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| The.....and.........provided an opportunity for the nazis | Depression and political crisis |
| The.....and.........provided an opportunity for the nazis | Depression and political crisis |
| The.....and.........provided an opportunity for the nazis | Depression and political crisis |
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| The.....and.........provided an opportunity for the nazis | Depression and political crisis |
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| The.....and.........provided an opportunity for the nazis | Depression and political crisis |
| The Weimar republic was between... | 1919-1933 |
| Who were the two presidents during this time | Ebert and Hindenburg |
| Name 3 things in the bill of rights | Freedom of speech the right to work welfare rights |
| Name 3 democratic features of weimar | Elected president rather than hereditary monarch universal suffrage proportional representation |
| Name 2 criticisms of weimar republics constitution | Small extremist parties could gain representation gives too much power to the president under article 25 + 48 |
| 3 clasuses on the Tov | Armed forces restricted to 100,000 men only 6 battleships permitted the Rhineland demilitarised union with Austria banned |
| What was the ruhr crisis 1923 | The french + Belgian government responded to german failure to pay reparations, armies occupied factories, and mines, seized factories |
| What was the hyperinflation crisis and when was it? | 1923 ran out of control due to the ruhr crisis, the mark became worthless due to gov't printing money to pay workers |
| How did stresemann solve the crisis | Called off passive resistance to french occupation restarted reparation payments |
| What was the name of the new currency | Rentenmark |
| When was the Dawes plan and what was it? | 1924 an international loan was made available to help Germany pay 121 million gold marks |
| When was the spartacist uprising? | January 1919 |
| When was the kapp putsch and what was it? | 1920 group of right-wing politicians and soldiers seized control of gov in berlin for several days |
| Name 4 features of nazi ideology | German nationalism racial ideas anti Semitism social darwinism |
| What was the munich putsch and when was it? | November 1923 Hitler and Rohm took control of a conservative political meeting and announced a national revolution |
| Name 2 weaknesses of Weimar's opponents | Poor leadership and planning lack of support from the public |
| Name 3 positive features of the golden years | No putsch attempts no political assassinations exports rose by 40% between 1925-1929 wages rose every year between 1924 and 1930 |
| Name 3 negative features | Forming a stable coalition government was difficult support for extremist groups still remained high unemployment did not fall below 1.3 million |
| What was the economic impact of the depression | National income shrunk by 39% between 1929 and 1932 industrial production declined by more than 40% homelessness and poverty increased |
| What group formed 31% of nazi membership | Working class |
| The.....and.........provided an opportunity for the nazis | Depression and political crisis |
| What date was hitler appointed chancellor | 30 jan 1933 |
| When was the reichstag fire | 27 feb 1933 |
| What was reichstag fire | Communist van der lubbe thought to have set fire to the reichstag building |
| When was reichstag fire decree | 28 march 1933 |
| What was the fire decree | Decree which suspended the civil rights parts of the weimar constitution police + secret police had right to arrest people for any reason people could be held in captivity indefinitely |
| When was dachau opened | March 1933 |
| When was the enabling act | 24 march 1933 |
| What was the enabling act | Hitler moved to take dictatorial powers asked the reichstag to pass a law which could give him the power to rule by decree |
| 4 factors enabling nazi consolidation of power | Terror propaganda gleichschaltung support of conservative elite |
| ----- political opponents were imprisoned between ---- and ---- | 100,000 1933 1934 |
| What is gleichschaltung | Co-ordination |
| 3 reasons for support for the regime | - brought greater stability to the lives of many germans - unemployment fell and economic growth resumed by 1935 - propaganda was effective |
| In 1934 what % of the public endorsed Hitler taking over Hindenburg's remaining powers (plebiscite) | 90% |
| Name 4 opposition groups | Edelweiss pirates swing youth catholic church white rose |
| 3 elements of the terror state | Concentration camps Gestapo no civil rights of freedom (fire decree) |
| In 1935 the prison population increased by ------ and ---- inmates were classed as political prisoners | 53,000 and 23,000 |
| Name 3 nazi policies (women) | Contraception advice was restricted and abortion banned women were restricted to only 10% of uni places loans could be obtained by married couples |
| What was the four year plan | Germany to be autarkic and self sufficient involved increased production in agriculture and raw materials to replace imports a massive expansion of armaments was planned |
| Was the four year plan successful | Partially, massive rearmament in some areas huge expansion achieved but autarky not attained |
| Name 3 failures of the war economy | State remained chaotic labour shortages held the economy back shortages of raw materials such as coal and oil |
| When was the yalta conference | February 1945 |
| What was the yalta conference | To decide what to do with Germany once it had been defeated |
| What does autarkic mean | An economy that is self sufficient |
| What was anchluss | Union of germany and austria |