Edexcel History 7. Prosperity and Social Change

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The years in which the German Empire experienced an economic slump

That, the destruction of which most hampered immediate economic growth after the Second World War

That group which rebounded after the Second World War by working with industry such as by servicing machines and providing services

That class that suffered the most from unemployment during the Great Depression, though middle class businessmen and shopkeepers suffered also

The 1936 - 1939 Four Year Plan under Hermann Göring focussed on speeding up rearmament by increasing state supervision of the economy and moving away from consumer industries

A skilled craftsman whom owns his own business

That group which tried to regain its position in Weimar Germany through 64% of guilds making membership compulsory, though only 56% of these individuals being members of such guilds

The symbolic women's branch of the Nazi Party

An 1891 act that reduced working hours for women and those under 16 and granted maternity leave of 8 weeks (2 before birth) among other things, so as to make work easier for women while also promoting their traditional roles ad mothers in the home

That which helped Germany recover more quickly than any other country affected by the Great Depression

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That demographic which filled many jobs during the First World War until removed by law at the war's end to the anger of many socialist proponents

The years 1924 to 1929 in which the economy grew well though unemployment remained high, the economy remained too dependent on foreign loans, and high welfare costs and employer's insurance contributions reduced investment

That which was in a standstill by 1914 due to the SDP Reichstag and Junker government failing to cooperate

That class which grew frustrated during industrialisation by being caught between an unyielding elite and a growing number of workers

The year in which Kaisers Wilhelm I and Frederick III died, with Wilhelm II succeeding

The official name of the Nazi Party

President of the Reichsbank from 1933 to 1939 and Minister of Economics from 1934 - 1937, who devised the 'New Plan' centred on economic nationalism

That sector in which Germany was world leading by the 1880's to 1890's particularly technologically and in research at universities

The two opposing camps in historiography in interpreting the effects on living conditions of industrialisation, in alphabetical order

The wave of industrialisation beginning in the 1850's focused on heavy industry and the railways