How Did Hitler Change The German Economy?

Question 1

What were hitlers 2 main economic priorities when he came to power in 1933?

Answer 1

• pull Germany through depression and unemployment

* have the money to rearm Germany to become powerful again

Question 2

Who was in charge of the German economy between 1933-35?

Answer 2

Hjalmar Schacht

Question 3

What did Hjalmar Schacht believe in?

Answer 3

Steady expansion of trade and strict control on amount of money spent on rearmament

Question 4

What did Schacht promote?

Answer 4

Trade agreements between Germany and ledcs

They would import raw materials to Germany and in return Germany would give them industrial goods

Question 5

When was schachts new plan?

Answer 5

1934

Question 6

What was schachts new plan?

Answer 6

•reduce imports into Germany
•strengthen the currency
In order to rebuild Germany’s prosperity

Question 7

What did Schacht insist about faster rearmament? What did this cause?

Answer 7

Faster rearmament would only interfere, this caused hitler to grow impatient with schachts caution

Question 8

What was hitlers method to turn Germany into a war machine?

Answer 8

Blitzkrieg

Question 9

What is meant by blitzkrieg?

Answer 9

Germany would conquer other countries one by one by rapid attack

Question 10

What would be caused by blitzkrieg?

Answer 10

Germany could absorb the economy of the defeated country, become strengthened and move on to another country

Question 11

What would be the consequence of blitzkrieg?

Answer 11

Germany would expand steadily and hitler would receive the lebensraum that he wanted

Question 12

Name 3 disadvantages to blitzkrieg

Answer 12

• increased working hours
• steady wages
• fewer consumer goods to buy

Question 13

Name the reasons for blitzkrieg

Answer 13

• gain power for Germany

* prepare for war

Question 14

When was blitzkrieg introduced?

Answer 14

Around 1935 ish

Question 15

When was blitzkrieg enforced?

Answer 15

1936

Question 16

What was the 4 year plan?

Answer 16

A plan designed for 3 reasons

• speed up rearmament
• prepare Germany for war in 4 years
• make Germany self sufficient in raw materials

Question 17

What year was Schacht dismissed?

Answer 17

1936

Question 18

What year did goering take over the 4 year plan?

Answer 18

1936

Question 19

What was autarchy?

Answer 19

The process of making Germany self sufficient in raw materials through the development of home produced substitutes

Question 20

What did the 4 year plan bring?

Answer 20

• considerable increase in expenditure on armaments and German army
• growing confidence in hitlers foreign policy and defiance to the treaty of Versailles

Question 21

What year did hitler remilitarise the Rhineland?

Answer 21

1936

Question 22

What year did Germany unite with Austria?

Answer 22

1938

Question 23

When did Germany invade Poland?

Answer 23

September 1939

Question 24

What was goering in charge of?

Answer 24

The gestapo