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What year did Hitler come to power?
In 1933
When was he appointed chancellor of Germany?
January 30th 1933
What were the 3 main causes of this event?
Treaty of Versailles, Great Depression and Hitlers policies to the Germans
Name some points stated in the treaty
war guilt - giving blame for the war, disarmament - Germany to have no airforce, army, or navy, demilitarisation - of the German industrial zone, the Rhineland, to have no defence, reparations - Germany to pay the allies for all the damage that was done and the allies to take over all overseas colonies
What caused the Great Depression
The Wall Street crash in 1929
How much of the vote did the Nazi party win?
37 percent
What did Hitler transform Germany into?
He changed Germany from a democracy to a dictatorship
What did the policy Lebensraum affect?
A German concept of expansion. Germany thought they needed more space to grow food. Everyone who was a Non-Aryan on this land would be removed to allow the Germans to expand and grow agriculturally.
What did the policy anti-semitism affect?
A discrimination towards the Jews. Hitler promised to get rid of all the Jews as they were the ones that were making the Great Depression worse and did not help. He aimed to exclude Jews from everyday life and make people believe Jews were the cause of all their problems.
What did the rearmament do?
This started small but was to expand greatly when the Nazi party came to power. Hitler wanted to do this to take back the land that once belonged to them and then grow the German population and get back to being the number one power and overtake others.
Why did Hitler stop reparation fees?
Hitler wanted to stop paying the reparation fees as it was making everyday living in Germany hard for everyone. if they didn’t pay however France would come and invade Germany, but Germany didn’t have the money to pay them.
Why did people think Hitlers policies were good?
They thought he would be able to make Germany great again. Society thought that expanding Germany to include more German speakers was a good thing.
Why did Hitler want to unify all German speakers?
Hitler wanted all German-speaking people in Europe to be a part of Germany. This helped him become chancellor as many people thought it would be a good idea to expand and include more German speakers.
What did Hitler use to his advantage against the other government?
He had used bank failures and unemployment to his advantage as he promised to fix these problems and create civil order.
Who wrote the treaty?
The victorious powers in WW1
