Depression

Question 1

Employment

Answer 1

• 1921 -1.8% unemp
• 1925 - 3.4%
• 1926 - 10%
• 1933 - 25%
  By the end of 1932 production levels were half of 1928 levels

Question 2

Govt policies and party conflict

Answer 2

• wages dropped by 30%
• Parties refused to collaborate + govt collapsed
• Reinstated govt under Bruning who wanted high tax and minimal govt spending which was rejected by the reichstag and Hindenburg had to rule by decree

Question 3

Wages

Answer 3

Fell by 30%

Question 4

Govt policies

Answer 4

• hoover moratorium - suspended reparations for a year July 1931
• trade unionists suggested job creation schemes like usa
• Brunings policies didnt work and only deepened recession replaced by vonpap
• govt given 500 million marks for job creation
• govt unpopular

Question 5

Living standards

Answer 5

• high infant mortality
• 90% children aged 6-2 in Berlin were undernourished
• 8hr working day hut disappeared by 1924
• 1925: 130k ppl were lodgers/ 44k were paying to sleep + ppl exploited
• black market thrived