Hitler

Question 1

How much had national income shrunk by 1932?

Answer 1

39%

Question 2

By 1931 how many major banks and businesses had gone bankrupt?

Answer 2

5 major banks and 50,000 businesses

Question 3

During which general election where there how many riots in Prussia?

Answer 3

During the July 1932 general election, Prussia experienced 461 riots

Question 4

During the Wall Street crash the nazi vote increased to how much?

Answer 4

18% (107 seats)

Question 5

How many public speakers had the nazi’s trained by 1933?

Answer 5

60,000

Question 6

One of the weaknesses of the Weimar system was the failure to create a coalition gov that didn’t fail, why did they have to have coalition governments?

Answer 6

Because of proportional representation the votes were much more widespread therefore making it almost impossible for one party to get a majority

Question 7

Give one example of why governments wouldn’t work together under a coalition government

Answer 7

The conservatives supported the elite but the SPD supported the workers

Question 8

What was one of the sources of resentment towards Hindenburg from the Reichstag?

Answer 8

Hindenburg appointed chancellors that didn’t have a majority and therefore had to abuse the powers of article 48 in order to pass laws, this led to resentment in the Reichstag as they didn’t get a say in whether or not the laws were passed

Question 9

How’s many and what fraction of the workforce were unemployed due to the Wall Street crash?

Answer 9

6 million- one third of the workforce