the depression

Question 1

How many coalition governments were between 1924 and 1928?

Answer 1

7

Question 2

How much of the vote did KPD gain in 1928

Answer 2

10%

Question 3

How did employers feel towards the government?

Answer 3

disliked and felt that the gov was using arbitration to win working class votes

Question 4

how much did Germany’s share of world production fall from 1913 to between 1926-1929

Answer 4

from 14.3% in 1913
to 11.6% in 1926-9

Question 5

why did Weimar lose support in terms of culture?

Answer 5

developments in culture seen as negative light especially for certain types of people

Question 6

what was a reason people disliked weimar?

Answer 6

lack of democratic tradition, people wanted someone with a uniform and medals

Question 7

when was the wall street crash

Answer 7

october 1929

Question 8

how much did unemployment rise from 1928 to 1929

Answer 8

600,000 to 1.6 million

Question 9

how much was unemployment by 1933

Answer 9

6 million

Question 10

how much did crop prices fall by

Answer 10

60%, poverty reduced demand

Question 11

how many banks closed down in 1931

Answer 11

5 major banks

Question 12

how much did national income drop by 1932

Answer 12

39%

Question 13

why did the gov do so little about the depression

Answer 13

coalition govs couldnt agree + thought it would work itself out
worried about causing hyperinflation
cant take loans
bruning allowed it: used it to get reparations to end

Question 14

what % did exports decline by

Answer 14

61%

Question 15

how much did industrial production since 1928 level fall by?

Answer 15

58%

Question 16

what happened with unemployment + why could this be flawed

Answer 16

1/3 registered as unemployed
only recorded registered, the redundant or women didnt register

Question 17

where did the depression fall most heavily

Answer 17

industrial areas: Ruhr, silesia, hamburg
civil services + white collar workers
farmers

Question 18

what was the average daily meal for a family

Answer 18

6 small potatoes, 5 slices of bread, small cabbage

Question 19

how many men between 14-25 yrs were unemployed by june 1933

Answer 19

39%

Question 20

why might paramilitary organisations be appealing to the youth

Answer 20

provided relief from insecurity and boredom of their unemployment

Question 21

what did the gov do to support the youth

Answer 21

control expenditure
established day centre and work + social voluntary labour schemes

Question 22

what debate did the depression reignite

Answer 22

whether married women should continue to be employed when men out of work
rw parties campaigned against this and were successful

Question 23

what law did the gov pass in relation to the married women employment debate and when

Answer 23

may 1923 - married women civil servants allowed to be dismissed

Question 24

how many women were dismissed from Reich postal service

Answer 24

1000 married women

Question 25

why did the grand coalition collapse

Answer 25

political violence rising cost of unemployment, falling tax revenues, argument over employment contributions

Question 26

what was the impact on workers

Answer 26

unhappy -> unemployment -> wages decrease -> hours decrease -> leads to extremism