1.1 Political and Governmental Change - Weimar Republic

Question 1

When was the Council of People’s Representatives (new government) set up?

Answer 1

10 November 1918

Question 2

When was the Ebert-Groener Pact?

Answer 2

10 November 1918

Question 3

When was the armistice signed?

Answer 3

11 November 1918

Question 4

Who signed the armistice?

Answer 4

Erzberger on behalf of the government

Question 4

How many political murders were there by right-wing extremists 1919-1922?

Answer 4

356

Question 4

When was the KPD set up?

Answer 4

December 1918

Question 4

Who were the Sozi?

Answer 4

SPD’s private army

Question 5

Who were the Freikorps?

Answer 5

Private army, formed December 1918

Question 5

How many political murders were there 1919-1922?

Answer 5

376

Question 5

Which politician was shot outside the Reichstag and when?

Answer 5

Haase (USPD leader) October 1919

Question 6

Which politicians involved with the Treaty of Versailles were murdered?

Answer 6

Erzberger and Rathenau

Question 7

When was the Weimar Constitution passed?

Answer 7

31 July 1919

Question 8

When was the Treaty of Versailles signed?

Answer 8

28 June 1919

Question 9

How many votes were needed to gain a seat?

Answer 9

60,000

Question 10

How did the voting system work?

Answer 10

Proportional representation - voting for a party rather than a person

Question 11

How many coalitions were there 1919-1923?

Answer 11

9

Question 12

What was Article 48?

Answer 12

President could suspend Reichstag and rule by decree

Question 13

How many times did Ebert use Article 48?

Answer 13

136

Question 14

Who was Stresemann?

Answer 14

DVP leader, chancellor 1923, foreign minister until death in 1929

Question 15

How many coalitions were there 1924-1929?

Answer 15

6

Question 16

What happened to extremist support from 1924 to 1928

Answer 16

fell in 1924, rose in 1928 as economy worsened

Question 17

When was Hindenburg elected as President?

Answer 17

1925

Question 18

What theory was Hindenburg the first to voice?

Answer 18

Stab in the back

Question 19

When was the Wall Street Crash?

Answer 19

1929

Question 20

Who were the laws created by 1930-1932?

Answer 20

109 by decree, 29 by Reichstag

Question 21

Who refused coalitions in the 1930s?

Answer 21

SPD

Question 22

What were the results of the April 1932 Presidential elections?

Answer 22

Hindenburg 19.4 million, Hitler 13.4 million

Question 23

What were the results of the July 1932 elections?

Answer 23

NSDAP 37%
but Hindenburg chose von Schleicher as Chancellor

Question 24

What were the results of the November 1932 elections?

Answer 24

NSDAP 33%
Hindenburg: no longer wanted to rule by decree
- Hitler = chancellor
- von Papen = vice-chancellor
only 2/12 cabinet members were Nazis

Question 25

When was Hitler appointed chancellor?

Answer 25

30 January 1933

Question 26

Who could vote?

Answer 26

all men and women over 20

Question 27

What could the President do?

Answer 27

choose chancellor
Article 48 in an emergency
dismiss Reichstag and call new elections