Question 32 (Choice 1) - Teachoo Sample Paper - Social Science Class 9 - Paper 2 - Teachoo Sample Paper - Social Science Class 9

Explain how Nazi Party got the power to control everything in Germany.

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The rise of Nazi dictatorship in Germany was a result of several interrelated factors that created a favorable condition for Hitler and his party to seize power and establish a totalitarian regime. Some of the main causes were:

• First world war defeat
  • Germany, a powerful empire in the early years of 20th century, fought the first world war (1914-1918) alongside the Austrian empire against the Allies ( England, France and Russia.) 

• • However, the Allies strengthened by US entry in 1917 won, defeating Germany and the Central Powers in November 1918.
• Weakness of the Weimar Republic:

• • The Weimar Constitution had flaws that made it unstable and vulnerable to dictatorship.  

• • Because of proportional representation, the one-party rule became impossible, resulting in coalition rule. 

• • Another flaw was Article 48, which gave the President the authority to declare a state of emergency, suspend civil rights, and rule by decree.

• Treaty of Versailles:
  • Germany was forced to sign the Treaty of Versailles with the Allied Powers .  

• • This made Germany lose its overseas colonies ,  1/10 of its population , and 13 percent of its territories, and many other things. 

• • The Allied armies occupied the resource-rich  Rhineland.  

• • The War Guilt Clause required Germany to pay the Allied Powers £ 6 billion in War Damages.

• The Economic crisis:

• • The German economy suffered the most. Industrial output has been reduced by 40%. 

• • Due to the Great Depression, the United States' national income fell by half, causing factories to shut down across the globe. 

• • Exports also decreased.

• Mass unemployment:

• • Workers in Germany lost their jobs and were paid less. 

• • Unemployed youth played cards or waited in line at a local job exchange.

• • Jobs vanished, and young people indulged in criminal activity. 
• The charisma and propaganda of Hitler:
  • He emerged as the leader of the Nazi Party in 1921 and presented himself as a savior of Germany who could restore its honor, prosperity and security.
    
    
  • He appealed to the emotions, fears, and hopes of many Germans by using effective rhetoric, slogans, symbols and media to spread his ideology of nationalism, racism, antisemitism and anti-communism. 

So, the German people believed Hitler would be a good dictator because he promised to undo the injustice of the Treaty of Versailles . He also promised to employ those who were looking for work. Later, with 37% of the vote in the Reichstag, the Nazi Party became the largest party.