Long Response Answers Flashcards
PROMPT: What strategies and factors helped Adolf Hitler gain the support of the German people in 1920s-1930s?
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POLITICALLY
(question is in description of this deck)
A
- he changed rules to benefit himself
- Hitler created a single party to vote for. Germans could only vote for Hitler and the Nazi’s
- He also punished Jews through legislation
2
Q
SOCIALLY:
A
- Hitler used propaganda and “created an enemy” within the Jewish people/put the Jews under a bad light
- He identified and OSTRACISED Jews publicly by making them wear the “Star of David,” that read “Juden”
- He rewarded “whistleblowers” (People who told on others breaking the rules)
3
Q
ECONOMICALLY:
A
- Reclaimed old land (Rhineland in France, farmland in Poland)
- He lowered unemployment by giving jobs to the people of Germany
- Taxed Jews heavily and destroyed/took Jewish owned businesses
