chapter 9 - the impact of the depression of 1929

Question 1

unemployment

Answer 1

1932 - 1/3 of all germans were unemployed

only recorded those who registered as unemployed

jan 1932 - true number of those unemployed = 8 million

Question 2

farmers

Answer 2

prices collapsed

exports of agricultural produce declined

sales of food declined as germans had less money to spend

farmers gave up farmers banks demanded repayments of loans

Question 3

unemployment rates among young people

Answer 3

in hamburg
aged 14-25

males = 39%
females = 25.2%

Question 4

youth crime

Answer 4

fears that youth involvement in crime was increasing and young men were being drawn to extremist political organisations

Question 5

political extremism - young people

Answer 5

kpd - recruit working class youths from wild cliques to join political demonstrations

right - paramilitary organisations set out to recruit unemployed youths

nazi - offered food, shelter, uniforms and excitement of fighting street battles

Question 6

was youth membership stable?

Answer 6

youth membership was not stable and majority of young unemployed males still had little to no contact with political extremes

girls and young women = less involved

Question 7

day centres

Answer 7

participate in work related activities and socialise

Question 8

emergency labour schemes

Answer 8

undertake unskilled manual labour receiving wages that were below legal minimum

Question 9

voluntary labour schemes

Answer 9

sent away from cities to residential work camps for periods of 6 months

Question 10

date of Wall Street crash

Answer 10

29th October 1929

Question 11

black thursday

Answer 11

24th october 1929
new york stock exchange experienced worst ever fall in shares
value of largest american companies fell by 10 billion dollars

Question 12

decrease of germanys export trade

Answer 12

61%

Question 13

decrease of germanys industrial production

Answer 13

58%

Question 14

true number of unemployed in 1933

Answer 14

8 million

Question 15

1932

Answer 15

1/3 of all germans were unemployed

Question 16

consequences faced by companies during depression

Answer 16

shut down
bankrupt
cut down wages
redundancy
hours were cut

Question 17

how long did the government close banks and stock exchange for?

Answer 17

2 days

Question 18

industrial locations impacted heavily by depression

Answer 18

the ruhr, hamburg, silesia

Question 19

how were farmers hit by the depression

Answer 19

banks asking for their loans back
falling prices of grain
decline of sales and food

Question 20

how do we know that the schemes for unemployed young people were unpopular

Answer 20

two waves of strikes for higher wages

oct 1930
june 1932

Question 21

purpose of schemes according to Minister of Labour

Answer 21

get young unemployed off the streets

Question 22

law passed for women in may 1932

Answer 22

allowing married women civil servants to be dismissed

Question 23

how many women did the reich postal service dismiss

Answer 23

1000

Question 24

who led the grand coaliton

Answer 24

hermann muller

Question 25

who did muller appoint as chancellor

Answer 25

heinrich bruning

Question 26

how many votes did the NSDAP gain in 1928 and how many did they gain in September 1930

Answer 26

810,000

6.5 million / 107 seats

Question 27

what months did the reichstag not meet

Answer 27

feb - oct 1931

Question 28

what was banned in dec 1931

Answer 28

wearing of political uniforms
had little effect on Nazi SA as they continued to march wearing white shirts

Question 29

number of members in SA by end of 1932

Answer 29

400,000