how far do you agree that Schacht was responsible for transforming Germany's economy 1933-39?

Question 1

What are the factors of the question?

Answer 1

Schacht’s new plan/ Goering’s 4 year plan/ Goebbels’s propaganda

Question 2

Did Germany’s economy improve during Schacht’s time?

Answer 2

yes

Question 3

When was Schacht’s new plan?

Answer 3

1934

Question 4

Who was Schacht?

Answer 4

Economist/ Economic minister in 1933

Question 5

What were Schacht’s aims?

Answer 5

Cut welfare spending/ rearmament/ exchange agreements

Question 6

Was Schacht successful?

Answer 6

Unemployment reduced to 1.6 million/ Economy grew to pre-depression levels/ Farming production increased by 50%

Question 7

What were Schacht’s limitations?

Answer 7

Germany was buying more than they were making/ increase in food demands meant higher prices and worsened living standards

Question 8

When was Goering’s 4 year plan?

Answer 8

1936 - 40

Question 9

What were the aims of the 4 year plan?

Answer 9

Get Germany ready for war in the four years/ rearmament/ build new factories/ produce military goods/ control agriculture/ have better harvests

Question 10

What were the limitations of the 4 year plan?

Answer 10

Germany imported over 1/3 of raw materials by 1939

Question 11

What were the successes of the 4 year plan?

Answer 11

Kept German economy growing/ reduced employment to 0.5 million