1. How was Hitler able to become Chancellor in 1933?

How did Stresemann make Germany more prosperous from 1924 onwards?

1. By signing the Dawes Plan.
2. This spread the load of the repayment of reparations and injected 800 million marks into the German economy.

What happened in October 1928 and what were the effects for Germany?

1. Stresemann died.
2. The Wall St crash happened, this led to a withdrawal of US money from Germany.
3. Germany had to pay back millions of marks and could not borrow any money to keep German industry afloat.
4. Trade slumped and the German economy went

Who did the majority of German workers look to for a political lead in Germany at this time?

1. Most German workers supported the Communist Party, K P D.
2. Some German workers were employed by the Nazi party as storm-troopers.
3. To begin with the support for the KPD rose as more and more German workers voted for them.

How did the lower middle class professionals and businessmen react to this rise in the vote of the KPD?

1. They began to vote for the Nazi party.
2. They thought the KPD, if they came to power, would take away some of their possessions and status in German society.

What happened in the economy which meant that people began looking toward the extremist parties to solve the problems of Germany from 1929 onwards?

1. By 1932 unemployment was at 6 million. Unemployment in Britain at the same time was 2 million.
2. People became homeless and lived in camps on the edge of town.
3. People began to depend on charity and soup kitchens to survive.

How did the government react?

1. It did not know what to do.
2. As unemployment rose, taxes fell and therefore they had less money to spend.
3. The only way to get more money was to print it but after the hyper inflation of 1923 this was unthinkable.

Bruning became chancellor in 1931, how did he make things worse?

1. He raised taxes which meant that businesses had less money to invest.
2. He cut social security to the poor which made their lives more difficult.
3. He cut the wages of government officials, which meant they bought less which meant there was less dema

What was the effect of Bruning's policies?

1. His government of Germany collapsed. The partners in his coalition left in protest.
2. No-one else could make another coalition.

What was the only option for Germany?

1. For Hindenberg to rule by presidential decree as outlined by article 48 of the Weimar Constitution.
2. Hindenberg wanted to reduce the power of the Reichstag.

How did the depression highlight the weaknesses of the Weimar Republic?

1. Proportional Representation meant that it was difficult to create a government
2. The president could assume overall power and use it for his own purposes.

How did the extremist parties exploit this situation?

1. Germans began to listen to their propaganda about the Treaty of Versailles and reparations.
2. Some looked to blame the 'greedy' German businessmen.
3. Extremist parties promised to do something about the situation that existed in Germany.
4. The Nazis

Why did the Nazis appeal to the middle classes?

1. They were strong and well organised.
2. Goebbels, Hitler's propaganda minister began the 'Hitler over Germany' campaign.
3. This meant that Hitler was flown to cities all over Germany to mass rallies, explaining how he alone could save Germany.
4. This

Where did the Nazis get the money from for such a campaign?

1. They were supported by wealthy industrialist, such as Thyssen, the German steel magnate, Krupps, a major arms manufacturers and Henry Ford, of the Ford motor company.

What was the role of the storm-troopers?

1. By 1933 there were half a million storm-troopers.
2. Their motto was 'All opposition must be stamped into the ground'.
3. They beat up communist and trade union leaders in street fights..
4. Hitler would then complain aboutthe violence of the communist