Practice question · Put in order
Arrange the steps by which the German republic was dismantled.
- The party loses ground at the November 1932 election
- Depression drives unemployment towards six million
- The Enabling Act allows the cabinet to legislate without the Reichstag
- The NSDAP vote rises steeply, peaking in July 1932
- Conservative politicians persuade Hindenburg to appoint Hitler chancellor
Hints
- The sequence includes a step in which the party gets weaker, not stronger.
- The appointment comes after the electoral setback, not after the peak.
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- Depression drives unemployment towards six million
- The NSDAP vote rises steeply, peaking in July 1932
- The party loses ground at the November 1932 election
- Conservative politicians persuade Hindenburg to appoint Hitler chancellor
- The Enabling Act allows the cabinet to legislate without the Reichstag
Why
Placing the setback before the appointment is what makes the sequence instructive. The republic did not fall to an unstoppable electoral tide; it was handed over by a small group of conservatives who thought a declining demagogue could be used, at a moment when waiting might have served them better.
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