Germany

Question 1

What were the strengths of the Weimar constitution?

Answer 1

Men and women 20+ could vote, bill of rights gave people freedom of speech, religion and equality
Reichstag - democracy

Question 2

What were the weaknesses of the Weimar constitution?

Answer 2

Proportional representation
Article 48
Dislike from extremist parties

Question 3

Which two countries went to Belgium in the T of V ?

Answer 3

Eupen and Malmedy

Question 4

What was given to France in the T of V?

Answer 4

Alsace and Lorraine, Saar coalfields

Question 5

Who were the social democrats led by?

Answer 5

Friedrich Ebert

Question 6

How many Sparticists were killed in the Sparticist Uprising of 1919

Answer 6

100

Question 7

In the Kapp Pustch, how many Friekorps marched into Berlin?

Answer 7

5000

Question 8

What was the Ruhr also known as?

Answer 8

Germany’s industrial heart

Question 9

How much did a loaf of bread cost in 1922 and then in 1923?

Answer 9

163 marks to 200 billion marks

Question 10

What was the Dawes Plan and when was it made?

Answer 10

1924, reduced annual reparations

Question 11

When was Gustav Stresemann given the Nobel Peace Prize?

Answer 11

1926

Question 12

What did the Young Plan involve and when was it made?

Answer 12

1929, reduced reparations 20% and gave Germany 59 years to pay it.

Question 13

How many people were unemployed by 1929?

Answer 13

1.4 of 65 million

Question 14

How many LGBT bars and clubs did Berlin have?

Answer 14

Around 100

Question 15

What was the new form of architecture called?

Answer 15

Bauhaus

Question 16

How many SA members did Hitler bring to the beer hall in Munich (Munich Pustch)

Answer 16

600

Question 17

How many supporters were killed in the Munich Pustch?

Answer 17

16

Question 18

How many members did the Nazi party have by 1923?

Answer 18

55000

Question 19

What did the Nazi party promise people after the Great Depression?

Answer 19

Jobs, higher wages, solutions, that Germany would be great again, presented Hitler as a hero

Question 20

How many seats did the Nazis lose in November 1932?

Answer 20

34

Question 21

How many members did the Nazi have by 1930?

Answer 21

30000

Question 22

What percentage of people between 16-30 were unemployed in 1933?

Answer 22

50%

Question 23

What percentage of university graduates couldn’t find work?

Answer 23

60%

Question 24

How long was Munich ruled by a monarchy for?

Answer 24

700 years

Question 25

What were the Nazi ideals?

Answer 25

Self sufficiency, one leader T of V abolished, all German speaking united in one country, Germany ‘in danger’ from Jews/Communists Lebensraum (living space) Aryan race superiority

Question 26

Who led the SA

Answer 26

Ernst Röhm

Question 27

Why did Hitler dislike Jews ?(2 reasons)

Answer 27

His mother was treated by Jewish doctors and died so he blamed them He was surrounded by antisemitism in Vienna

Question 28

Who set the Reichstag building on fire?

Answer 28

Van der Lubbe (Dutch Communist)

Question 29

What were the terms of the Enabling Act?

Answer 29

-Trade unions abolished -All states run by Reich governors -Individual parliaments abolished -All other political parties disbanded

Question 30

What percentage of votes did Hitler get for his plebiscite to become Fuhrer?

Answer 30

95%

Question 31

What was the National Labour Service?

Answer 31

All men 18-25 had to do 6 months staying in tents, military drills, low pay, menial work

Question 32

How did the Nazis create more jobs for the unemployed?

Answer 32

Created jobs in building motorways, construction Claimed they had decreased unemployment dramatically but didn’t count women on maternity leave, minorities and did count part time jobs Reintroduced conscription

Question 33

When were all Jews banned from schools?

Answer 33

1935

Question 34

What did boys have to do in the Hitler Youth?

Answer 34

Marching, bayonet drills, grenade throwing, trench digging, map reading

Question 35

What did girls have to do in the League of German Maidens

Answer 35

Had to run 60m in 14 sec, throw a ball 10 m, complete a 2 hour march and know how to make a bed

Question 36

What was the percentage of attendance of the Hitler Youth before it was made compulsory?

Answer 36

25%

Question 37

When was the Hitler Youth made compulsory

Answer 37

1939

Question 38

Who was in charge of the Hitler Youth?

Answer 38

Baldur von Shirach

Question 39

How many synogogues were burned in Kristallnacht?

Answer 39

200

Question 40

How much were the Jews made to pay after Kristallnacht?

Answer 40

1 billion Reichsmarks

Question 41

Who led the SS

Answer 41

Heinrich Himmler

Question 42

What did the SS expand to in the 1930s?

Answer 42

240000

Question 43

What was the SD for and who was its leader?

Answer 43

Intelligence and security, Reinhard Heydrich

Question 44

What did all judges have to do in law courts?

Answer 44

Join the National Socialist League for the Maintenance of the Law

Question 45

Who were the Gestapo, what did they do and who were they led by?

Answer 45

Secret police, acted outside the law, didn’t wear a uniform, randomly arrested people, led by Heinrich Himmler