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Flashcards by Malachy Moran-Tun, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Malachy Moran-Tun
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| Question | Answer |
| How did the Wall Street crash affect payments between the USA, Germany and Britain and France? | Pre: USA loaned to Germany, who used that to pay reparations to Britain and France, who paid war loans with the reparations Post: Germany still paying reparations to Britain and France, but both are paying loans to USA |
| How were the unemployed and poor affected by the Depression? | > 6,000,000 unemployed by 1932, couldn't afford rent > 30% of 6 million on very low benefits > 15% received nothing at all |
| How were farmers affected by the Depression (and before)? | > Prices falling since 1925 > Depression lead into more debt |
| How were young people affected by the Depression? | > Over 50% of all Germans aged 16 - 30 were unemployed > 60% of new university graduates could not get a job |
| How were business owners affected by the Depression? | > Many businesses forced to close > Income fell - people had less money to spend > Government raised taxes from businesses to pay benefits |
| How were workers affected by the Depression? | > Many became unemployed > 40% of factory workers unemployed by 1932 > Government cut unemployment benefit - extreme poverty for some |
| What were 2 different options to solve Germany's economic and unemployment crisis in 1930? | 1. Print more money - unemployment might stay low, but inflation (flashbacks to 1923) 2. Increases taxes to pay for unemployment benefit - put time limits on benefits to make them more affordable |
| Why did the plan to increase taxes for unemployment benefit get rejected? | > Right wing: didn't like unemployment benefits > Left wing: didn't like the time limits imposed on the benefits Coalition government didn't help either (256 to 193 votes) |
| Why was Communist support strong amongst the working classes in large towns in 1932? | > Growing unemployment - reached 5 million in 1932 > Falling wages - real wages in 1932 were 15% lower than 1928 |
| What were the impacts of the Depression and how did they appeal to the Nazi 25 Point Programme? | > 12 million unemployed - authoritarian / nationalism > 20,000 companies bankrupt - lebensraum > 1,616 banks bankrupt - lebensraum > 5% of farmers evicted - lebensraum |
| How did Josef Goebbels increase Nazi support through propaganda? | > Simple and frequently repeated message > Owned 120 daily / weekly newspapers by 1930s (regularly read by Germans) > Goebbels able to present the Nazi Party in elections since the Weimar government descended into chaos under Bruning > Daily radio broadcasts > 4 - 5 rallies per day > Hitler flown around Germany to speak |
| How were the SA integral to the 1930 and 1932 elections? | > 1930 - SA had 400,000 members; KPD's Red Front Fighters had ~130,000 > SA tore down opposition's posters, intimidating candidates, broke into offices and disrupted rallies in 1930 / 1932 elections > 1932 - Hamburg, 18 killed in clash with Communists |
| Why and how did the SA support Nazi policies after the Depression? | > Restore law and order > Scrap Treaty of Versailles > Propaganda - posters and rallies > SA able to stand up against foreigners and opposition |
| Why and how did big businesses support Nazi policies after the Depression? | > Protection from Communism > Gave money to the Nazi party |
| Why did the working class support Nazi policies after the Depression? | > Traditional German values - seemed to be better after what happened with Weimar's values > "Work and Bread" poster campaign |
| Why did the middle class support Nazi policies after the Depression? | > Depression caused lost companies, savings and pensions > Fear of Communism, they wanted to abolish private ownership of land and business > Alcoholism and sexual openness seen as a moral decline, wanted traditional values |
| Why did farmers support Nazi policies after the Depression? | > Fear of Communism, they wanted to abolish private ownership of land > Nazis promised no confiscation of non-Jewish land |
| Why did young people support Nazi policies after the Depression? | > Seen as an exciting future > Heavy propaganda - rallies particularly |
| Why did women support Nazi policies after the Depression? | > Seen as best for families > Traditional values |
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