Political impact from the depression Flashcards
Why does the grand coalition collapse
Parties couldn’t agree on the state budget
Who wanted to reduce the unemployment budget
DVP
Who wanted to protect benefits and raise taxes
SPD
When did Chancellor Muller resign
March 1930
Who becomes chancellor after Muller
Bruning
Who choses Bruning to become chancellor
Hindenburg
Who influenced Hindenburg’s decision
Groener and Schleicher
Why did Groener and Schleicher want to influence Hindenburg over the chancellor
Army was starting to play a little bit of a role in politics and Bruning had authoritarian learnings so believed it would be an authoritarian style rule
Who did Bruning’s coalition exclude
SPD
What was the issue with not having the SPD in Brunings coalition
Meant the government did not have enough support to pass laws in Reichstag
How did Bruning get laws passed in his grand coalition
By presidential decree
What did Brunings coalition do to help the budget
Cut expenditure and raise taxes
How many times was presidential decree used to pass laws in 1932
66
What did the SPD do in retaliation to Brunings grand coalition
Raised a motion to withdraw the decree and got the support to do so
What did Bruning call for on September 1930
Dissolve Reichstag and called for a re-election
How did the election in September 1930 go
A lot more people started to vote for extremist political parties
How many votes did the Nazis receive in the 1930 election
Around 6.5 million, this works out at around 2 in 5 voters
Where had the political power shifted to since Reichstag became unmanageable
The president
Between 1924 and 1929 how many Nazis were lost in street clashes
29
Between 1924 and 1929 how many communists were lost in street clashes
92
What was the issue with the red front fighters league and the Nazi stormtroopers
They liked to break up meetings and marches of each other especially at election times
When did Bruning ban political uniform
December 1931
When did Bruning ask Hindenburg to ban the SA through presidential decree
April 1932
What was the membership of the SA by 1932
400,000
