Effects of WWI on Germany

Question 1

What were the 3 main effects on Germany from WWI?

Answer 1

Physical
Political
Psychological

Question 2

Elaborate on the physical effects of WWI on Germany

Answer 2

• Agricultural and industrial work slowed
  
  • 50% milk drop in production
  • 60% butter and meat drop in production
• Importing impossible because of the blockades
• Starvation was faced by many German people
• 3/4 of a million Germans died from disease or hunger

Question 3

Elaborate on the Political effects of WWI on Germany

Answer 3

• Change in leadership
• Kaiser Wilhelm II was forced to abdicate
  
  • Reichstag was weak before the war.
    
    • Kaiser could dissolve Reichstag & sack chancellors
  • Kaiser ruled Germany as a Military Dictatorship

Question 4

Elaborate on the Psychological effects of WWI on Germany

Answer 4

• Before the war Germans were proud affluent people.
• All this is clashed by defeat in WWI
• Germans look for someone to blame
• Society famous for its obedience and unity now famous for conflict.
• Anarchy in German cities and w/ soldiers returning from the front.
  
  • Many protested the war and the Kaiser in the final months of the war.