Germany in the Great Depression
By: Hannah K. and Morgan R.
Main Topic
Why was Germany in a depression?
The Three Questions
- Tell me what a Mass Unemployment is.
- Summarize how Hitler economically saved Germany from the depression.
- Describe a chancellor. Identify why Hitler was one.
1. Tell me what a Mass Unemployment is.
- People were selling and most people were not buying.
- WWI caused devastation with economic chaos. Most people got money through taxes and borrowing which caused debts.
- Bank failures made less money, which caused a drop in production and employment.
- When the value of stocks dropped dramatically, many people lost the money they had invested.
- With nothing left in the bank, people lost all savings and people could not pay loans.
- So they could not pay the bank and the bank ran out of money.
- They could not have the bank running anymore that was how the Mass Unemployment went.
2. Summarize how Hitler economically saved Germany from the depression.
- The countries social and economical ills paved its way for Hitler and the Nazi party to seize power in 1933.
- The new government was unable to deal with problems of the Germans, and that is what started the depression in Germany.
- Hitler was so desperate he put kids in the depression to beat the other countries in the war.
3. Describe a chancellor. Identify why Hitler was elected to be one.
- A chancellor is the prime minister or leader of country. Hitler was one because he persuaded the people he would act lawfully.
- In 1932, 5 major elections were held as its current leaders struggled. The Nazis won Germany's strongest party, and leaders offered Hitler Cabinet.
- But Hitler, leader of Nazis, refused to accept anything but chancellor.
- The majority of the Germans didn't want Hitler as chancellor. They knew he would do a reign of terror. But people were persuaded he would act lawfully.
- On January 30, 1933, Hindenburg (president of Germany) named Hitler chancellor.
MLA
Hoffmann, Peter. "Hitler, Adolf." World Book Student. World Book, 2013. Web. 2 May 2013.
This video is about the third question. It describes how Hitler took over Germany and how he became a chancellor.
Hindenburg and Hitler
Hoffmann, Peter. "Hitler, Adolf." World Book Student. World Book, 2013. Web. 2 May 2013.
That is the MLA for the picture
Citations
- MLA: Mitchener, Kris James. "Great Depression." World Book Student. World Book, 2013. Web. 1 May 2013.
- Lord, Richard. Countries of the World: Germany. Milwaukee, WI: G. Stevens, 1999. Print.
MLA:
Pierce, Thomas J. "Depression." World Book Student. World Book, 2013. Web. 1 May 2013.- Bodden, Valerie. The Holocaust. Mankato, MN: Creative Education, 2008. Print.
- Hoffmann, Peter. "Hitler, Adolf." World Book Student. World Book, 2013. Web. 2 May 2013.