Rise Of Hitler

Question 1

The Nazis have been in existence since 1821 but did not enjoy mass support why?

Answer 1

1924 to 1929 was a time of general economic prosperity, and people did not see the need to vote out the Weimar gov
Lacked support of the working class either voted social Democrats party or communism
Most Germans not interested in Hitler's programme about the Jews and did not like how violent he was

Question 2

What were the reasons for the rise of Hitler?

Answer 2

1) favorable circumstances

2) Hitler’s leadership abilities

Question 3

Weimar Constitution

Answer 3

Adopted on August 11 1919
The new Weimar constitution spelled out the “basic rights and obligations” of government officials and citizens they served
Most of them did not exist under kaiser eg freedom of religion and privacy
But gov resistant to change > stick to old ways and not sincere in bringing positive change > attitude means that decisions thatbcould benefit Germany would not be made > poor governance > problems remain

Question 4

The Reichstag

Answer 4

Germans voted for a party rather than candidate to fill the reichstag
Elections determined the percentage of seats each party received but the parties themselves selected the individual who filled each allocated seat.
If parties selected the individual to fill the seats are competent people selected to serve the government? Can good decisions be made to solve the problem in Germany?
Too many small competing parties with their own set of ideals and agenda > no clear set of ideals an dagenda so no majority > high degree of fragmentation > unable to work tgt > gov would fall within a few months so decisions that benefits g not made poor governance problems remain