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World War I led to the collapse of the five great states that maintained the status quo in Europe. This made the creation of single-party authoritarian states quite common. Thus, the rise and rule of Hitler and the Nazis was not unusual at that time. The many weaknesses and disruptions of the Weimar Republic made it even easier for Hitler to take over the political scene.
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(Day is inaccurate) Extreme left-wing socialist movement; tried to overthrow Republic; Led by Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg;
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(Day and month are inaccurate) Reconciled nationalism and socialism
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(Day is inaccurate) Germany couldn’t meet heavy demands for reparations; French and the Belgians occupied the Ruhr region; German workers were paid welfare assistance in order to meet the invasion with passive resistance (led to hyperinflation)
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Munich; Hitler and Nazi Party tried to show strength; tried to persuade right-wing Bavarian leaders to agree to Hitler’s plan; Hitler and Ludendorff led an invasion, but they were eventually arrested
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(Day and month are inaccurate) Created by United States; reduced German reparations to America; made Germany dependent on U.S. loans
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(Day of release is inaccurate) Spent time writing Mein Kampf; more like a hotel than a prison
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Weimar economy flourished with the help of US loans
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(Innacurate months and days) Created under Chancellor Müller; commanded over 60% of seats in Reichstag; they broke up 'cause they couldn't agree on the necessary cuts needed; break-up resulted in 5 Reichstag elections in 3 years
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(Innacurate day) Nazis won 12 seats (2.6% of the vote)
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(Day and month are inaccurate) Negotiated to ease reparations' burden
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(Day is inaccurate) Nazis win 107 seats (18.3% of the vote)
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First round (March, Hitler won 30.2% of votes and forced second ballot); second round (Hitler traveled to 21 different towns and the number of votes increased to 36.7%); Hitler made capital from these elections; Hindenburg beat Hitler
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(Day and month are inaccurate) Unemplyment; high reparations; the government could not figure out how to pay the war veterans (economic crisis); this led to the collapse of the government 'cause nobody agreed on anything (political crisis)
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(Day is innacurate) Nazis won 230 seats in the Reichstag (largest German party)
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(Day is inaccurate) Nazis win 196 Reichstag seats
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Reichstag building was burnt down; Nazis claimed it was the communists' fault; Hindenburg issued an emergency decree which got rid of the Nazis' political opponents
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Nazis gained 43.9% of the total votes; Hitler had to rely on other parties to obtain the two-thirds majority needed to change the constitution
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Destroyed power of the Reichstag by alloweing the chancellor to issue laws without consultation for four years; basis for Hitler's dictatorship
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