The Importance Of The Enabling Act Flashcards
In the 1933 5 March election how many seats do the Nazis win ?
- 288 seats 43.9% of votes
- Despite imprisoning many Socialist and communists and having the advantages of media control they did not win majority vote
Since the Nazi party could not secure a majority what did they form ?
A coalition government with the DNVP ensuring a 51.9% in the Reichstag
Hitler also banned the communist party taking their 81 seats
Was Hitler happy with a coalition government ?
No as he only had 51.9% majority and needed two thirds majority to change the constitution
What were the top three election results in the March election of 1933?
Nazi party(NSDAP) 288
Social democrats (SDP)120
Communist party( KDP) 81
What was Hitlers next step after the Marche election ?
What would this allow him to do
- Passed the enabling act on the 23 March 1933
- Allow him and his government full powers over the next four Hera and meant the Reichstag would become a rubber stamp for Nazi activities
As Chancellor what did Hitler have to say?
Greater power than the president
Who couldn’t prevent the passing of the entangling act ?
The communist party as almost all of its members were either in jail or had been killed by the SA
Who supported the enabling act ?
The centre party as Hitler promised to respect the rights of the Catholic Church
What are the five reasons as to why the enabling act was passed ? CACCS
- communist party members not allied to vote in the chamber
- Absentees counted as present
- centre party was promised the Catholic Church would be respected
- Communist party not counted, thus reducing over total votes needed
- SA intimidated party members as they entered the chamber
Recite the amount of seats the Nazis got from September 30 to March 1933
Sept 30 107
July 32 230
Nov 32 196
March 1933 288
