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chancellor bruning
bruning's chancellor ship, Sep 1930 election, nazi breakthrough
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| who was Bruning before becoming chancellor | leader of ZP |
| ZP | centre party |
| when was Bruning appointed chancellor | 29th May 1930 |
| who appointed bruning as chancellor | president hindenburg |
| who persuaded hindenburg to appoint bruning as chancellor | Major General Schliecher, president's son, state secretary |
| why did Schleicher and the others persuade hindenburg to appoint bruning | wanted to use bruning to establish an authoritarian government |
| how did schleicher and the others plan to establish an authoritarian government | using Article 48 to undermine democracy |
| why did schleicher and the others pick bruning to appoint | he was a conservative leader |
| what were schliecher and the others' political affiliations | conservative nationoalists |
| did schliecher and the others have faith in democracy | no |
| what was Bruning's main priority when he was appointed as chancellor | resolve Germany's economic crisis after the wall street crash |
| name 2 of his economic policies to resolve the government budget deficit | -government spending cuts -raise taxes |
| what were the results of bruning's economic policies to resolve government budget deficits | government budget deficit cut by 38 percent between 1928-1932 |
| what type of policy did bruning use during the great depression | deflationary |
| 2 examples of deflationary policies | -cutting civil service wages -lowering product prices to improve exports |
| what did bruning aim to prove with his deflationary prices | germany couldn't pay reparations |
| were brunings economic policies popular | no |
| evidence bruning's economic policies were unpopular with the public | he was called the hunger chancellor |
| evidence brunings economic policies were unpopular with parliament | reichstag opposed Bruning's proposed budget |
| what were the reichstag votes RE Bruning's proposed budget | 256 against vs 193 for |
| how did bruning pass his proposed budget without reichstag support | using article 48 |
| how did the reichstag respond to bruning using article 48 to pass his budget | they challenged it |
| how did bruning respond to the reichstag challening his use of article 48 to pass his budget | he asked president hindenburg to dissolve the reichstag and hold an election |
| when does bruning's requested election happen | sep 1930 |
| what did bruning expect to happen in the sep 1930 election | -the economic crisis would make voters vote centre right -a coalition could be created -this coalition would give bruning majority support in the reichstag |
| what happened in the sep 1930 elections due to the economic crisis | increase in extremist votes (nazis + KPD) |
| what percentage of the votes did the nazis win | 18.3 percent |
| how many chairs did the nazis gain in the reichstag from 18.3 percent of the votes | 107 |
| what did this break through for the nazis make them | the second largest party in the reichstag |
| how much did nationalist votes decrease in the 1930 election | by 1/2 (14-7 percent) |
| how many seats did the middle class democratic parties lose in the 1930 election | 20 |
| how much did socialist votes decrease in the 1930 election | 5 percent |
| did the KPD gain or lose votesin the 1930s election | gain |
| how much did the KPDs votes increase in the 1930s election | 2 percent |
| how was the sep 1930s election significant for the nazis | significant breakthrough (increase in votes and seats in the reichstag) |
| how does bruning pass his laws after failing to gain support in the reichstag in the 1930s election | relying on article 48 |
| how does bruning's reliance of article 48 transform the german government | unofficially changes from pariamentary government into a presidential government |
| is bruning willing to cooperate with the nazis after their gains in the 1930 election | no |
| whose support does bruning lose after refusing to cooperate with the nazis after the 1930s election | General Schliecher |
| whose support does bruning lose after he proposes breaking up bankrupt prussian states | hindenburg |
| what does hindenburg do to Bruning in may 1932 | dismisses him from his post as chancellor |
| in 1932, before his removal, how does bruning evidence his dislike of the nazis | bans the SA to reduce street violence |
| why is bruning's chancellorship significant in the breakdown of democracy in germany | his reliance on article 48 undermines democracy |
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