Wall Street Crash Flashcards
1
Q
Black Tuesday
A
29th October 1929
2
Q
Unemployment in the Great Depression Jan 1933
A
6M unemployed at peak
3
Q
What did the government do as more people became unemployed?
A
Cut benefits
Raised taxes
4
Q
Who came up with the govt unemployment plan?
A
Chancellor Heinrich Bruning
5
Q
Give a crime statistic from the Depression.
A
24% increase in theft arrests in Berlin
6
Q
How many times was article 48 used between 1930 and 1932?
A
115
7
Q
How many more members did the Communist party gain during the GD?
A
1 million
8
Q
How did the upper class react to growing communist support?
A
They would not benefit from a communist regime so voted Nazi
