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hitler's appointment
von papen, schleicher, hitler becoming chancellor
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| who became chancellor after bruning was dismissed | von papen |
| who was von papen | aristocrat with no experience in politics |
| when did papen become chancellor | june 1932 |
| was papens government parliamentary or presidential | presidential government |
| who dominated papen's government cabinet | aristocratic landowners and industrialists |
| were the members of papens cabinet members of the reichstag (elected) | no |
| how is papen's cabinet often referred to due to its aristocratic members | cabinet of barons |
| who persuaded president hindeburg to appoint papen and form a national concentration (presidential) government | Schleicher |
| what did papen and schleicher decide to do to strengthen the government | gain the nazis political support |
| did hitler agree to support papen | yes but with two demands |
| what were hitler's two demands in exchange for the nazis supporting papen in the reichstag (2) | -dissolution of the reichstag + call for new elections -end of the ban on the SA + SS |
| did papen and schliecher agree to hitlers demands | yes |
| what did papen and schliecher hope to achieve from nazi support | the creation of a right wing authoritarian government |
| when was the election after the previous reichstag was dissolved | July 1932 |
| what was the social result of starting another election | rise in street violence |
| what statistic backs up the rise in street violence during the July 1932 | 86 people died due to political violence that july |
| what did von papen use the excuse of political violence during the july 1932 elections to do | abolish the regional state government of prussia |
| why did papen abolish the regional state government of prussia | it was a coalition of socialist and centre party = key democratic power |
| how did papen abolish the government of prussia (2) | -declared state of emergency -made himself reich commisioner of prussia |
| 3 reasons why the abolition of the prussian government was significant to the fall of german democracy (3) | -it was an unconstitutional act -it replaced a parliamentary system with a presidential authoritarian one -left-wing democrats did little to protest |
| what percentage of the vote did the nazis win in the july 1932 election | 37 percent |
| which party supported papen in the july 1932 election | DNVP = conservative nationalists |
| what percentage of the vote did the DNVP win in the july 1932 election | 5.9 percent |
| what percentage of the vote did the DNVP get in the sep 1930 election | 7 percent |
| how many votes did the middle class democratic parties get in the july 1932 election | 2.2 percent |
| how many votes did the SPD get in the july 1932 election | 21.6 percent |
| how many votes did the KPD get in the July 1932 election | 14.3 percent |
| what did the nazis increase in seats in the reichstag make them | the largest party in the reichstag |
| what percentage of german people had even voted for pro-democratic parties in the july 1932 elections | 40 percent |
| becasue it was a presidential government, did papen rely on article 48 the bruning did | yes |
| what did hitler do after winning the majority in the reichstag | demand president hindenburg make him chancellor |
| did hindenburg agree to hitler's demand to make him chancellor | no |
| what did papen continue to try and do after the july 1932 election | gain support in the reichstag |
| what happened in september 1932 that proved that papen failed to gain reichstag support | the reichstag gave a vote of no confidence in him |
| what were the votes in the vote of confidence in papen in septmeber 1932 | 512 vs 42 |
| how did hindenburg respond to the vote of no confidence in papen in seotebr 1932 | dissolved the reichstag |
| what did hindenburg and papen plan to do that schliecher worried would cause civil war | not call another reichstag election (no reichstag) |
| what did schliecher convince hindenburg to do to avoid civil war | call another reichstag election |
| when was the next reichstag election | november 1932 |
| how did the nazis do in the november 1932 election | lost 2 million votes |
| why did the nazis lose 2 million votes in the november 1932 election | the economy was beginning to recover from the wall street crash |
| which party saw an increase in votes in the 1932 election | KPD |
| why was the reichstag after the november 1932 elections unworkable (2) | -the two largest parties (NSDAP + SPD) were opposing parties -neither of the largest parties supported papen |
| how many options were there to end the deadlock caused by the results of the november 1932 election | 2 |
| what were the terms of option 1 to end the deadlock caused by the november 1932 election (3) | -permanently replace the reichstag -use army to suppress opposition -new authoritarian constitution |
| what were the terms of option 2 to end the deadlock caused by the november 1932 election (2) | -schacht + industrial leaders suggest a government led by hitler -hindenburg agrees if hitler gains reichstag majority |
| does hitler agree to make necessary compromises to become chancellor | no |
| who was schacht | german financier and previous reichsbank president |
| did scheicher think option 1 to end the deadlock was a good idea | no, he worried it would cause a civil war |
| what does schleicher attempt to do to end the deadlock and prevent civil war | create a diagonal front of support for constitutional change |
| diagonal front | branching from left to right on the political spectrum |
| what does schleicher do in december 1932 (2) | -convinces president hindenburg to dismiss papen -convinces president hindenburg to appoint schleicher as chancellor |
| who does schleilcher offer the role of vice-chancellor instead of hitler | gregor strasser |
| how does hitler respond to gregor strasser being chosen as vice chancellor | dismisses him from all nazi posts |
| does schleicher succeed in creating a diagonal front | no |
| who does schleicher alienate in is attempt to create a diagonal front | the elite as they hate the left wing |
| what is schleicher convincing hindenburg to dismiss papen an example of | political intrigue |
| how long was schleicher chancellor for | 2 months |
| why did schleicher appoint strasser as vice president | attempt to divide nazis = limit their power |
| why didn't schleicher's plan to divide nazis not work | nazis sided with hitler over strasser |
| what act of political intrigue did papen commit against schleicher after schleicher convinced hindenburg to sack papen | met with hitler several times in January 1933 |
| how does papen convince hindenburg to appoint hitler as chancellor (2) | -he is part of hindenburgs inner-circle -industrialist help him |
| when is hitler appointed chancellor | January 30th 1933 |
| what do Papen and Hindenburg hope to use Hitler as | a political puppet |
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