How did Hitler rise to Power?

‘Push’ factors: why were Germans dissatisfied with their governments 1919-1933?

Reason Effect on the German people

1. The Treaty of Versailles, June 1919

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World war. The USA, Britain and France drew up

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the treaty. Germany was not allowed to negotiate,
but was forced to accept its terms.

The key terms of the Treaty were:

1.

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2.

The treaty made the German people

3. .................................. because

2. Fear Of Communism Many Germans were worried that

Communists living in Germany

3- Economic difficulties (1923) The German people in 1924 were

After the war Germany was very poor but the
situation became even worse.

In 1923 Germany was unable to

This led to

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 How did Hitler rise to Power?

Economic difficulties (1929) The events of 1929 made Germans

In 1924 the German government began to fix
the problems and Germany began to recover
but then another problem developed.

In 1929 the American

This was a big problem for Germany because

It led to

‘Pull factors’: why did Germans support the Nazis?

Nazi skills
The Nazis were

They used

This helped them to become

In January 1933 Hitler became Chancellor of Germany, after a political deal was made.

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