to what exttent great depression responsibile for demise of republic

Question 1

what did depression provide?

Answer 1

provided the circumstances that made possible the collapse of democracy in Germany

Question 2

why did depression play imp role in collapse of republic?

Answer 2

significant economic, political and psychological impact on Germany

Question 3

what did depression provide?

Answer 3

provided opportunities for groups and individuals, such as the conservative elites and Nazis, to pursue actions which had the effect of destroying democracy in Germany

Question 4

what affected the republic to the extent it did?

Answer 4

existing economic foundations during the Stresemann period

Question 5

why did existing foundation weaken German economy?

Answer 5

the heavy dependence on foreign investments did not allow for an alternate means for economic success if this influx of investments was withdrawn, as they were with the depression.

Question 6

why did gov introduce hyper inflation?

Answer 6

as the government was faced with the issue of affording reparation and pension payments, as well as having to use scarce foreign reserves to import resources to support German industries which were reliant on resources from the Ruhr

Question 7

what happened with hyper inflation?

Answer 7

disastrous for the German economy, as the value of German currency became worthless

Question 8

what did Gustav Stresemann do to stabilise economy and prosper?

Answer 8

made negotiations for the 1924 Dawes Plan and the 1929 Young Plan, which adjusted annual reparation payments to an amount Germany was capable of paying, and began the inflow of foreign loans, mainly arriving from the United States

Question 9

what was prosperity of G heavily relied on?

Answer 9

foreign loans

Question 10

What did the depression mean for G economically?

Answer 10

immediate end to foreign economic support and the withdrawal of existing loans, which caused businesses to collapse, bankruptcy in Germany’s major banks including Danat, and the continuous increase in unemployment levels, reaching 6 million in 1933.

Question 11

What happened with political situation?

Answer 11

The political pressures which led to the fall of the Muller coalition required the use of Hindenburg’s emergency powers under Article 48, marking the beginning of presidential rule and contributing to the collapse of democracy within Germany

Question 12

what happened to democratic aspects of republic?

Answer 12

republic began to be replaced by presidential rule as the Reichstag became increasingly irrelevant in German politics

Question 13

What happened to the emergency power?

Answer 13

the use of emergency powers rose from five in 1930 to sixty six in 1932

Question 14

What did increase in emergency power signifiy?

Answer 14

shift from parliamentary democracy to authoritarian power, as power no longer resided with the elected parliament, but instead with Hindenburg and his inner circle.

Question 15

why did depression have greater impact on G than other countries?

Answer 15

the series of crises worsened the existing psychological disillusionment among the German people, which furthered the resentment of the Weimar republic

Question 16

What didnt Germany have unlike France/Britain?

Answer 16

longstanding democratic traditions, and therefore were able to keep the faith of the public in times of crises. The lack of democratic tradition in Germany significantly weakened Germany’s ability to keep the public’s faith during the depression

Question 17

What was gov already labbeled prior to depression?

Answer 17

the ‘November Criminals’

Question 18

what was the foundation of weimer Republic associated with?

Answer 18

the war loss, the failures of the Treaty of Versailles, and conspiracies such as the ‘stab-in-the-back’ legend.

Question 19

What didnt the weimer and edmocracy have at the beginning?

Answer 19

had little support before the beginning of the depression and a psychological disillusionment was experienced.

Question 20

What did g ppl seek because od depression?

Answer 20

the crises and the psychological disillusionment brought on by the depression led the German people to seek the power of more authoritarian parties such as the NSDAP and thus allowed opportunists, such as Hitler, to pursue actions which had the effect of destroying democracy in Germany

Question 21

How was Hitler and the Nazi party were able to project themselves as a party of action and gain the support of the nation?

Answer 21

By appealing to the nation’s emotions and exploiting the misfortune of the Weimar republic

Question 22

What did they exploit in their campaigns?

Answer 22

he Nazi party exploited the weaknesses and inefficiency of the Weimar republic, appealed to the moods of resentment and frustration at the republic and promised to bring honour back to the German name

Question 23

Who did these promises of recovery appeal to?

Answer 23

to the middle class, the agrarian workers and small business operators as they had been most affected by the depression, and thus gained the Nazi party enough electoral support such that they received 230 seats in the June 1932 elections, becoming the largest party in the Reichstag, allowing a non-democratic party the majority and thus contributing to the collapse of the Weimar republic.