FRG politics and government

Question 1

What type of governments were in the FRG initially? What changed?

Answer 1

Coalition governments, kept together by Adenauer. CDU wins a majority in 1957.

Question 2

How many seats did parties need to be represented in the Bundestag?

Answer 2

5%

Question 3

What suppressed political extremism in the FRG?

Answer 3

Article 21; Socialist Reich Party banned 1952 and KPD 1956.

Question 4

What made the civil service more efficient in the FRG?

Answer 4

Year zero approach- more continuity.

Question 5

What was the Basic Law?

Answer 5

Guaranteed equal rights and freedoms.

Question 6

What policy helped Adenauer integrate into Europe?

Answer 6

Hallstein Doctrine- harsher stance against East Germany; didn’t recognise it as Germany.

Question 7

What was Adenauer’s style of leadership known as?

Answer 7

Chancellor democracy.

Question 8

What years was Adenauer chancellor for?

Answer 8

1949-63

Question 9

What years was Erhard chancellor for?

Answer 9

1963-66

Question 10

What years was Keisinger chancellor for?

Answer 10

1966-69

Question 11

What years was Brandt chancellor for?

Answer 11

1969-74

Question 12

What years was Schmidt chancellor for?

Answer 12

1974-82

Question 13

What years was Kohl chancellor for?

Answer 13

1982-98.