1.3 Weimar Democracy

Question 1

What was the job title of the head of the Weimar Republic?

Answer 1

The President.

Question 2

In the Weimar Republic, how often was a new president elected?

Answer 2

Every 7 years.

Question 3

What did the President of the Weimar Republic have the power to do?

Answer 3

Choose key ministers, such as the Chancellor.

Question 4

What Article could the Weimar Republic President use to overrule his government and make laws by decree.

Answer 4

Article 48

Question 5

Who was beneath the President in the Weimar Republic hierarchy?

Answer 5

The government.

Question 6

What did the Cabinet do in the Weimar Republic and who led them?

Answer 6

The Cabinet made political decisions, they were led by the Chancellor.

Question 7

Who was beneath the Government in the Weimar Republic hierarchy?

Answer 7

Parliament.

Question 8

What did the Parliament in the Weimar Republic consist of?

Answer 8

The Reichstag and the Reichsrat.

Question 9

In the Weimar Republic Parliament, parties were given proportional…

Answer 9

Representation

Question 10

What does proportional representation mean in terms of the Weimar Republic’s Parliament?

Answer 10

It meant that the party’s seats reflected the number of votes it received.

Question 11

How often were the Reichstag and the Reichsrat elected in the Weimar Republic?

Answer 11

Every 4 years.

Question 12

What did the Reichstag control in the Weimar Republic?

Answer 12

The Reichstag controlled tax

Question 13

What did the Reichsrat in the Weimar Republic represent?

Answer 13

It represented each region of Germany.

Question 14

What was beneath the Parliament in the Weimar Republic hierarchy?

Answer 14

The Electorate.

Question 15

According to the constitution, in the Weimar Republic, all men and women over the age of … were eligible to vote in elections.

Answer 15

20

Question 16

Who created the Weimar Constitution?

Answer 16

A Jewish man called Hugo Preuss

Question 17

Why was the Weimar Republic considered to be a genuine democracy?

Answer 17

Because all Germans over 20 could vote.

Question 18

What made the German Constitution so strong?

Answer 18

The fact that no one person or group could hold too much power.

Question 19

Name one negative of proportional representation in the Weimar Constitution.

Answer 19

It meant that weak coalitions were the only way to gain power and lead Germany.

Question 20

Why could Article 48 be a negative of the Weimar Constitution?

Answer 20

As the President could bypass democracy.

Question 21

The Weimar Constitution was weak because strong German states, like Prussia, still held power through the …

Answer 21

Reichsrat

Question 22

Who were the Spartacists?

Answer 22

A communist group supported by the Soviet Union.

Question 23

When did the Spartacists stage a revolt in Berlin to overthrow the Weimar Republic?

Answer 23

January 1919

Question 24

How did Ebert stop the January 1919 Spartacist Uprising?

Answer 24

He used a right wing group of oldies called the Freikorps.

Question 25

What was it called in March 1920 when the Freikorps staged a rebellion led by Wolfgang Kapp?

Answer 25

Kapp Putsch

Question 26

What was the aim of the March 1920 Kapp Putsch?

Answer 26

Seize control and stop the Weimar democratic system

Question 27

Was the 1920 Kapp Putsch a success or failure, why?

Answer 27

It was a failure, German workers went on strike, so Kapp was forced to flee.

Question 28

Was the Kapp Putsch the first or second challenge for the Weimar from the right wing?

Answer 28

The Kapp Putsch was the first challenge from the right wing.

Question 29

Was the Munich Putsch the first or second challenge for the Weimar from the right wing?

Answer 29

The Munich Putsch was the second challenge from the right wing for the Weimar.

Question 30

Who staged the Munich Putsch?

Answer 30

The Nazi Party

Question 31

What were the Nationalist Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP) also known as?

Answer 31

The Nazi Party

Question 32

What 2 people led the Munich Putsch?

Answer 32

Adolf Hitler and Ludendorff

Question 33

Why did the Nazi’s think the Weimar Republic was weak?

Answer 33

Because of the economic crisis (hyperinflation) in 1923.

Question 34

When did the Munich Putsch happen?

Answer 34

November 1923

Question 35

During the Munich Putsch, what meeting did the Nazi’s enter?

Answer 35

The meeting of the Bavarian government.

Question 36

During the Munich Putsch, what 2 things did the Nazi’s take control over?

Answer 36

The local police Army Headquarters

Question 37

What did Hitler do the day after the Munich Putsch which got him arrested?

Answer 37

He marched on Munich to declare himself the President of Germany.

Question 38

What was Lebensraum?

Answer 38

Expanding German territory to house the population

Question 39

What 3 things are discussed in Hitler’s book, Mein Kampf?

Answer 39

-The need to destroy democracy -The need for Lebensraum -The inferiority of the Jews

Question 40

Where did Hitler write his bestseller, Mein Kampf?

Answer 40

In Prison

Question 41

When was the Stresemann Era?

Answer 41

1924-1929

Question 42

When was Gustavia Stresemmann Chancellor of Weimar Republic?

Answer 42

1923

Question 43

When was Gustavia Stresemann Foreign Minister of the Weimar Republic?

Answer 43

1923-1929

Question 44

What was the currency called that Stresemann set up in 1923 to stop hyperinflation?

Answer 44

The Rentenmark.

Question 45

Unlike the previous currency, Rentenmark was tied to the price of land and held real…

Answer 45

…value

Question 46

When was the Rentenmark renamed the Reichsmark and placed under control of the Reichsbank?

Answer 46

August 1924

Question 47

When was the Dawes Plan made?

Answer 47

1924

Question 48

Who helped negotiate the Dawes Plan?

Answer 48

Gustav Stresemann

Question 49

How much did the US loan to German industries due to the 1924 Dawes Plan?

Answer 49

800 million Reichsmarks

Question 50

What happened temporarily to reparations due to the 1924 Dawes Plan?

Answer 50

Reparation instalments were made to £50 million a year (temporarily)

Question 51

When was The Young Plan negotiated?

Answer 51

1929

Question 52

Who negotiated the 1929 Young Plan

Answer 52

Gustav Stresemann

Question 53

What did the 1929 Young Plan propose?

Answer 53

To reduce German Reparations.

Question 54

How long would the reparations take to pay off after the Dawes Plan was negotiated in 1929?

Answer 54

1988

Question 55

The 1929 Young Plan planned to lower the total reparations from £6.6 billion to?

Answer 55

£2 billion

Question 56

What halted the Young Plan?

Answer 56

The Wall Street Crash

Question 57

By what percentage had German exports risen between 1925 and 1929?

Answer 57

40%

Question 58

By what percentage had world trade fallen 4 years after the Wall Street Crash?

Answer 58

60%

Question 59

In 1927, what schemes did the Weimar Republic set up to help German society?

Answer 59

Pension, health and unemployment schemes.

Question 60

What area of culture did the Bauhaus school influence?

Answer 60

Architecture

Question 61

What year did Germany join the League of Nations?

Answer 61

1926