Why did the NSDAP become more popular after 1930? Flashcards

1
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When was the Wall Street Crash?

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1929

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Where was the Wall Street Crash?

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The USA

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What did the Wall Street Crash start?

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The Great Depression

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Why was America plunged into an economic depression?

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Because of an enormous fall in the value of shares

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What did the enormous fall in the value of shares lead to in America?

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Millions of unemployed and a huge drop in living standards

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What was America’s response to the Depression?

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To stop buying goods from other countries to protect its own business

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Why did America stopping buying goods from other countries create a huge problem?

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They were now less likely to buy and sell from other countries - most of the world’s countries traded with the USA as well as each other. This lead to world trade reducing dramatically

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What impact did the reduction in world trade have globally?

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Most countries’ economies were damged

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What impact did the reduction in world trade have on Germany?

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Reduced demand for Germany’s exports and many businesses had smaller profits

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What happened as a result of many businesses having smaller profits?

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They had to reduce their workforce which made unemployment begin to rise

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Why did unemployment have a knock-on effect on other business?

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More unemployment meant fewer people had money to spend and so businesses made less money - this created a vicious cycle

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What did the Depression result in for businesses?

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More and more businesses going bust and rapidly increasing unemployment

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As a result of the Depression, living standards got better/worse

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worse

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14
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As a result of the Depression, there was an increase/decrease in crime rate

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increase

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15
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Unemployment increased by _ million in 1929-32 and many people were _______ from their homes

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4 million and evicted

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How many men were unemployed by the end of 1932?

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6 million, 1/3 of men working age

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17
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What was Germany reliant on as a result of the Dawes Plan?

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Foreign loans

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Why was Germany being reliant on foreign loans a problem during the Depression?

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When the USA demanded its money back, Germany was particularly badly affected

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As a consequence of the USA demanding its money back, what state were German banks in?

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They were in crisis

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What could banks not do after the Depression?

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Lend money to businessmen

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21
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What were banks running out of after the Depression?

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Money

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What did people do when they were fearful that banks would shut down?

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Queue for hours to withdraw their savings, which further worsened the ability of banks to lend money

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23
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Why did banks have to demand the repayment of loans?

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They were short of farms

24
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What did banks having to demand repayment of loans result in?

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Businesses and farmers either cutting production or going bust

25
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What did businesses and farmers cutting production or going bust cause?

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Job loss

26
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Who did German voters increasingly blame for their problems and its inability to deal with the Depression?

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The Weimar government

27
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Over __% of the votes were going to the two anti-democracy parties in 1932

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50

28
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Who were the two anti-democracy parties?

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The NSDAP (Nazis) and the KPD (Communists)

29
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The Nazis were most popular in 1932 with __% of the vote

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37

30
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The Communists were the 3rd biggest party in 1932 with nearly __% of the vote

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20

31
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The fact that the Communists were the 3rd biggest party scared the…

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wealthy and middle-class Germans

32
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Why were wealthy and middle-class Germans more likely to vote Nazi?

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They saw Hitler as the only person able to stop a Communist take-over of Germany

33
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The impact of the Depression is a turning-point - in 1928 the Nazis had only _._% of the vote but by 1932 they had __%

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2.6 and 37

34
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Why was the impact of the Depression such a huge turning-point for the Nazis?

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If it wasn’t for the Depression then extremists such as Nazis and Communists would still be unpopular as they were during the ‘Golden Years’

35
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What had Germans lost faith in as a result of the Depression?

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Democracy - they wanted strong leadership

36
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How effective was Nazi Propaganda after 1930?

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Very effective

37
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Nazi Propaganda gave d________ messages to d________ groups of people

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different, different

38
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What did Nazi Propaganda promise for the unemployed?

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Work (‘Arbeit und Brot’)

39
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What does ‘Arbeit und Brot’ mean?

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Work and Bread

40
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Who did Nazis promise to help?

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Farmers and businessmen

41
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How did Nazi propaganda portray Hitler?

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As a caring, strong leader who could solve all problems and restore law and order

42
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Why was the impcat of the Depression key for making Nazi propaganda effective?

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Created mass unemployment, social problems and so much anger towards the Weimar governments

43
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Who/what did Nazi propaganda blame for Germany’s problems?

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Jews and democracy

44
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What did Nazis say about the Treaty of Versailles in their propaganda?

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Said they would destroy the Treaty of Versailles and make Germany great again

45
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How did the Nazis portray women and family in their propaganda after 1930?

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Portrayed them as important for Germany’s future

46
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Name 3 of the ways Nazis shared their propaganda after 1930

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Any 3 from cinema, leaflets, posters, speeches and aeroplane

47
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Hitler even ____ to various cities all over Germany to campaign for votes

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Flew

48
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Why did rich businessmen donate to the Nazis?

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They feared the growing support for the Communsts

49
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How were the ways Nazi propaganda were communicated made possible?

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Large donations made by rich German businessmen

50
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What did the SA offer to unemployed men after 1930?

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Hope

51
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Give 3 reasons why lots of men joined the SA

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Any 3 from gave them hope, military style (many were ex-soldiers), paid money, given free food and attracted violent thugs

52
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The SA grew to ___,___ after 1930 (four times as big as the Communists’ Red Front Fighters)

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400,000

53
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How did the SA help show the Nazis were powerful unlike the weak governments?

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Able to stand up to the Communists who Nazi propaganda blamed for all the street violence

54
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What did the SA help do during the Depression?

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Undermine the Weimar government by causing street violence

55
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How did the NSDAP undermining the Weimar government help shed the Weimar government in a bad light?

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Made the government look as if it couldn’t keep law and order