Chapter 9 -Weimer Germany

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What day was there a severe fall in share prices?
24 October 1929
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How did Germany suffer from the Wall street crash?
Germany were surviving on American loans so when these dried up, and america demanded a payment back Germany was badly hit. To make it worse trade with America decreased by 61% as Germany entered a deep depression.
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How did benefits decrease the economic situation?
It caused further strain on German finances.
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The unemployed were only entitled to state benefits for a fixed period, after which where did they have to go and what was the disadvantages of this?
To local authorities for relief and local benefits were less generous and strictly means-tested
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Which 2 diseases began to increase during the depression indicating poverty, poor nutrition and living conditions?
Tuberculosis and rickets
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In Hamberg 1933 the unemployment rate among males in the 14-25 age range was what?
39%
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In Hamberg 1933 the unemployment rate among females in the 14-25 age range was what?
25.2%
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Although the overall rate of juvenile convictions did not increase fduring the depression, what did?
The number of 14-25 year olds accused of crime, or offences against the state
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Which political party had huge sucsess in recruiting young people into 'wild cliques'
KPD
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What did the Hitler youth and SQ offer unemployed youth?
food, uniforms, shelter and the excitment of fighting street battles
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What did Bruning attempt to do to help the young and unemployed?
Established day centers to participate in work related activities, emergency labour schemes for unskilled manual labour, 6 months residential work.
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Name the disadvantages of of Brunings work schemes?
the wages were below the minimum average and none offered any promises of future jobs.
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Which law was passed in may 32 against women workers?
Allowed women civil servants to be dismissed if they were married and it could be proved that their economic situation was secure
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What was the name given to working married women?
'double - earners'
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How many women were dismissed from the Reich postal service because of the may 32 law?
1000
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Name three consequences of the depression?
1) collase of Mullers grand coalition in march 1930, 2) Provided an opportunity for the parties of the extreme left and right to gain support, 3) lead to more political violence
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Name why including many political parties was a stregnth for the grand coalition?
It meant it helped a range of people and had a range of support
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Name why including many political parties was a weakness for the grand coalition?
It lead to internal conflict
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What did the grand coalition collapse over?
Benefits, the left parties wanted to maintain them while the right wanted to cut them
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Who was Mullers sucsessor?
Bruning
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What party was Bruning head of?
Centre
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Hindenbergs decision to appoint bruning was heavily influenced by which two key military figures?
General Kurt Von Schleicher and General Groener
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The appointment of bruning was an indication that who had begun to play a key role in politics
The army
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Who did Bruning exclude from his coalition? (HINT: They were the largest party in the Reichstag)
SPD
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After march 1930 no government ever had what in the reichstag and governments had to rely on ruing by presidential decree
Majority support
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What was Brunings response to the depression?
To cut expendture and raise taxes in order to balance the budget
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He did not have majority support in his ideas to help the depression, how did he get around this?
Article 48
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What was the response to the use of article 48 to pass his laws on balancing the budget?
The SPD won Reichstag support for a motion demanding that the decree be withdrawn.
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What was Brunings response to the SPD's vote for the decree to be withdrawn?
He dissolved the reichstag and called an election in Sep 1930
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Which parties gained support in the september 1930 election?
The extreme right and left.,
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The communists gained over _ million votes mostly from which party?
1 million and SPD
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In sept 1930 the NAZIS gained how many million votes?
6.5 million
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How many seats in the reichstag did the Nazis have?
107
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The Nazis claimed how many of their men were killed by communists?
29
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The communists claimed how many of their men had been killed by Nazis?
92
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What decree did Bruning issue in December 1931 and why did this have little effect?
He banned political uniforms but the SA continues to wear white shirts
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Why did Bruning issue the ban on uniforms in the first place?
To help calm down the increase in street roits and political violence around election time
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In April 1932 what did Hindenberg do, persuaded by Bruning?
Banned the SA
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By the end of 1932 SA membership was estimated to be what?
400,000
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