Growth in Nazi support 1929-1933

Question 1

What happened in October 1929

Answer 1

Wall Street Crash

Question 2

What happened to German businesses because of the Wall street Crash?

Answer 2

They went down like dominoes and millions were put out of work

Question 3

What did the governments finances do to pay back the US banks

Answer 3

they increased taxes on the wealthier and cut wages

Question 4

who was known as the hunger chancellor

Answer 4

Bruning

Question 5

How did the Nazis gain support because of this disaster

Answer 5

The middle classes feared communist revolution and to many of them the Nazis seemed like the only option

Question 6

How many votes were the Nazis getting before 1929

Answer 6

less than 3%

Question 7

Over how many years was the role of hitler and the use of propaganda (Goebbels) the central to the massive increase of the Nazis support

Answer 7

3 years

Question 8

How did the Nazis use the hundreds of newspapers they owned

Answer 8

to persuade millions of germans that Hitler has been right all along and could solve Germany’s problems

Question 9

Who was blamed for all Germany’s problems

Answer 9

the Weimar government and the Jews