Economic+Downturn+in+Weimar+Germany

__Effects of the Global Economic Downturn on Weimar Germany:__


 * Economic:**
 * Slump in world trade (exports value fell by 55%)
 * Mass unemployment (5.6 million plus registered unemployed)
 * Industrial production declined (50,000 businesses bankrupted)
 * Wages and incomes sharply decreased
 * Many farms sold off
 * Five major banks collapsed
 * Social:**
 * Widespread fear
 * Poor health
 * Crime increased
 * Class awareness, polarization of classes
 * Unemployment rose
 * Political:**
 * Nazis became second largest political party in Germany
 * Nationalist, middle-class democratic, and left-wing parties all decline
 * 6.4% increased voter turnout (people have nothing else to do, might as well vote)
 * Bolsheviks also got increase in votes

__Differences in Britain/USA government and Weimar Republic:__


 * Britain and USA**:
 * Over 100 years of service
 * Roughly 1500 years old (Great Britain)
 * Weimar:**
 * Less than ten years
 * 2 crisis in that period
 * Very disorganized and unpopular from start