1.3a Did the GDR create a successful welfare system?

Question 1

What was the GDR’s accolade over the FRG in terms of healthcare

Answer 1

Had a higher increase in life expectancy

Question 2

In what year were Polyclinics introduced to the GDR?

Answer 2

1971

Question 3

What did Polyclinics allow?

Answer 3

People to choose their own doctor

Question 4

When was 9th party congress and what was its focus around healthcare?

Answer 4

1976

Focused on improving welfare pensions

Question 5

What 3 concessions were granted at 9th party congress?

Answer 5

1) Increased minimum wage
2) Gave pensions
3) Gave Gave working mothers holiday

Question 6

1985: Birth rate per 1000
GDR - ___
FRG - ___

Answer 6

1985: Birth rate per 1000
GDR - 23.3
FRG - 9.6

Question 7

In what year did the FRG and GDR have the same number of hospital beds?

Answer 7

1977

Question 8

Doctors per 100,000 people in the GDR:
1970s - ___
1980s - ___

Answer 8

Doctors per 100,000 people in the GDR:
1970s - 160
1980s - 262

Question 9

Why was there such a strain on GDR healthcare? (2)

Answer 9

Ageing population

Hugely underfunded

Question 10

What 2 essential things did many hospitals lack?

Answer 10

Plastic gloves and syringes

Question 11

How was the promotion of healthcare hindered by the social attitudes of East Germans?

Answer 11

They were heavy eaters and drinkers

Question 12

What were Granschules?

Answer 12

Schools that replaced schools specifically for the academically minded

Question 13

Why were Granschules introduced?

Answer 13

To give equal opportunities across all backgrounds

Question 14

What types of schools were abolished?

Answer 14

Church schools and Private schools

Question 15

Why was there such a shortage of teachers?

Answer 15

Nearly 80% of teachers were dismissed because of association with Nazism

Question 16

How did WW2 effect schools?

Answer 16

Some schools were still operating in damaged buildings up until the 1950s

Question 17

Due to demand, for how long did a teacher have to train?

Answer 17

2 weeks

Question 18

What was the 1965 ‘Law on the Unified Socialist Education System’?

Answer 18

A policy that drove education with the philosophy of the state

Question 19

What subject were students forced to learn because of the ‘Law on the Unified Socialist Education System’?

Answer 19

Citizenship

Question 20

Under the ‘Law on the Unified Socialist Education System’, what were pupils discouraged to study?

Answer 20

French and English

Question 21

How was the ‘Law on the Unified Socialist Education System’ positive?

Answer 21

Created links with industry that gave work experience

Question 22

Why was discrimination reduced from the ‘Law on the Unified Socialist Education System’?

Answer 22

To stop people from middle-class backgrounds migrating away

Question 23

What happened to education during the 1970s?

Answer 23

There was a need to reduce university places as the workforce became overqualified

Question 24

What was the Jugendweihe?

Answer 24

A coming of age ceremony that marked dedication to the state?

Question 25

How could refusing to participate in the Jugendweihe hinder you?

Answer 25

University applicants struggled if they’d not done it

Question 26

Why was there no housing shortage in the 1950s?

Answer 26

Enough people were emigrating

Question 27

What percentage of housing was destroyed by 1945?

Answer 27

14%

Question 28

What proportion of housing contained only 1 or 2 rooms in the 1950s?

Answer 28

1/2

Question 29

1950s housing:
__% had toilet
__% had a bath
__% had heating

Answer 29

1950s housing:
30% had toilet
22% had a bath
3% had heating

Question 30

What development was made in 1960s housing?

Answer 30

The labour-force needed to be moved closer to the factories

Question 31

What was the focus of 1960s housing?

Answer 31

Quantity over quality

Question 32

What new housing complex was built in the 1960s?

Answer 32

Halle-Newstadt to move workers closer to a new chemical plant

Question 33

How many building were refurbished between 1971-75?

Answer 33

290,000

Question 34

By the mid-1970s, what proportion of housing had heating?

Answer 34

20%

Question 35

How many houses were built between 1971-75?

Answer 35

400,000

Question 36

What type of housing was introduced in the 1980s?

Answer 36

Plattenbau

Question 37

What was the problem with Plattenbau housing? (2)

Answer 37

It was cheap and unattractive

Had high crime rates

Question 38

What percentage of young skilled workers were in accommodation in Leipzig?

Answer 38

60%

Question 39

What percentage of young skilled workers were in accommodation in the rest of the GDR?

Answer 39

15%

Question 40

By the end of the 1980s, how much money had been spent on housing?

Answer 40

200 billion Marks

Question 41

When was the ‘Family Code’ introduced and what was its purpose?

Answer 41

1966

Gave equality in childcare and domestic work

Question 42

What was done in 1971 in the 8th SED congress?

Answer 42

Policies to improve working and living conditions

Question 43

In what year was abortion legalised and free contraception provided?

Answer 43

1972

Question 44

What was the GDR’s accolade about women in the 1980s?

Answer 44

They had the highest proportion of women in work in the world

Question 45

What incentives were given to raise the birth rate?

Answer 45

8 week extension on maternity leave
1000 Marks per child
40 hour work week

Question 46

Who was the only woman in politics in the GDR?

Answer 46

Margot Honnecker