Hitler's Rise to Power

Treaty of Versailles

Treaty that ended WW I. It blamed Germany for WW I and handed down harsh punishment.

Munich Putsch/Beer Hall Putsch

Inspired by Mussolini's March on Rome. The coup failed because Hitler was captured and imprisoned.

Mein Kampf

"My Struggle"-a book written by Adolf Hitler during his imprisonment in 1923-1924, in which he set forth his beliefs and his goals for Germany

1929 Wall Street Stock Market Crash

Caused the "Great Depression". USA asked Germany to pay them back the money Germany owed

Reichstag

German Parliament

Hyperinflation of 1923

Event caused by the Weimar Government printing more money to deal with the economic crisis in Germany. Caused Germany money to be worthless.

Ruhr Crisis 1923

When France occupied the Ruhr coal fields to demand that the German pay their reparations

Enabling Act

allowed Hitler to get rid of the Reichstag parliament and pass laws by himself

Gestapo

Nazi secret police

Reichstag Fire

February, 1933; the Reichstag was set on Fire; called a communist plot; Hitler convinced president Hindenburg to suspend all civil rights for Communists, socialists, liberals, and trade unionists

Weimar Government

the government of Germany which agreed to the terms of the Treaty of Versailles; was overthrown by the Nazis in the 1930s

Dawes Plan

A plan to revive the German economy, the United States loans Germany money which then can pay reparations to England and France, who can then pay back their loans from the U.S. This circular flow of money was a success.

Chancellor

the highest official in Germany, prime minister