Economics

Question 1

Nazi economic aims

Answer 1

Reasonable standard of living
Provide resources for rearmament & major architectural projects
Move towards autarky

Question 2

Indirect Stimulus

Answer 2

Tax Cuts
Gov Grants
Designed to boost spending

Question 3

Direct Stimulus

Answer 3

Gov set up schemes that employed people to work on gov projects

Question 4

3 areas of tax cuts

Answer 4

Farming
Small business
Heavy industry

Question 5

Reinhardt Programme

Answer 5

RM1,000 million to public works schemes
e.g. road building and bridge repairs

Question 6

How much did gov spending on work creation increase

Answer 6

RM1455 million to RM1985 million, 1932-33

Question 7

How many jobs created between 1933 & 1934

Answer 7

2.8 million
20% created through gov schemes

Question 8

Unemployment in 1936

Answer 8

1.6 million

Question 9

Mefo bills

Answer 9

Mefo GmbH was a company that placed orders for military goods
Allowed gov to hide what it was doing and delay payments
Financed RM12 billion of military spending 1933-39

Question 10

When were import quotas introduced on wool, cotton, leather etc.

Answer 10

Summer 1934

Question 11

When dud German trade become back into balance

Answer 11

Mid 1935

Question 12

Countries Schacht stimulated trade with

Answer 12

Peru, Brazil, Yugoslavia, Latvia, Estonia

Question 13

How much did price of pork & ham rise from 1934-36

Answer 13

30%

Question 14

When did Schacht resign as minister of economics

Answer 14

1937

Question 15

How much did coal production increase

Answer 15

319.7 million tonnes to 390.9 million tonnes, 1936-38

Question 16

Steel production increase

Answer 16

19,2 million tonnes to 22.6 million tonnes, 1936-38

Question 17

How many tonnes of steel did military leaders request per month

Answer 17

750,000 tonnes
Only received 300,000

Question 18

Ersatz rubber increase

Answer 18

500%, 1936-38

Question 19

For what year did Hitler’s generals say Germany would be ready for major war

Answer 19

1943

Question 20

Rise in average working week

Answer 20

43 hours to 47 hours, 1933-39

Question 21

Hourly wages decrease from 1932 to 33

Answer 21

3%

Question 22

Hourly wages decrease from 1932-39

Answer 22

2%

Question 23

Average working week by 1944

Answer 23

60 hours

Question 24

kdf

Answer 24

Subsidised sports training & sailing lessons
Subsidised theatre and opera tickets
Set up art exhibitions

Question 25

Increase of women in workforce 1933-39

Answer 25

11.4 million to 14.8 million

Question 26

Increase in undistributed profits 1928-39

Answer 26

1.3 billion to 5 billion

Question 27

Reich Entail Farm Law

Answer 27

Made it illegal to sell large & medium sized farms
Ended practice of farms being bought by big landowners

Question 28

Reich Food Estate

Answer 28

Took a cut of food sales
sometime more than 25%

Question 29

Agricultural production increase 1928-38

Answer 29

20%

Question 30

3 centres of economic power

Answer 30

4-Year-Plan Organisation
Fritz Todt’s Ministry of Munitions
Ministry of Economics

Question 31

Aims to increase Luftwaffe and actual size

Answer 31

21,000 planes
Never exceeded 5,000

Question 32

Meat ration April 1942

Answer 32

Dropped below 500g per week

Question 33

Speer’s rationalisation

Answer 33

Established Central Planning Board to coordinate economic organisations
Established the Armaments Commission to oversee standardisation of munitions
Introduced modern production methods - production lines

Question 34

War production 1942-44

Answer 34

Doubled

Question 35

Ammunition production

Answer 35

Increased 97%

Question 36

Total arms production

Answer 36

Increased 59%

Question 37

Tank production

Answer 37

Increased 25%

Question 38

Economic production decrease

Answer 38

60% Dec 1944 - Jan 1945