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1
Q

What was significant about 1920 election

A

First election after ToV

2
Q

What was the SPDs decline

A

38% to 21.7%

3
Q

What did DDP % fall below

A

10%

4
Q

By what % did the ZP drop

A

1.75%

support concentrated to Catholics, so never suffered any major increases

5
Q

support for extremes rose, what was the KPD’s rise, was their increase more than for DNVP?

A

From 7.6% to 20%

More than rise for DNVP

6
Q

Which party rose by 5%

A

DNVP

7
Q

between 1919-23 how many governments did Weimar have

A

6

8
Q

How long did the longest government last 1919-23?

A

only 18 months

9
Q

What party did all coalitions 1919-23 contain?

A

DDP

10
Q

Did the number of votes decline for pro-democratic parties?

What was the % in 1919 and 1920?

A

Yes

1919: 76%
1920: 48%

11
Q

Germany lost resources as it lost its territories. What % of iron ore did it lose in the ToV

A

48%

12
Q

Who set the reparations in the ToV

A

IARC

13
Q

What % of war expenditure was raised via taxation?

A

16%

14
Q

Who was the finance minister post-ToV that introduced deficit financing?

A

Erzberger

15
Q

What was the idea of deficit financing?

A

decrease tax to give people money to spend - increasing demand and creating work

16
Q

What year did France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr

A

1923

17
Q

Who was the government who promoted passive resistance during the Ruhr crisis

A

Cuno

18
Q

Who were the winners of inflation crisis

Give an example

A

Industrialists who invested in factories and landowners

and exporters
and some middle class e.g homeowners

e.g Stinnes who controlled 20% of German industry by the end of 1923

19
Q

Who were the losers of the inflation crisis

A

mainly middle class who saved in bank accounts

those who had war bonds
those on fixed incomes
those on welfare payments

20
Q

Who were peasants not affected as much by inflation

A

were self-sufficient, food was still in demand, not many had bank accounts

21
Q

What did unemployment rise to during inflation?

A

4.1% - which is still relatively low

22
Q

How did industrial workers fare out of inflation?

A

trade unions couldn’t keep wages up with inflation so struggled in part - but had fewer savings than most so lost less

23
Q

When was there a new coalition in 1923 that introduced new economic policy
who was it led by

A

August 1923

Stresemann