failure of the weimar democracy C5

Question 1

as party’s rarely won the election what did they come together to form ?

Answer 1

• a coalition government from which a chancellor was chosen
• coalitions were mostly ineffective and the president can use article 48 to appoint a new chancellor

Question 2

what happened at the 1930 Reichstag election

Answer 2

• no party won a majority so a coalition was formed
• nazis gained 107 seats
• Henrich bruning of the centre party became chancellor
• he was unpopular for cutting unemployment pay and raising taxes

Question 3

after the Reichstag election in 1930 how did Hitler build on his success

Answer 3

• nazis put up millions of posters and flags and hitler gave speeches at mass rallies
• hitlers private army, the SA, beat up communists and disrupted their meetings, making it hard for them to campaign
• many germans felt that the chaos, violence and unstable government’s proved that the weimar government was failing

Question 4

what did Hitler do in march 1932

Answer 4

hiter challenged Hindenburg for the presidency, he won an impressive 13.4 million votes to Hindenburg’s 19.3 million

Question 5

what happened in the July 1932 Reichstag election

Answer 5

• bruning resigned in July 1932 and Hindenburg appointed another centre party politician, Franz Von Papen
• Von Papen lacked support, so he called an election
• the results were astonishing, the nazis were now the largest political party

Question 6

what did Hitler do in result of the July 1932 Reichstag election

Answer 6

• hitler demanded the chancellors job
• Hindenburg refused as he thought the nazis were a disruptive party and used article 48 to give Von Papen the job back
• Von Papen called another election in november 1932
• votes for the nazis fell but they were still the largest
• Von Papens party got fewer seats too, so he resigned again