The Great Depression Flashcards
why was germany so badly effected by the wall street crash?
called in all its foreign loans (which germany had used to recover + pay reparations), which economically crippled Weimar Germany. Unemployment in Germany eventually rose to 6 million.
why was Chancellor Müller was forced to resign in 1930?
his ‘Grand Coalition’ dissoled over disputes over unemploym ent benifits + economic policy disagreements with President Hindenburg and other political parties
why was Chancellor Heinrich Brüning nicknamed the hunger chancellor?
he cut government expenditure, wages and unemployment pay - the worst thing to do should encourage growth to gain confidence in the economy.
why was Article 48 used to pass Brüning’s measures by decree?
He could not get the Reichstag to agree to his actions
why did a divided and weak GOV help the Nazis to gain more support?
- able to use the depression as a political tool to win support offering “bread and work”
- Many workers turned to communism, but this frightened wealthy businessmen, so they financed Hitler’s political campaigns + decided that the country needed a strong government.
- presented the party as a vision of hope for the country.
