4.6 Policies to reduce unemployment

Question 1

What was risk deficit financing

Answer 1

Putting government money into schemes that would improve employment

Question 2

What was autarky?

Answer 2

Self sufficiency

Question 3

Why did Germany want autarky?

Answer 3

So they didn’t have to rely on imports

Question 4

What was Wehrwirtschaft?

Answer 4

Defence economy

Question 5

Why did Hitler want a Wehrwirtschaft (defence economy)?

Answer 5

Basing the needs of the economy around the war so that they could avoid a repeat of the First World War

Question 6

Who introduced the New Plan?

Answer 6

Dr Schacht, The Minister of the Economy

Question 7

What was the New Plan?

Answer 7

• Trade Agreements with other countries to ensure Germany’s supply of raw materials

Question 8

How successful was the New Plan?

Answer 8

Very successful - provided Hitler with money to rearm Germany

Question 9

How many Reichsmarks were put into public works schemes?

Answer 9

1 billion

Question 10

Why was the New Plan good propaganda for the Nazis?

Answer 10

It showed the Nazis improving life in Germany

Question 11

When was the Four Year Plan implemented?

Answer 11

1936

Question 12

Who was in charge of the Four Year Plan?

Answer 12

Goering

Question 13

What was the purpose of the Four Year Plan?

Answer 13

Making Germany self-sufficient in oil, steel, and rubber

Question 14

What did scientists work hard to find?

Answer 14

Substitutes for things that Germany had to import

Question 15

There was a propaganda campaign to encourage people to buy German ____

Answer 15

Food

Question 16

How successful was the Four Year Plan?

Answer 16

There was little success

By 1939, Germany was importing 1/3 of its raw materials

By 1939, government debt was 40bn marks

Question 17

What public works programmes did the Nazis implement?

Answer 17

Autobahns and the Olympic Stadium

Question 18

What employment programme was introduced in 1935?

Answer 18

Labour Service (RAD)

Question 19

What was the Labour Service?

Answer 19

Compulsory for all men between 19-25 to work in farming or public works for 6 months

Question 20

How much did spending on arms increase between 1933 and 1937?

Answer 20

2 million to 17 million

Question 21

How many men were allowed in the army according to the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 21

100,000

Question 22

How many men were in the army by 1938?

Answer 22

900,000

Question 23

What was the unemployment figure in 1933?

Answer 23

6 million

Question 24

What was the unemployment figure in 1939?

Answer 24

500,000

Question 25

Which car company was a key investment to the Nazis?

Answer 25

Volkswagen

Question 26

What was claimed about the Volkswagen?

Answer 26

It would be available to all Germans (not true)

Question 27

Which groups were included in Invisible Employment?

Answer 27

• Women
• Jews
• Members of National Labour Service
• Temporary Employment

Question 28

What were women encourage to do from 1933?

Answer 28

Stay at home

Question 29

What were women encouraged to do from 1937?

Answer 29

Go back to work to help with rearmament

Question 30

True or false: Fewer women were working in 1939 than in 1929

Answer 30

True

Question 31

Were women included in unemployment figures?

Answer 31

No

Question 32

Why did Jews not count in unemployment figures?

Answer 32

They were no longer considered citizens so did not count

Question 33

What year were all unemployed men forced to join the RAD (Labour Service)

Answer 33

1935

Question 34

What did RAD workers build?

Answer 34

Autobahns and other projects like the Olympic Stadium

Question 35

What is a temporary worker?

Answer 35

People that only have that job for a short amount of time e.g. agricultural workers

Question 36

How many temporary workers were there?

Answer 36

1 million

Question 37

During the 1930s, the number of working hours rose by…

Answer 37

10%