In 1929 an economic depression was caused by what?
Unemployment was high
The American stock exchange collapsed
The German stock exchanged collapsed
Due to the economic depression what happened?
Hitler became chancellor
The Weimar government reduces unemployment
Unemployment rose to 6 million
In July 1930, Chancellor Bruning did 3 of the worst things to do in a depression, what were they?
Cut government expenditure, wages and unemployment pay.
Increased unemployment pay, and wages, cut government expeniture
Reduced wages and kept government expenditure and unempolyment pay the same
Chancellor Bruning could not get the Reichstag to agree his actions so what did he do?
He stepped down as Chancellor, giving power to Hindenburg
President Hindenburg used article 48 to pass the measure by decree
President Hindenburg agreed and used his power to persuade everyone
Anger and bitterness at the governments actions meant what?
People lost faith in politics and took little interest in the action
The Nazis lost support because members wanted to help the government
The Nazis gained more support because people were fed up with the government
Many workers turned to communisms but this actually helped Hitler, why?
Wealthy businessmen were frightened by this so financed Hitler's campaigns
Hitler didn't mind as long as they were against the governent
Hitler found it easy to persuade communists to join his party
Middle class people turned against democracy, they along with Nationalists and Racists blamed what main 2 things for Germany's crisis?
Article 48 and the Treaty of Versailles
The treaty of Versailles and Reparations
Reparations and the American stock exchange crisis
In 1928, the Nazis only had 12 seats in the Reichstag, but by July 1932 what had happened?
The Nazis had the same amount of followers as those in power
The Nazis had lost half of their seats to the communist party
They had 230 seats and were the largest party
The government was in chaos, President Hindenburg did what with the Chancellor?
Dismissed Bruning, but then Papen his replacement only lasted 6 months and the next 2 months
Dismissed Bruning, and his replacement Papen helped to get Germany back on track
Kept Bruning but got Papen to have equal power so they worked together
In January 1933, Hindenburg and Papen came up with a plan to get the Nazis on their side by offering to make Hitler vice chancellor. Hitler did what?
Hitler accepted, giving him a chance to build his way up into power, which worked.
He refused and demanded to be made chancellor. They agreed, thinking they could control him.
Hitler refused and demanded to be made chancellor, but they only allowed him to become vice chancellor
In January 1933, Hitler became chancellor, and immediately set about doing what?
Fixing the governments many problems
Increasing his popularity through being a chancellor
making himself absolute ruler of Germany
If the moderate parties had worked together
They would have had more support than the Nazis
They would have gained more support from the public
They would have been able to fix their problems quickly
Unknown to the average supported the Nazis reduced opposition by doing what?
Persuading them to join the Nazis instead
Getting the Nazi storm troopers to attack Hitler's opponents
Forcing opponents to support the Nazis through force
Goebbels' propaganda campaign did what?
Meant that support for the Nazis decreased because it was prejudice about groups of society
Was effective at maintaining support for the Nazis because of the posters and radio adverts.
Was very effective, it won support for the Nazis by targeting specific groups of society
German people were still angry about the Treaty of Versailles, this meant what?
They supported Hitler because he promised to overturn it
They wanted the government to go to war with Europe
They supported Hitler because he would make it fairer
