Weimar and Nazi Germany: 1924-1929

Question 1

who was gustav stresemann?

Answer 1

foreign secretary for germany from 1924-1929

Question 2

what was the new currency introduced?

Answer 2

rentenmark

Question 3

why was this currency introduced?

Answer 3

to end hyperinflation

Question 4

what was the locarno treaty?

Answer 4

a document signed by britain and france as well as germany to promise that france would no longer invade germany as long as they continued to pay reparations

Question 5

when was the locarno treaty signed?

Answer 5

1925

Question 6

what was the kellogg briand pact?

Answer 6

a pact made with 64 other nations to promise not to use armies for war but only for defence

Question 7

when was the kellogg briand pact signed?

Answer 7

1928

Question 8

what was the dawes plan?

Answer 8

a plan that gave germany a loan of 800 million marks from the USA

Question 9

when was the dawes plan signed?

Answer 9

1924

Question 10

what happened in 1926?

Answer 10

germany was allowed to join the league of nations

Question 11

how did stresemann solve relations in the ruhr?

Answer 11

beginning to pay france the reparations they owed

Question 12

how did germany’s economy grow in the years 1924-1929?

Answer 12

they borrowed 25,000 million marks from the USA to restore roads, railways and build factories

Question 13

what were reforms?

Answer 13

making life better for the working class by building houses and reducing unemployment

Question 14

what was the young plan?

Answer 14

a plan to agree that germany should keep paying 2000 million marks per year for the next 59 years

Question 15

why did stresemann face criticism for the young plan?

Answer 15

4 million signed a petition to prevent the signing of the young plan as they thought it was too much money

Question 16

how did stresemann improve government relations?

Answer 16

he arranged a ‘great coalition’ of the pro democracy parties to resist criticism from the smaller, extremist parties

Question 17

why was there a decline in extremism in the years 1924-1929?

Answer 17

the government was more stable so the public voted for less corrupt parties

Question 18

what was the unemployment insurance act of 1927?

Answer 18

it provided an average of 60 marks per week to the unemployed

Question 19

how did unemployment decrease in the years 1926-1928?

Answer 19

in 1926, the unemployment rate was 2 million and by 1928 it was 1.3 million

Question 20

why how much % did wages rise from 1925-1927?

Answer 20

25%

Question 21

how many war veterans took pensions in the years 1924-1929?

Answer 21

750,000

Question 22

how did the number in education increase from before WW1 to 1928?

Answer 22

before WW1, the number in education was 70,000 and in 1928, it was 1110000

Question 23

by 1932, how many women had been elected?

Answer 23

112

Question 24

by 1932, what % of the reichstag were female?

Answer 24

10%

Question 25

by how much did female doctors rise in the years 1925-1932?

Answer 25

2500 in 1925 and 5000 in 1932

Question 26

what were the characteristics of ‘new women’?

Answer 26

they more more revealing clothing, make-up, jewellery, had shorter hair, went out unaccompanied and smoke and drank more

Question 27

why did some see ‘new women’ as a negative thing?

Answer 27

they threatened the traditional aspects of society

Question 28

why did the lower middle class see their position threatened?

Answer 28

the new system favored working class

Question 29

how did the birth rate fall from 1913 to 1924?

Answer 29

in 1913 there were 128 births per 1000 women and in 1924 there were only 80 per 1000 women

Question 30

what % less were women payed than men in the same job?

Answer 30

33% less

Question 31

in 1925, what % of women worked?

Answer 31

36%

Question 32

what were women expected to do when they married?

Answer 32

give up work

Question 33

what was new objectivism?

Answer 33

the idea that the arts should not romanticize the world but show it how it really was

Question 34

what was modernism?

Answer 34

the idea that the arts shouldn’t obsess over the past but look the the future

Question 35

what was expressionism?

Answer 35

the idea that the arts should reflect the thoughts and feelings of the artist rather than being limited to showing things exactly as they appear

Question 36

what was the bauhaus movement?

Answer 36

Gropius developed the bauhaus design collage in berlin so it influenced all areas of the arts and stressed the beauty in technology

Question 37

how did the government support cultural change?

Answer 37

they supported art galleries, theatres, orchestras, museums and libraries

Question 38

how did the weimar constitution lead to cultural change?

Answer 38

it allowed freedom of speech

Question 39

why did the right wing disagree with cultural change?

Answer 39

it undermined traditional german culture

Question 40

why did the left wing disagree with cultural change?

Answer 40

the money should have been spent on the working class