Question

What happened right before Hitler's rise to power?

A) The Great Depression started.
B) The Franco-Prussian War
C) The signing of the Treaty of Versailles.
D) A failed uprising against the government.

Answer 1

A, the Great Depression started.

Germany's economic depression is one of the main reasons why Hitler rose to power. Germany's economy was terrible, but Hitler promised to "make Germany great again", so to speak. That was how he got elected.