The Nazi Party actually received fewer votes from regions with greater numbers of unemployed people (p. 408).

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Pro: There is no statistical correlation between rates of unemployment in an area and their voting for the Nazis in 1930 and 1932.

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Con: This pattern only emerged because some regions with high unemployment were also heavily Catholic and relatively less agrarian than others. Both of these factors were also indicators of Nazi support (p. 409).

To what extent was the Great Depression responsible for the collapse of the Weimar Republic?

The Nazi Party actually received fewer votes from regions with greater numbers of unemployed people (p. 408).

Pros

Cons

There is no statistical correlation between rates of unemployment in an area and their voting for the Nazis in 1930 and 1932.

This pattern only emerged because some regions with high unemployment were also heavily Catholic and relatively less agrarian than others. Both of these factors were also indicators of Nazi support (p. 409).

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The Nazi Party actually received fewer votes from regions with greater numbers of unemployed people (p. 408).

Pro claim 1

There is no statistical correlation between rates of unemployment in an area and their voting for the Nazis in 1930 and 1932.

Con claim 1

This pattern only emerged because some regions with high unemployment were also heavily Catholic and relatively less agrarian than others. Both of these factors were also indicators of Nazi support (p. 409).