the impact of the Depression Flashcards
when 1929
1929
why
wall street crash
suffered most
germany bc heavily relied on us loans
led to………..
american banks recall loans
german businesses began to close
1932 6 million un employed
homeless bc couldn’t pay rent or mortag
ppl felt let down by weimar g turned to extremist parties
unemployment led to………
upport for extremist parties
communism and nazis
c promised workrs revolutio
nazis appealed to most ppl and promised to retore pride in economy and society
Joseph Goebbels
head of propaganda
SA
had support of police and army
caused trouble ans attacked meetings held by political opponents
Hitler
blamed communism ans Jews and TofV n noevember ceimminals
promised to create jobs for ppl
by 1930…..
107 seats in parliament biggest party
weak system of parliament called……..
coalition where parties had to make deals with one another bc no party had a big enough majority to gain full control of government (proportional representation)
How TD highlighted weakness of weimar g
in 1931 Heinrich Bruning of catholic centre party became new chancellor made td worse___led to the collapse of the government
so 84 yr old president Hidenburg ruled the country under article 48____reduced the power of the Reichstag