Germany 1918 - 1945

Question 1

When did WW1 end?

Answer 1

1918

Question 2

What period was the Weimar Republic

Answer 2

1918 - 1933

Question 3

When did Stresemann become Chancellor of Germany

Answer 3

1923

Question 4

When was the Wall Street Crash and what did it lead to

Answer 4

1929

A worldwide depression

Question 5

When did Hitler become Chancellor of Germany

Answer 5

1933

Question 6

What period was the Third Reich

Answer 6

1933 - 1945

Question 7

When did WW2 begin

Answer 7

1939

Question 8

When was Germany defeated by the Allies

Answer 8

1945

Question 9

When did Hitler kill himself

Answer 9

1945

Question 10

How much was national income in Germany in 1918 compared to 1913

Answer 10

1/3

Question 11

How many widows and children were without fathers by the end of the war?

Answer 11

600,000 widows and 2 million children

Question 12

How much was industrial production in 1918 compared to 1913

Answer 12

2/3

Question 13

When was the revolution in Germany

Answer 13

October - November 1918

Question 14

Who was the heroic leader that many ex-soldiers and civilians believe had been betrayed by the weak democratic leaders?

Answer 14

Field Marshal Hindenberg

Question 15

What town did sailors mutiny and take over after the Kaiser refused to agree to the Allied conditions

Answer 15

Kiel

Question 16

Where was the Socialist Republic first declared

Answer 16

In Bavaria

Question 17

When did the Kaiser Abdicate and where did he go to

Answer 17

9 November 1918

the Netherlands

Question 18

Who became the leader of the Republic of Germany

Answer 18

The socialist leader - Friedrich Ebert

Question 19

When was Germany’s first free election

Answer 19

January 1919

Question 20

How old did you have to be to vote under the Weimar Republic

Answer 20

All Germans over 20 could vote

Question 21

What allowed the German president to rule in a crisis and what did this allow him do

Answer 21

Article 48 of the Weimar Constitution

This gave him emergency powers and he did not need to consult the Reichstag

Question 22

What does Putsch mean

Answer 22

rebellion

Question 23

When was the Kapp Putsch

Answer 23

March 1920

Question 24

Who was the leader of the Kapp Putsch

Answer 24

Dr Wolfgang Kapp

Question 25

Where was the Kapp Putsch

Answer 25

Berlin

Question 26

How many people were led into Berlin during the Kapp Putsch

Answer 26

5000 Freikorps

Question 27

Who was Walther Rathenau and when was he assassinated

Answer 27

Ebert's foreign minister | summer 1922

Question 28

When was the Munich Putsch and who was its leader

Answer 28

November 1923 | Adolf Hitler

Question 29

What was the name of the communist government in Germany and who were its leaders

Answer 29

The Spartacists | Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxenberg

Question 30

Who was the leader of Bavaria and what happened to him

Answer 30

Kurt Eisner | Assassinated in February 1919

Question 31

How many communists were killed in the Bavarian uprising

Answer 31

600

Question 32

How many casualties in the communist Ruhr uprisings

Answer 32

2000

Question 33

What did Germany lose according to the terms of the treaty of Versailles

Answer 33

10% of its land All its overseas colonies 12.5% of its population 16% of its coal and 48% of its iron industry

Question 34

What was Germany's military reduced to according to the treaty of versailles

Answer 34

army reduced to 100,000 not allowed to have an airforce navy was reduced

Question 35

When did the Allies announce the amount Germany had to pay in reparations

Answer 35

April 1921

Question 36

How much did Germany have to pay in reparations

Answer 36

£6600

Question 37

What percentage of Germany’s output did the reparations take

Answer 37

2%

Question 38

How much reparations did Germany pay in 1921

Answer 38

The first instalment of £50m

Question 39

How much did Germany pay in reparations in 1922

Answer 39

Nothing. They tried to stall for time but France was inpatient and invaded the Ruhr

Question 40

How many workers did the French kill over passive resistance How many protesters did the French expel from the region

Answer 40

100 workers 100,000 protesters

Question 41

How much was a loaf of bread in 1918 How much was a loaf of bread by the end of 1923

Answer 41

1918: 0.63 marks 1923: over 200billion marks

Question 42

When did Gustav Stresemann’s government come into power

Answer 42

August 1923

Question 43

When was the Dawes plan agreed

Answer 43

1924

Question 44

How did Stresemann resolve the economic crisis. 3 points

Answer 44

Called off passive resistance Burnt all worthless marks and replaced them with a new currency - rentenmark Negotiated to receive loans under the Dawes plan ad even renegotiated reparation payments

Question 45

When did Stresemann call of passive resistance in the Ruhr

Answer 45

November 1923