centralisation of authority. The word “legal” does not mean democratic or morally legitimate; the law was used to dismantle democratic safeguards. Options B, C, and D contradict the historical result. Democracy did not become stronger, opposition was not protected, and the Nazi Party gained rather than lost power.
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Dictatorship formed through emergency fear followed by legal power
Why is this the correct answer?
The Reichstag Fire and the Enabling Act show how the Nazis used an emergency to destroy constitutional democracy. After the fire in February 1933, the government suspended important civil liberties and arrested or silenced opponents, especially communists. The Enabling Act, passed soon afterward, allowed Hitler’s government to make laws without normal parliamentary approval. This transferred law-making power to the executive and removed important checks on dictatorship.
Option A is correct because it captures the sequence: emergency fear was followed by repression and then by legal centralisation of authority. The word “legal” does not mean democratic or morally legitimate; the law was used to dismantle democratic safeguards. Options B, C, and D contradict the historical result. Democracy did not become stronger, opposition was not protected, and the Nazi Party gained rather than lost power.
Which subject and chapter does this question cover?
This is a Class 9 History question. Chapter: Nazism and the Rise of Hitler. Topic: Hitler’s Rise to Power.
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