Pregunta 1
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In 1929 an economic depression was caused by what?
Pregunta 2
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Due to the economic depression what happened?
Pregunta 3
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In July 1930, Chancellor Bruning did 3 of the worst things to do in a depression, what were they?
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Cut government expenditure, wages and unemployment pay.
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Increased unemployment pay, and wages, cut government expeniture
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Reduced wages and kept government expenditure and unempolyment pay the same
Pregunta 4
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Chancellor Bruning could not get the Reichstag to agree his actions so what did he do?
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He stepped down as Chancellor, giving power to Hindenburg
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President Hindenburg used article 48 to pass the measure by decree
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President Hindenburg agreed and used his power to persuade everyone
Pregunta 5
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Anger and bitterness at the governments actions meant what?
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People lost faith in politics and took little interest in the action
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The Nazis lost support because members wanted to help the government
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The Nazis gained more support because people were fed up with the government
Pregunta 6
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Many workers turned to communisms but this actually helped Hitler, why?
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Wealthy businessmen were frightened by this so financed Hitler's campaigns
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Hitler didn't mind as long as they were against the governent
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Hitler found it easy to persuade communists to join his party
Pregunta 7
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Middle class people turned against democracy, they along with Nationalists and Racists blamed what main 2 things for Germany's crisis?
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Article 48 and the Treaty of Versailles
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The treaty of Versailles and Reparations
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Reparations and the American stock exchange crisis
Pregunta 8
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In 1928, the Nazis only had 12 seats in the Reichstag, but by July 1932 what had happened?
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The Nazis had the same amount of followers as those in power
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The Nazis had lost half of their seats to the communist party
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They had 230 seats and were the largest party
Pregunta 9
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The government was in chaos, President Hindenburg did what with the Chancellor?
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Dismissed Bruning, but then Papen his replacement only lasted 6 months and the next 2 months
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Dismissed Bruning, and his replacement Papen helped to get Germany back on track
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Kept Bruning but got Papen to have equal power so they worked together
Pregunta 10
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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?
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Hitler accepted, giving him a chance to build his way up into power, which worked.
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He refused and demanded to be made chancellor. They agreed, thinking they could control him.
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Hitler refused and demanded to be made chancellor, but they only allowed him to become vice chancellor
Pregunta 11
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In January 1933, Hitler became chancellor, and immediately set about doing what?
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Fixing the governments many problems
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Increasing his popularity through being a chancellor
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making himself absolute ruler of Germany
Pregunta 12
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If the moderate parties had worked together
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They would have had more support than the Nazis
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They would have gained more support from the public
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They would have been able to fix their problems quickly
Pregunta 13
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Unknown to the average supported the Nazis reduced opposition by doing what?
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Persuading them to join the Nazis instead
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Getting the Nazi storm troopers to attack Hitler's opponents
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Forcing opponents to support the Nazis through force
Pregunta 14
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Goebbels' propaganda campaign did what?
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Meant that support for the Nazis decreased because it was prejudice about groups of society
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Was effective at maintaining support for the Nazis because of the posters and radio adverts.
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Was very effective, it won support for the Nazis by targeting specific groups of society
Pregunta 15
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German people were still angry about the Treaty of Versailles, this meant what?
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They supported Hitler because he promised to overturn it
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They wanted the government to go to war with Europe
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They supported Hitler because he would make it fairer