great depression Flashcards
what led to the great depression
wall street crash
why did Germany suffer so much from the wall street crash if it was in america
because due to the dawes plan, america had been loaning money to Germany to allow it to get its economy back on track, but Germany’s economy was still fragile and needed the loans but now america couldn’t give any more money and actually wanted some back
effects of great depression (4)
- unemployment rose
- prostitution rose
- poverty rose
- banks went bankrupt
why did people turn to more extremist views
because the whole reichstag had to approve laws, it took a very long time to for decisions to be made, and the public was getting more restless and impatient as the government did nothing, so they would turn to these extremist views
social impacts of GD (4)
increase in crime and theft rate
- prostitution on rise
- suicide rose
- malnutrition rose
economic impacts of GD (3)
- unemployment rose
- poverty rose
- homelessness rose
- prices increased fro everything
political impacts of GD (
- nazi’s got more seats because nazis promised to be the opposite of the weimar
- people turned to more extreme political parties because weimar didn’t do anything
