The Depression & the Rise of the Nazis

Question 1

what happened in October 1929?

Answer 1

the Wall Street Crash

Question 2

what did America demand back from Germany?

Answer 2

all the money they had lent after the First World War

Question 3

how did extreme parties grow in support?

Answer 3

• unemployment & hunger
• millions blamed the Weimar Government

Question 4

how many votes did the Nazi party get in July 1932?

Answer 4

nearly 14 million

Question 5

how did the Nazi’s grow in popularity? (the Depression)

Answer 5

• Nazi’s said the ToV was a crime to Germany
• Jews should be blamed for economic problems
  -Germany should be reborn as a great & powerful country
• desperate German’s believed them

Question 6

how did the Nazi’s grow in popularity? (the Weimar Government)

Answer 6

• the democratic system of Weimar Germany was just not working so people were drawn to more left and right- wing political parties

Question 7

how did the Nazi’s grow in popularity? (the appeal of Adolf Hitler)

Answer 7

• he was charismatic
• he was a powerful & inspiring speaker, making his audience filled with hope

Question 8

how did the Nazi’s grow in popularity (fear of the rise of other German extremist parties)

Answer 8

• middle & upper-class Germans did not like Communism- particularly businessmen and landowners
• churchgoers also did not like Communism
• Hitler always said he did not like Communism and sent the SA to fight with Communists
• Hitler gained support from German middle and upper class people as he promised to deal with the Communist threat

Question 9

how did the Nazi’s rise in power?(Nazi Party structure, methods and tactics)

Answer 9

• Nazi Party offices were set up over Germany to recruit more followers
• propaganda
• parades
• Hitler Youth

Question 10

how many men were in the SA in 1931 and how many were in the SA by 1932?

Answer 10

• 1931- 100,000
• 1932- 400,000

Question 11

when was Joseph Goebbels the chief Nazi propagandist?

Answer 11

from 1928

Question 12

in 1932, how many cities did Hitler visit and in how many days?

Answer 12

visited 20 cities in 7 days

Question 13

why were the Nazi’s popular in the countryside?

Answer 13

• farmers were hit hard by the Depression
• Nazi’s promised farmers higher prices for their crops, a better standard of life and higher status in German society

Question 14

why were Nazi’s popular with women?

Answer 14

• Nazi’s believed in family life, good morals and self- discipline
• some women agreed with Hitler

Question 15

why were Nazi’s popular with middle-class people?

Answer 15

• some people’s wages were cut by the Depression
• the middle class fear that law & order might break down
• the Nazi’s promise to deal with their problems and they show order & discipline

Question 16

why was Hitler popular with young people?

Answer 16

• he wanted to make Germany strong again- make a powerful army, navy and airforce
• many young people wanted to be involved and get jobs in the armed forces

Question 17

why was Hitler popular with the upper classes and rich factory owners?

Answer 17

• the Nazi’s promised the wealthy classes strong leadership and a more powerful nation
• Hitler promised to allow them to run factories how they want and his plans to use their factories to build weapons etc means the factory owners will make even more money